Hi, everyone! Have you ever tried the Budapest Gambit? The gambit for Black goes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5!?. Black is trying to distract White from their harmonious setup in the center while organizing an at...
Hi guys. Even with my life making such twists and turns, graduating high school, preparing for college, and burning out of blogging, I still wish to share some content for you guys! Here is a cool tactic on Chess.com I solved today, and I...
Good evening to all. Check out the position below. I was Black in a 15|10 game. I was suffering the endgame, though managed to "swindle" back into a seemingly good endgame for being down a piece. However, is this really drawn (perhaps a win ...
What's up, guys and gals? As the title may (and technically does) imply, this post is not to brag about myself on how good I am. This is blitz by the way, so it probably does not have much long-term effect on my chess moving forward. I ju...
So... I know it's been a while since I formally wrote to you. I started a series which many (including myself) were expecting good things from, and a second post has not come up. Where have I been? Why have I not been writing to you? ...
What's up, guys and gals? It's been a while since I've written to you. Why have I not been writing? As is the case for many people, "life" got in the way. School, friends, family, prom, chess coaching, etc have been eating up my ener...
Greetings to all of my loyal readers! Ahhhh... I caught you! No, I did not quit this series! I am still working through Chess.com's perspective on the greatest chess games ever played! This game will feature chess...
What's up, guys and gals? Just another "lazy" Saturday for me. I'm coming off a crazy January month as far as tournaments go... which was going fine, though it ended catastrophically. February should be a chill month for me. I...
Merry Christmas, to all of my loyal followers and readers! Magnus Carlsen may have defended his World Chess crown against Fabiano Caruana, once again making his case as the greatest player of all time... however, Mister Magnus, if y...
Merry Christmas! Sorry I've been off for a while. Finals have been keeping me very busy. But with that out of the way, I'm now as free as a bird for the next 2-3 weeks! So prepare for quite a bit of posting! Le...
What's up, everyone? As I write, Magnus Carlsen is defending his title against American challenger Fabiano Caruana. With one more classical game to go (a draw being the most likely outcome), it looks like we will witness tiebreaks fo...
Greetings, fellow Chess.com readers! We will (kind of) begin a new series here. The objective will be to go through Chess.com's perspective on the greatest games of all time. My goal is to have each of those games analyzed in detail ...
What's up, guys and gals? Ready for another swashbuckling game between the two Cars who will certainly collide come Friday? This game dates back to Zurich in February 2014. This was only Carlsen's second ...
What's up, everyone? We are all heavily anticipating the 2018 World Chess Championship come this month. With bloggers like @vinniethepooh, @ddt_ru, @AlexColovic headlining previews of this epic match, I don't think a match has ever b...
Hello, everyone! No, this isn't some fancy and elaborate post that I prepared for weeks. This is more of a one day I wake up, and "Hey! I'd like to share this with my viewers!" type of post. As many of you know, I...
It's a nice relaxing Saturday afternoon. I log on live chess to play a couple of blitz games. A user with a somewhat cool profile picture accepts takes me down in the first game, and I look forward to a rematch with the Black pieces. I thought tha...
What's up, everyone! A blogging revolution has really begun again on Chess.com. With the initiative of several fellow top bloggers, times are looking better than ever for the amateur writers on the site. If you are a top blog...
56 day and counting... whew! Glad to be back! Where did we leave off? We will have to go ALL the way back to Mounting Mastery #22 (Published June 8th, 2018!), where I documented my short-term future plans. Let's rewind back to where we left ...
What's up, guys and gals? Ready for another quick and hopefully instructive post? Well, a few days ago, I played an internet blitz game and won (surprise! ). While I am not generally all that devout about those games, I thought th...
What's up, guys and gals? I was browsing through a different chess website and came across this game played by two young amateurs. It may not be the most instructive content, though I think we can all enjoy. ...
What's up, guys and gals? Many of us know of the strides Rameshbabu Praggnanandhha has been making, and his hard-fought journey to the highest title in chess, International Grandmaster. He fell short of Karjakin's record for youngest...
What's up, guys and gals? If you're in the United States (like I am), here is a little tactical puzzle to start your day. White (the great Tigran Petrosian) to play, and find a move that grabs decisive material. A couple of simple ta...
Hello everyone! I would like to thank @unc07 for submission of this game. Unc07 played a great game. He came back after losing a pawn, and with rigid endgame technique, was able to squeeze out a win. I did find some improvement...
What's up, guys and gals? Last week, I covered my study plan moving forward, and what I wanted to achieve. As I have stated many times, it is more important for me to make obvious progress than achieve my plans to perfection, so I'm ...
Hello, everyone! I'm sure many of you heard of this famous game played by Paul Morphy against two opponents at an Opera House. If you've seen it a thousand times (like I have), you may be rolling your eyes, like "Come on, Daniel! Can...
