To finish my birthday the right way, I'm finally releasing the full version of the Sturm gambit. After weeks of analyzing the book, I've found the best openings, the best position for white, and some variations. Let's get into it. The Sturm...
First things first, this blog is late. I was so close to doing an entire week without missing a day. The night before this blog was going to be written, my county's power went out, only coming back on the next day at 9 pm. While that could hav...
While some will see a pros games and be confused on why they make those moves or how they get those rooks. They're actually androids. No, but they play like one. They use tactics like forks, pins, and discovered attacks. "wHaT's ThAt," you ma...
While I've shown you ways to improve your game, I've never directly combined all of these lessons, showing it all in one game. This game was played on the day of writing. I play board one for my high school, and in this game I feel I played m...
We all have days where you lose every game, painfully seeing that number drop further and further. You seem to play against opponents twice as good as you. You get angry and stop playing for however long. Maybe sometimes we have that day where we ...
have you ever been winning a game, feeling confident in all your plays, then hearing a three fast ticks, as your timer hits one minute left. Your play falls apart and eventually you lose. If so, this blog could help you. If not, please still read ...
I plan on uploading a blog a day for one week. These blogs will be on a beginners guide. As You climb the rank ladder, opponents will become smarter. They become more confident and will feel harder to beat. In games like this, you can trick the ...
The use of controlling files using rooks or queen's has many uses, and are an under-noticed strategy for beginners. Let's get into it. Controlling files using the rook is used commonly during mid game and becomes extremely useful during late gam...
I have gotten stuck between 980-1000 in rapid, in which I have had some rather neat endgames. I've been able to win these even endgames through practice from youtube, puzzles, and my school coaches. I'd recommend everyone to join your chess team. ...
As part two, I should be continuing the topics I last spoke about, with training, learning openings, strategies, and Youtube videos, but I changed things up. I did no training, no learning strategies or openings, and watched very little Yout...
The Surge Gambit is a play off of the Bird's opening, and the dutch variation. This opening has many turns that would confuse the opponent and if done correctly, be like first grade math for white. This gambit is perfect for a player who wan...
My road to 1000 in rapid is not yet over, yet I am closing in on the number. At 970, I am closer than ever to reaching this goal of mine. The latest game in which featured this setup. I am hoping you can figure it out, before I continue. ...
Over the past month I have been practicing, studying, and playing chess. I've joined my school's chess club, and have over played 117 games in between studying. My score 30 days ago was 697, and is now 905. How'd I do this? If you're a ...
While this thumbnail, let alone the name, may seem like clickbait, it is not. This opening it a powerhouse on how to respond to the Scandinavian defense. Let's start with the setup, And show how the Scandinavian defense works. ...
My experience with chess has always been pawns and knights for early game, with a bishop here and there. Rooks were always late game, only being used for checkmates and forks. Around midnight, while trying to sleep I got to thinking about it....
Chess has an long history of making it's way into being illegal or 'sinful' which I have covered in previous blogs. Everything I covered in those blogs were old, not like 1973. 1973 was a year in which chess started to become what it is today...
Chess is a game that almost everyone knows about. It's dated back to the 6th century when it was first established, but back then it wasn't known as chess, rather it was referred to as चतुरङ्ग, or Chaturanga. The Sto...
Now a days, chess is a widely played game that has been mastered by the best, but in the mid nineteenth century, chess faced the wrath of the Catholic Church, due to its waste of time, and declared it a "sinful act." The Story It all s...
