Last week, I had a great video idea come to mind in a moment of inspiration. I need your help to make this idea happen though. There’s lots of cheating accusations and people suspicious of others. The current chess.com “game estimate...
I've had at least 3 chess.com friends ask if I'd show some of my artwork and most recently @breezehappysquirrel so here is some of my artwork from several years back. I haven't done as much art lately because time free time goes to other things (l...
I joined chess.com in June of 2017, so at the time of writing this, I’ve been playing on chess.com for a little over 6 years and this is my first time ever crossing the 3000 chess.com puzzles rating milestone! In fact, this is even more special ...
Ko-fi & What This Means For My YouTube I have good news everyone! I’ve had several people ask me if I have a place where they can donate to me. I was grateful that people wanted to help me out, but this is when I’d get shy and tell them that ...
Chess Motivation Through Purpose It is very important to REALLY figure out why you pursue the things you do. Not only will this give you some purpose and direction, but this is a crucial motivator to fall back on when doubt sets in or things get ...
My Current Thoughts On Daily Chess Format I am not a fan of Daily Chess (Correspondence Chess) format. I do see some value in it for learning purposes (I’ll list some of those good things later), but I much prefer real-time. I like my chess games...
I Am A chess.com Mod Now This blog post is more of a news announcement, but yes it is “official” that I am now a chess.com moderator! I’ve always tried to help out the chess community (even before I created my account here) and since day 1 on c...
Wow! Time flies! I created my chess.com account the same day I “took up chess” just to see how “good I could get”…admittingly, I didn’t even know if I’d still be with it a month later…safe to say I got hooked into the game and here we are 5 years ...
I’ll try to keep this fairly short for everyone, but I plan on beginning to stream chess again; it won’t be today, but one of these days soon (almost certainly within a week time-frame; most likely within a day or two from now). In fact, I never ...
2700 Puzzles Rating! This is not the first time I’ve surpassed 2700 rating for chess.com puzzles. When I surpassed the 2700 mark, I honestly didn’t think much of it and kept working on my chess as usual. In the natural rating ups and downs of puz...
Today Is The Day, 2000 Rapid! Thank you for the kind words and support everyone; I’ve just crossed the chess.com Rapid 2000+ rating barrier for my first time! I suppose this makes November 22, 2021 a special date for me, but naturally: there were...
Dropped More Chess Rating A few hours ago, I just dropped a lot more in my chess.com “rapid rating” and of course this is never really fun…but I am smiling Okay, not at first; allow me to elaborate, so it makes more sense. A chess milestone I...
One of my chess.com friends @Raven-Ivy-Serena made a fun quiz on how well you know them. Here is the link to that thread: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/who-is-my-best-friend-64138381 I thought the game idea was cool and I had fun gue...
For the last two weeks or so, I've been researching chess streaming, setting up my Twitch and YouTube channels and essentially trying to learn how to stream chess well enough where I can figure out the rest as I go by practice and experience. My ...
Chess Visualization & Calculation By 15 Puzzle I recently watched some of the Carson Tonight Show with host Johnny Carson and guest GM Bobby Fischer. This originally aired 1972, November 8. I loved the interview and was fascinated at how quic...
KeSetoKaiba Username Meaning The meaning behind my username @KeSetoKaiba has been asked by several chess.com members. Most of them I’ve answered in private messages (PMs) and some I simply told I would eventually write a blog post on this topic. ...
Puzzle Rush Survival 50+ Goal Reached! I’ve got a rollercoaster of emotions to share with this one, but I must start at the beginning. When I joined chess.com back in 2017, Puzzle Rush was nowhere near where it was now. I’m virtually certain 5 m...
2000 Blitz! ...Sort of ... 2000+ Chess rating in any category seems to be a very special milestone for anyone. I honestly don’t know entirely why. Maybe the “2” in front of the rating is coveted? Perhaps because informally “expert” 2000+ means a ...
Rage In Chess Do I rage in chess? No. Getting upset to the point of "raging" anger is a learned trait. Feeling upset a bit, or dying "on the inside", is probably the standard reaction everyone feels to some degree, but the "raging" and throwin...
2400! I used to work on my “Puzzles rating” (used to be called “Tactics rating” on chess.com before it was renamed) routinely. I would only do five puzzles per day and then do the “Daily Puzzle” on chess.com, but I’d hardly ever miss even a singl...
Lots of beginners often ask “How do I improve at chess?” - Many members ask seriously and a few use this opportunity as a chance for trolling. The helpful ones just go around the forums and repeat the same answers, but this is boring after a while...
