Hello, dear readers, and welcome to my final post of 2025! Once again, I achieved my goal of writing two blogs per month. Thank you all for keeping me motivated! First of all, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your family and loved one...
Hello, and welcome to the final episode of this series! Today, I will be covering the first two decades of the 21st century, from 2000 to 2020. As you know, the idea is to explore the world of chess during significant historical events, and how ...
The world is changed. I feel it in the openings. I feel it in the endgames. I smell it in the wooden pieces. Much that once was is lost, for none now play who remember it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Back to Top It began with the forging of the ...
Hello, readers! Today, I present the fifth episode of this series, and the last one covering the 20th century. For many of you, it already seems like yesterday, but time flies. For those who don’t know, the idea is to explain how the che...
Kia ora! Welcome to another blog! As I informed you 15 days ago, today we will be talking about the latest edition of the best blogging competition on this website: BlogChamps Season 9! If you are an avid reader, you will probably already know...
Hello, everyone! I would like to start this blog with a question. Are you fully focused on what you are reading right now? Or are you multitasking while doing it? I don't intend to preach or contribute to the boring debate about the new generati...
Hello, dear fans of chess! As promised in my last blog, today I will share another 'Typical Vanessa' post. I hope you understand that this involves making many imaginative comparisons between our beloved game and something else that seems comple...
Hello, everyone! Time to continue this series that I must finish before the end of the year! While my regular readers already know what it is about, I will give a brief explanation for newcomers. The idea is to relate the chess scenario to sig...
Kia ora, dear friends! Welcome to my 50th post! You read that correctly. I know it’s almost unbelievable that I have already written so many, but it's true! Of course, I would like to celebrate this milestone with my readers. After all, it...
Hello, curious minds thirsting for the truth! This is Vanessa Holmes, the greatest chess detective on this website. Today, I invite you to join me in uncovering more undeniable facts about the world of our beloved game. Secrets that players and ...
Hey, friends! It looks like it's time for another blog! But how would I know that? Elementary, my dear Watson, or whatever your name is. In 2025, we have sophisticated equipment called clocks, which allow us to keep track of time. Therefore, I k...
Hello, friends! It's time to read another blog! Today, we will continue the series relating the chess scenario to some of the most significant events in history. The aim of this post is to explore how our beloved game evolved during the same per...
Hey, readers! Welcome to another blog! As you have surely seen from recent news reports, our world is once again witnessing an armed conflict in the Middle East, perhaps the most tense area on the planet. Obviously, my goal here is not to explai...
Hello, readers! Today's post will, once again, focus on the magic of writing and reading chess blogs! And why did I decide to write about it? Well, it is because we have just finished another successful season of the most prestigious blogging co...
Hello, dear readers! Today, I would like to talk about something that might sound absurd, especially to us chess enthusiasts. Believe it or not, our beloved game has been banned for various reasons in different parts of the world at different ti...
Hello and welcome to my new blog! This will be the second episode of the series I started last month. The idea is to discover what was happening in the chess scene during the periods of important events and transformations that changed the histo...
Hello, guys! Welcome to another blog! I will not make any mystery regarding what the topic is because it's already been written up there, but would you like to know why I decided to write about it and where the idea came from? Okay, I can't kn...
Hey everyone! Welcome to what may be another series in my blog! I am writing this first episode as a test, and if it works well, I may continue it over the next few months. But before explaining, let me start this text with some good news! My ...
Hello again, everyone! After a few posts that were either informational or entertaining, I decided to share some personal experiences with you guys again. The reason for this decision was that if this is my blog, it should also be about me, righ...
Hello, dear readers! As you can imagine, my last article about the Chess Prodigies Who Flopped was very research intensive. It was also a heavy topic, especially some of the stories. So, to bring some joy back to my blog, this time, I decided to...
Hello dear readers, As you all know, I am very worried about losing my Top Blogger badge after that ridiculous episode of the Duel Of Nations series, where I had the audacity to compare a small and irrelevant chess country with the powerful Mars...
Io̧kwe aolep!* Two weeks ago, I told you all that Episode 3 would be the last one in the Duel Of Nations series. However, due to the good acceptance it received, I changed my mind and decided to release a new one! Welcome to the fourth and most ...
Hello again! Welcome to the third episode of the series Duel Of Nations! Surprisingly, this content has been more successful than I expected. Thank you for your support, and I'm glad you're enjoying it. But for first-time travelers, let me expla...
Kia ora, dear readers! Welcome to my first blog of 2025! Before anything else, I hope you are all having a great start to the year. Once again, I will try my best to post twice a month until the end and keep you entertained with different conten...
Dear readers, welcome to my last blog in 2024! Phew, this was the first full year of "The Kiwi Hobbit's Blog" on Chess.com. I admit that, in January, I was not sure if I would be able to write two posts a month until the end, but I am lucky to h...
