What a good occasion for updating my chess blog! While celebrating the Ukrainian success in the European Team Championship in Batumi (a rather unexpected I would say, but convincingly strong performance), I decided to analyse a victory of our prom...
Max Euwe continued his social promotion-y path to the world championship by being paired in a match with Capablanca. Euwe had never won a major international tournament and probably wasn’t in the top five in the world, but he just finished a...
Chance, a peer-reviewed journal. The work, partially funded by Chessable, represents one of the most comprehensive analyses ever conducted on this topic as it draws on nearly three decades of data from over 680,000 players from the United State...
While taking a break from tasks and surfing our GCD forums, I came across a rather peculiar question from a thread: "What is a pawn?" Suddenly mindstruck with so many definitions, ranging from bluntly objective to the utmost subjectiveness that ...
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় দাবায় ৫৯ বছড় বয়সে চ্যাম্পিয়ন হয়েছেন উপ-মহাদেশের প্রথম গ্রান্ডমাস্টার নিয়াজ মোর্শেদ ! এই বয়সে তরুন দের হারিয়ে চ্যাম্পিয়ন দুর্দান্ত মনোবল ও দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস সেই সাথে কঠিন প্রিপারেশন না থাকলে সম্ভব নয় বটে। আসলে আমরা যতই প্রশংসা করি বা তাক...
Today the themes of the lessons I taught to my students were on Square Control, Improving your position quietly and Anticipation of threats. Positional stuff aiming at helping them make good strategic decisions. But while I had some time bef...
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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...
Mistakes are the worst… right? You spot the tactic one move too late, miss the quiet move that conquers it all, or overlook a sneaky intermezzo. We’ve all been there. Sure, it’s frustrating; but here’s the twist...
"According to eternal, immutable laws, mortal human beings must complete the cycles of their existence. Happy, however, is the individual whom the law of his existence guides into smooth and untangled paths. For him, like that of heavenly beings, ...
The subject of this blog is the investigation of Black's strongest gambit in chess. Whether you're simply a chess enthusiast looking for a fun game full of tactics, a club player looking to liven the game against 1.d4, a relentless tacticia...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm excited to share highlights from my recent workshop "An Advanced Kingside Pawn as an Object of Attack", where we explored how to turn your opponent's pawn advances into attacking opportunities. Whether you're defending a ...
Through two weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League's twelfth season, not much is decided, but much has happened! Two frontrunners have emerged in the form of Capital One and Databricks, each posting 20 out of a possible 24 points, but ...
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Can the lowly pawn deliver a checkmate? Has it ever happened in a top game involving grandmasters? Surprisingly, this way of delivering checkmate is not impossible, but it is rare. Several amazing games—historic as well as contemporary&mdash...
It's National Chess Day What better way to celebrate than to mark your calendar for December 1, 2025 to join the Chess Friends as they launch their book Q & A Chess: Tournament Edition Where: Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park When: Dec...
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The second episode of Season 2 of 20 Blitz is here, and this time, it’s Sam’s turn to take the board! He started strong, showing sharp instincts and cool calculation in the opening games. But how did he hold up as the pressure gre...
National Chess Day Spotlight: Tamaghna Roy October 11, 2025 – Columbia Chess Club Tamaghna Roy representing South Carolina at the 2025 Tournament of Champions When I first met Tamaghna Roy in 2023, I directed his very first over-the-...
Most people start playing chess because of a family member or a friend. Yes, the good old brother of mine, who did not stop beating me in chess for my WHOLE ENTIRE FIRST YEAR PLAYING, is the one who got me into chess, and I enjoyed it. My primary ...
October is Disability Awareness Month. It is a chance to highlight the value of inclusion and show how activities like chess can bring people together. I have written before about how chess can break barriers for people with disabilities: ...
Recently, I started learning a new game. Nothing crazy, just something different from chess. It’s been nice to be back in the shoes of an improver who is early in their journey actively striving to get better at something! It’s been a ...
Who is more successful? A Grandmaster with 2,750? Or a master with 2,400?A billionaire? Or a millionaire?An influencer with a million followers? Or one with a thousand? The world screams the same answer each time.“The first one! The bigg...
Success Workout of the Week FM CheckRaiseMate9 Oct 20251One view This post is published English (US) ChessPuzzle A chess puzzle to get your brain sweating This is just some old school chess content. A puzzle to get the ...
The State Championship: Back In The Ring (For Real This Time) Trophies and Club Awards Three weeks after writing Back In The Ring, I found myself lacing up the metaphorical gloves again — this time for the 2025 South Carolina State Cha...
