It is the night of the 14th of April 1912. The RMS Titanic is sailing to New York, when the crew spots an iceberg. The crew scrambles as they begin steering the ship... But it's too late, they will hit the iceberg. If the crew had detected the ice...
It is the 3rd round of one of the hardest chess tournaments in the world, the 1940 USSR championship. The future world champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, had been a grandmaster since he was 14, was paired with a nineteen-year-old player who was barely k...
Back to Top Although it may seem like an unneeded sacrifice of a pawn, black quickly puts white into the fiery, unstable land, known as the infamous, Englund Gambit. If a single mistake is played, it could cost you the entire game. I used to play ...
Hello. I've been meaning to make a blog about all me OTB tips, but I thought, that if I had it on its own, it might become a little boring without the games. So, I thought that I should add some of my best OTB games from the last few years. Almost...
Daniel Naroditsky is probably one of the most influential chess players of the 21st century. In this series that I'm making, hopefully lasting until July 2027, I will unpack every video Daniel Naroditsky made until his unfortunate death on the 19t...
Daniel Naroditsky first learned chess at the age of 6, from his father, Vladimir. Since that day, Daniel Naroditsky won countless games, competitions, and challenged legends such as Magnus and Hikaru, being one of the key players surrounding their...
You all will probably remember where you were at the time that you heard about Daniel Naroditsky's passing. One of the saddest days for chess occurred on the 19th of October. Many were saddened after he sadly passed away. The chess world was compl...
To a person who has only just heard about this endgame, it may seem simple and easy to do. However, if the opponent plays well enough, it can be a draw! This blog will be long, so it might be like watching a Daniel Naroditsky endgame lecture. Th...
Franciszek Sulik was a Polish-born chess player. His date of birth is only found on a Polish Wikipedia page. Yet, he played in the Polish Olympiad team which came 2nd, and then, after migrating, became arguably the greatest South Australian chess ...
Calculating chess puzzles and positions can be difficult and sometimes not rewarding. Chess is a hard game, and calculating can sometimes be even more difficult. These techniques should help build advanced calculation skills or at least strengthen...
The 2-bishop checkmate is one of the hardest checkmates in chess during the endgame phase. If you have to trade down to this endgame it is helpful to know how to get the extra half-point. This method isn't the one you see in tutorials and it is ac...
The world chess championship is full of some of the best chess players in the world, and great matches are full of examples to learn. In this case there will be attacking chess puzzles. All of these examples happened in the real game. 1....
The 2-bishop checkmate is one of the hardest checkmates to do with 2 pieces left on the board. I have found how to checkmate with 2 bishops the fastest way. This isn't the way people do tutorials on, and it is simple to master when you've practice...
The 7th game of the 1960 world chess championship was great game played by Mikhail Tal He sacrificed both his rooks for 2 knights and a rook. The game was a really interesting game, and it shows how to attack properly.
