After a long break from blogging due to a lot of work on other fronts, I am back with a small post about my weirdest chess experience, which happens to also be my most significant chess achievement so far. As regular readers of this blog know, I...
Hi all, As stated in this post last week, my new chess resolution is to do a double analysis, at least once a week. That is, first going through the game as slowly as possible without any computer. I want to take notes, make guesses of when the bl...
Hi all,After a long time in blogging and chess limbo, I am back with the first of a possible new series. Because work has been a bit demanding, I have put chess in the back of my mind during the last few months. Of course, I played a lot, but not ...
The chess game of old has been many things. Aristocratic, when players like Ruy López de Segura played with kings. Romantic, when Fisher took on the soviet juggernaut from the streets of Brooklyn. Futuristic even, when for the first time a ...
Hi all,I am back today with a small opinion piece inspired by a comment on one of my other posts. We were discussing tactics and @little_ernie mentioned his past love of mathematics, which got me thinking about the link between math and chess. I...
Hi all, One more small post before the end of my vacations to share a frustration I am sure most online players felt at least once. Let's start from the begining: some days, you will play bad chess. Maybe you are tired, maybe bored and playing...
Hi all, Back today with a post about tactics. As always, when I make recommendations to beginners, I need to state the usual caveats: I am no GM. I only share ideas and semi-wisdom I acquired through my chess journey over the past four yea...
Hi all, I am taking advantage of some vacation time to be a little bit more active, so I am back today with the third (and probably last) post following my little statistical experiment. If you didn't read the first or second installment, I us...
Hi all, I am back with a new post to celebrate my "top blogger" status (thanks chess.com) about endgames. I did an early post on tactics and another one on openings below 2000; it was time to talk about endgames. Before I start, I want to put ...
