Introduction Welcome to my blog again. In this article I’m sharing my best comebacks. This is a continuation of my earlier article (here), with several more comeback victories added to the list. Whenever I win games from a dead lo...
GUESS THE ELO Welcome to Guess the Elo, the forum edition. Obviously, this article has been inspired by Gotham Chess’ YouTube series Guess-the-Elo. In his videos Levy Rozman watches a selection of his subscriber's games and tr...
Introduction It has been almost two years since I wrote my first article called Developing with Daily. At that time I had only been playing daily games for two months so the focus was some early findings and my goals of playing daily. In...
Introduction Reviewing your games is one of the best ways to improve your chess. The chess.com Game Analysis is one of the most useful tools to assist you in the reviewing process. It helps you find flaws in your play and gives shows better ...
It's been a while since my last progress update, mainly because not much has happened. I found inspiration to write a new edition by my new successes in puzzle rush, especially because it was mirrored beautifully by a lack of success in rapid ches...
Just like I do in my Hall of Fame-series, where I showcase my best performances to the community, there should also be a spot for my biggest failures. In contrast to the achievements that I’m proud of, my failures didn't get that sam...
Northernlion: Intermediate Chess Genius? In one of my first articles I wrote on my blog I mentioned a Gotham Chess video where he coaches Canadian streamer NorthernLion. It was one of the first chess videos I watched, right after I got back ...
Welcome to the second installment of my Hall-of-Fame series dedicated to my most memorable games. In the first edition I shared the top 10 of my (personal) best daily games. This time I'm sharing my top 10 rapid games of what I consider my best ga...
Uniquely Unlucky In this article I'm sharing a selection of exceptional blunders. In the process of looking for great moves, while browsing through a huge database of games played online, there is an abundance of blunders to be found. Massive am...
Ever since chess.com launched the library feature, I've been using it to build a collection of my favorite games, adding every game where I had completely crushed my opponent. At the same time I had also begun saving games where I played a brillia...
Introduction Welcome to my new Duckfest Digest article where I give you all an update on my progress (or lack thereof). A little later than usual, as I was busy with other stuff and I spent some time enjoying the weather in Spain. Currently I ...
Introducing Harry Mack Harry Mack is a freestyle rapper from Los Angeles, California. (You should read that again confidently and with more emphasis, like “Los Angeles, California”). To those unfamiliar with freestyle rap, it’s a subgenre of ...
Welcome back to my blog! As always, after each quarter I recap my progress and share some of my highlights. My focus will be on my own games and results. This may seem pointless to some, but it helps me streamline my thoughts and I enjoy making th...
Finally, it’s there. The answer I was looking for. It’s not yet the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything, but it’s good enough for the time being. My plan was to not publish a third article on my monthly mistakes, like I had done ...
This is a long overdue follow up to my 2021 article Boosting my Blitz and probably my last one on this topic for a while. After some consideration I’ve decided to stop playing Blitz for now. The instigating factor was my discontent about my last ...
In this article I’ll share the key mistakes I made in April. It was an okay month, though I didn’t play too many games. Instead of my March article on my mistakes, where I commented on many of my mistakes, this time I’m only focu...
In this article, I’ll share with you all my biggest mistakes of last month. Last year, I decided to work on a new plan for improvement and started analyzing many of my own games to determine what are my biggest weaknesses. The result...
Quarterly Quack In the last quarter I haven't played that many games. My results were pretty okay. In Rapid I won about half my games, though I dropped some rating due to rating differences. In Daily I won about 70% of my games without gaining to...
Englund Explained IntroductionIt’s been more than a year since I played the Englund Gambit. I enjoyed the experience, but decided it wasn’t viable against higher rated opponents. Even though I still hold a positive track record with it, I abandon...
Duckfest Digest 29 Duckable Chess Course After spending a couple of months analyzing my own games, working on a plan to guide me on my chess journey, the realization hit me that I needed to develop my own chess course. The idea of a Duckable ...
Quarterly ReviewIn this article I’m looking back at the final quarter of last year. The good news is that I finally managed to end the excessive navel gazing that plagued me during the last quarter. I was trying so hard to find out what I needed t...
No no no no, that shit wasn’t luck. Yeah maybe This was divine intervention. You know what “divine intervention” is? I think so. That means that God came down from Heaven and stopped the bullets? That&r...
Duckfest Digest 24 2022: Progress update Q3 Introduction My previous quarter (Q2) was good: I made progress, I played some interesting tournaments and I played some spectacular games featuring miraculous comebacks (I declared myself the King of...
Introduction - What to expect in this article? The internet doesn’t need another complete chess guide for beginners. Plenty of people have dedicated time and effort to creating resources that are great comprehensive guides to provide beginning ch...
In this article I wrote about my progress in the previous quarter. While my rating for Rapid games remained unchanged, my play has improved since last year. My performance stats clearly indicated a better performance against higher rated players. ...
