This is second part on my series on how to go from 1600 to 1800. I'm analyzing a game that was submitted in the comments of my previous blog post, and sharing the top 5 mistakes I saw in the game. If you prefer to learn from a video lesson, you ca...
I still remember when I said, "I really want to reach #2800 someday." I said that in 2022, and that day has arrived today. I feel truly happy and proud, having managed to stay at #2700 for many years. It took three years to achieve this new goal...
As we continue to update and improve Proctor, we are publishing new versions regularly with large and small improvements. Changes are documented here starting with 2.0.0 which was a substantial update that moved Proctor's development process fully...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm excited to share highlights from my recent workshop "Connecting Pieces to the Attack", where we explored how and when to bring your pieces into an attack to create overwhelming pressure. Whether you're launching a kingsid...
I was asked to analyze a game I played 10 years ago for a book on the President’s Cup (the Final Four). That year our Webster team completely dominated the field. We scored 10 out of 12, the best result any team had ever achieved. I scored 3...
Cabana Santa doesn't play great openings. Learn the weaknesses of his repertoire and play a decent middlegame/endgame to take the full point.
This week’s blog features the second in a series of Paul Littlewood’s articles on Tactics, which was originally published in the ECF’s monthly Magazine ChessMoves. In this article Paul looks at one of the basic tactic...
Good afternoon to all my friends around the world. ''Meanwhile, far away, in another part of town'' as Bob Dylan wrote, I mentioned a move that is regarded as one of the most amazing ever played. I think Tim Krabbe, who has a website devot...
The second episode of the podcast Masters and Matches tells about Moscow 1925, the first super tournament in the Russian capital held exactly a century ago. It was the career's peak for Efim Bogoljubow, who won the tournament ahead of Lasker and C...
When your pieces know what they're doing, the game almost wins itself. So for this week's round-up of courses, we're all about playing your pieces to their full potential. You'll learn how to develop fast, take control of key squares, and...
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Can you believe that a confection chess set was the winning entry in a gingerbread house competition? A delicious entry, called Pawn Stars, that featured 32 chess pieces with lively personalities took first prize at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Ashe...
Last month, breaking news about a country and a tournament caught the attention of the entire chess community. Of course, I’m talking about Cyprus and the tournament… the 9th European Small Nations Association (ESNA) Team Championship...
Today I’ll walk you through a rock-solid opening repertoire you can start using immediately. No heavy theory. Just clear ideas that lead you to good middlegame positions. You can download all variations completely for FREE:https://rocksoli...
This game will probably go down as one of the greatest games in Argentina's chess history. The rising star Faustino Oro, one of the most promising youngsters in the world, played White against the 7-time Argentine champion Diego Flores in the 100t...
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Hey Impressive Chessers! If you’ve ever wanted advice on improving your blitz rating from a slumping, elder-millennial National Master (yes, that would be me), then this is the blog for you! In all seriousness, I really do think I can help...
On Saturday, 29th November 2025, the final blitz competition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Odessa (Odesa) Grandmaster EFIM GELLER, who in the past was officially recognized the best athlete of Odessa of the 20th cen...
We all want to get better at chess, but the path to get there is different depending on our level. I'm starting a series on helping people go from approximately 1600 to 1800, and I'm doing so by analyzing game submissions (feel free to post your...
In 1929, Alekhine defended his world championship like a mortal — with Bogoljubow keeping pace with him for much of the match until Alekhine surged ahead. But after that Alekhine started a tournament run that has a claim to being the greates...
Trailing by half a point entering the last day of the US Masters in Charlotte, Grandmaster Awonder Liang won both of his games to vault himself into a tie for first, before taking down GM Andrew Hong in a crazy tiebreak playoff. The win clinched L...
A few days ago, I listened to a podcast about League of Legends. It’s actually a game I used to play a lot but haven’t picked it up in a while. During the podcast, one segment caught my attention though. It was a discussion on how to m...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm excited to share highlights from my recent workshop "How to Become an Uncomfortable Opponent", where we explored how to create maximum psychological and practical pressure on your opponents, forcing them out of their comf...
In this week’s blog, Maidenhead and Birmingham University Club player, Calvin Chris Biju takes us through his chess journey including joining Maidenhead Chess Club, reaching the final of the Club Championship, meeting a former British Prime ...
Many things in life happen by coincidence, but writing a book does not seem to be one of them. Even so, I never planned to write my book about Capablanca and Alekhine, although after several years of working on it, I am very glad that I did. My ...
