Are you passionate about chess? Join our Championship on August 27th! Date: August 27th, 11 a.m. EDT (5 p.m. CET)⏰ Time Control: 3 min + 2 sec incrementRounds: 9 in the Swiss system Exciting Prizes: 1st Place: $50 + Lesson wit...
Dear Chess Friends! Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your chess skills and compete for prizes? Well here is your chance! We at ChessLance are very excited to invite you to our next Blitz Chess Tournament! Our tournament is open to ...
Dear Chess Friends! Have you ever struggled with planning in a complicated position? This is a very common problem among club players. Let’s try to fix it at the webinar “Endgame & Middlegame Planning” designed to transform...
Dear Chess Friends, Do you love the thrill of blitz chess? Are you looking for a fun and exciting way to test your skills against other players from around the world?We are excited to announce our upcoming Blitz Chess Tournament with money prize...
Dear Chess Friends! I’m excited to announce our upcoming chess mastermind "Defining Weaknesses," designed for players looking to take their game to the next level. This masterclass will focus on identifying and exploiting weaknesses in y...
Dear Chess Friends! Are you looking to take your chess endgame skills to the next level? If so, then I have great news for you! I'm excited to introduce you to "Tactics in Endgames," a mastermind that I’m conducting this weekend. When th...
Dear Chess Friends! Are you ready to test your chess tactics and take your game to the next level? An ability to find and calculate tactical combinations may save the game, even if you did everything improperly before that. And this time I prepa...
Dear Chess Friends! Imagine a situation when you do your best during the chess game, but the position is still equal and you don’t know what you can do to play for a win. Is this situation familiar to you? For me too!Once in 2019 I was pla...
Dear Chess Friends! What if you learned an opening, but your opponent doesn’t play according to what you remember? Well, if he deviates at the 10-15th move, it’s fine. You should either learn some deviations as well or at least under...
My Dear Chess Friends, Probably I’m too late with this post, but I would like to tell you about World Rapid & Blitz Championship that took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I live here now and luckily FIDE decided to conduct this event in A...
Dear Chess Friends! When my students can't come up with a plan I often say them to complete 2 things: either disrupt the enemy plan or improve their worst pieces. But how to improve these pieces? Is there a certain algorithm? How to identify ...
Dear Chess Friends!How often do you struggle trying to find a proper move in the middlegame? For example, I struggle a lot, especially if the type of the position isn't familiar to me. To decide which move and plan to play, you should eval...
Dear Chess Friends! I’m back. I finally fixed my Internet, so it means we can continue our webinars. There are a lot of topics to discuss and, of course, we will play a simul and a blitz practice as well, but later. This time I decided to ...
Dear Chess Friends! Our previous educational event was devoted to planning in closed positions. I’m sure you learned a lot and won’t struggle with plans in positions with closed pawn center anymore. Did you realiz...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm sure you enjoy playing chess and attending our chess events. What if I say that is possible to play chess games and earn money? You don't need to be a top Grandmaster like Magnus Carlsen or H...
Dear Chess Friends! Planning is what most chess players, especially club players, usually struggle with. I also sometimes experience such problems in unfamiliar positions. Of course, an ability to come up with a proper plan depends on how you un...
Dear Chess Friends! Have you ever thought of how to build your opening repertoire? Of course, you should choose something competitive, which at the same time suits your playing style. However, I usually see that a lot of chess players watched...
Dear Chess Friends! What, in your opinion, is the most important thing in chess games? Openings? An ability to find tactical strikes? Endgame techniques? Or middlegame plan? All these components are vita...
Dear Chess Friends, I know that all of would like to improve your performance and gain a better rating at chess.com or wherever you play. Just playing games may help you to progress, but your results will rise slower. There are some exact steps ...
Dear Chess Friends! This week I prepared something special for you. We are going to mix entertainments and chess education. This Sunday I am going to conduct a Chess Quiz "Guess Chess Player by His Games". A winner will get a FREE lesson w...
Dear Chess Friends! You probably know I’m a chess player and a coach. I often meet blunders in my students’ games. And in case if they lose these games, they feel upset. However, some games can be played without mistakes, but you can...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm back from vacation and ready to continue our weekly events. This week I suggest to warm up, play a few blitz games and have some fun! That's why, I would like to invite you to my Blitz Practice! I’m going to play ...
I'm sure you know that Stalemate is a kind of draw that happens when one side has no legal moves left to make. For example, if the king is no in check, but no piece can be moved without putting the king in check, then th...
Dear Chess Friends! What if I say that even World Champions blunder a lot? You probably watched my previous video where I explained the most epic blunders by Anatoly Karpov. But what about Bobby Fischer? Many people think he was a genius, mayb...
Dear Chess Friends! Last few months at Chesslance.com our students and coaches worked well. We analyzed typical mistakes, learned how to attack and occupy key squares, and were even able to show this knowledge on Blitz Practice. Now it's time ...
