I suspect I found an Ultra-Bullet, CHEATER!!! This player, @Anthonzz (https://www.chess.com/member/anthonzz). Joined on the lasted day in January. He is a wizz at Bullet, with 27 wins, and 2 losses. You might say, if there are two losses, he can't...
Chess.com just came out with new chess bots! (My brother loves cats so this might get him to play). I will be looking at the blog, "Cat Bots: The Purrfect Way To Start The Year" (Cat Bots: The Purrfect Way To Start The Year - Chess.com). At the s...
What is a Killer Rook? A Killer Rook is when your king is in a stalemate position and you have a rook left. What you wish is that you did not have the rook so that it would be a stalemate, not a loss. You need to check your opponent's Ki...
I finally made it to the 2,000 marker. I will not play lichess bullet because I want to save for the day. This was a goal of mine since I reached 1,500. When I was a 1,000, I wanted to get to 1500 which is the marker for intermediate. But when I r...
Try to find the brilliant move
In This position, White has four Pawns, a Bishop, and a Knight for three Pawns, a Knight, and a Rook. Black's dark squares are weak and White's pawn structure is slightly better. White does have an Isolate...
I have just hit 1802 in bullet just for one year. I am pretty happy about this. In Lichess I am a 1900-1950. Hoping to become a chess bullet expert (2000+) I don't know why my bullet is about 600 rating points over my rapid. I think it is because ...
Hello everyone! I just went to a tournament in OK city. This was a tournament played with about 50-100 players. This was a difficult tournament. The time control was 90 minutes, with a 30-second integer. There was a prize fund that was 100+$. This...
The Tennison Gambit is a nice gambit that can come from the Reti and the Scandinavian Defense.
This Spices things up for both sides if you like tactics.
In This game (Bullet) I've play a trap within the Tennison Gambit to teach you guys not to fa...
The Lefong Trap is an interesting Bullet trap that can start from a fianchettoed Bishop in the Corner. The name comes from FM Lefong Hua, which is a twitch chess streamer. This trap can almost guarantee a win or a loss. If your opponent does not p...
Hello all! I didn't want to go to nationals due to money and time. It was an 8-hour trip to Tennessee. I was nervous about any tournament. We got there and there were thousands of players from across the U.S.. Here is the first game. I am playing ...
I have been looking forward to this day. And only knew of one person, NM Rian Amburgy (Oklahoma's best chess player). I was pretty nervous playing in any tournament. And so We got there. After waiting one hour. The TD shows up and gives an announc...
Hello Everyone. I made a new trap! The Marshall Trap, made for fast games.
Bullet:
Blitz:
Rapid: