Several important chess champions, coaches, innovators, authors, and thinkers died last year. This blog post has tributes to them, which aren’t obituaries so much as explorations of brilliance lost. Oldest Living World Chess Champion Mu...
Hi! A few days ago, I was wondering what would happen if I decided to just vanish off the face of the earth for a year. Putting my entire social life on hold and only working on my own improvement and the real obligations that I have. And the...
A tragic crime has taken place, and only you can help me solve it. โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ This was supposed to be the most prestigious tournament I had ever organized. A small, exclusive event in New Zealand, bringing together some of the greatest p...
Atomic Chess is a chess variant where every capture causes an explosion that destroys surrounding pieces. It follows standard movement, but the "blast" mechanics change the strategy entirely. โข๏ธ The Explosion Rules3x3 Radius: When a piece is ...
Language Skills: "I’ve improved my English, French, Spanish, and Italian." "Wow, you must be a genius!" "No, I’m just talking about chess openings".
I was born on the front line of war. I stand among eight shadows, all looking the same, though no two share the same fate. We are moved first and sacrificed first. No one speaks of us after the game. No one admires a pawn. But every road pas...
Chess · FIDE Candidates 2026 · Cyprus Still Fighting on Every Board Praggnanandhaa's Candidates 2026 — a tournament of sharp ideas, tough lessons, and relentless spirit April 27, 2026 Final ...
Chess player of the day Anish Giri Chess master “I barely know what my plans are for tomorrow, but I hope chess will remain a major part of my life.” Anish Giri is a four-time Dutch champion and a long-standing member of the wo...
White to move: . This must be a material gain puzzle; namely, the Queen. Looking for a fork, pin, or skewer. 1. Rg1 Qxb5. 2. Rg5+ is a skewer but 1. ... Qxb5 is not forced and Black will avoid this. What makes this puzzle so seemingly di...
Every chess game always begins with the opening moves. But if you don't know which opening is best for White, this blog is definitely for you.Here are some of the best White openings for beginners: #1 London System: The London System is a popula...
The Chess Command is a new Community of chess players who are going to focus immensely on both chess training and physical training... ... and we are looking for our first 'founding' members. If you are interested in joining a community where yo...
Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri has made a side-splitting remark over the relevance of the FIDE World Junior Championship. He deemed the event unnecessary while mentioning the ages of reigning world champion D Gukesh and Uzbekistan GM Javokhir Sindar...
Chess player of the day Anish Giri Chess master “I barely know what my plans are for tomorrow, but I hope chess will remain a major part of my life.” Anish Giri is a four-time Dutch champion and a long-time member of the world&...
This wasn't a classroom. It was a huge, open training area suspended between two towers, the floor made of shifting panels that reconfigured themselves subtly like they were unsure of their purpose. Lines of energy pulsed under the surface, ...
It was recognized early on that some move-limiting rule was needed because otherwise, some chess games could go on forever, which sucks all the fun out of the game and makes tournaments unmanageable. A famous chess-playing Spanish monk named ...
This has surely happened to you: you’re playing an attacking game, you see a sacrifice, you get excited, and you get lost in endless calculations trying to prove that it works. Because you know it has to work. But... in reality, the sacrific...
Crossposted on Substack Congratulations to Javokhir Sindarov for winning the 2026 Candidates! At just 20 years old, he had one of the great tournament performances in recent history. I’m very excited to see how his career progresses. The...
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[DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know it does say 'A Life Story', but I did want to make this quick, sorry if there was key things I missed out on!] Today, I want to show you a world of complete extraordinariness, of a man who changed the whole chess world b...
Have you ever been wondering what is the best opening for White at every ELO range.Well today i am going to be helping you to do so 100-400/You can win a lot of games as white with the Scholars mate,but the best opening is probably just the Ital...
Hello dear Chess Community. Congratulations to the 17-year-old European Chess Champion Roman Dehtiarov from Ukraine, who dominated today. ๐บ๐ฆ In a dramatic match against Spanish Grandmaster David Anton Guijarro ๐ช๐ธ, the young Ukrainian secured ...
.with moves 1 and 4 The opening was first mentioned by Luis A Bird opening is a chess opening that begins Ramirez de Lucena in his book "Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con ci luegos de Partido", published around...
Hey guys, how have you been?๐ long time no see?๐; Welcome to my Blog!๐ Table of Contents Intr๐ Opening Play Middlegame Play Endgame Play Rook Play Knight Play Bishop Play Queen Play King Play Pawn Play ...
The King’s Gambit: A Soap Opera in 44 Moves ๐ญโ๏ธIf chess openings were reality TV, the King’s Gambit would be full of dramatic confessionals, surprise evictions, and alliances that absolutely should not work—but somehow do. On Jan...
Welcome to the 2026 Candidates Egg-stravaganza! Strange name, huh? But let’s be real, while everyone else are out in their backyards hunting for Easter Eggs, the world’s elite chess players are hunting for something much more lengendar...
