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From Advantage to Victory: How to Convert Winning Positions
Dear Chess Friends! I'm delighted to share the recording and key ideas from my recent workshop "From Advantage to Victory: Converting Winning Positions". We focused on a question that frustrates many players: "I had a clear advantage, but I coul...
Chess in Videogames #6 - The Outlast Trials
Welcome to Chess in Videogames, the series where I discuss various interesting chess-based minigames, puzzles, and references in videogames! The Outlast Trials includes a fully functional chess simulator where you can play against other real p...
Quintessence Part 2: Crazy School Day
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, ...
Chess 2026 Candidates Second Half Recap
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...
History of chess
The history of chess spans over 1,500 years, evolving from a military strategy game in India into the global professional sport we see today. 1. The Ancient Roots (6th Century)The game originated in Northern India as Chaturanga. It was ...
Aliens Mega Cheers Giveaway Daily Club Tournament (Blog 3 Last 16/Quarter Finals))
Aliens Mega Cheers Giveaway Daily Club Tournament "Play, chat, and win! The Alien Chess Hub hosts daily club tournaments featuring exciting cheers giveaway. Join the action today! 👽." Knockout Brackets- Last Two Blogs (For Refe...
Chess and, or Despite AI?
Qualifications: For those who will read this: I strongly thank you and provide a note about my qualifications. I do not work or study with any development nor functions of Artificial Intelligence. This note is important because ...
2026 Candidates Egg-stravaganza - Ranking the Games
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...
The Benko Gambit
Introduction Chess is a game of strategy, planning, and decision-making where every move can shape the direction of the entire match. One of the most important parts of chess is the opening phase, where players develop their pieces and fight for...
Visualise your chess studies with chesstree
I am working on a chess study/pgn (as in a commented pgn with variations) visualiser as a side project. I recently added an interactive tree view that looks kinda cool. I wonder if this would be helpful for other people for studying their own game...
My Reaction To The 2026 CinemaCon
Warner Bros. just apologized for chicken jockey AND we got a huge footage description of the Avengers: Doomsday trailer shown exclusive at this year's absolutely insane and hype CinemaCon. Yet again, it's just crazy to me how I wasn't invited. I m...
THE SKY-GIFT CONNECTION
📺 SHOW SYNOPSIS: THE SKY-GIFT CONNECTIONFourteen years ago, two-year-old Kaleb Lloyd watched his two favorite toys be cast into the Pit. In the world of Gachiakuta, items discarded with such intense love transform into Jinki (Vital Instruments). N...
Candidates 2026 in the Multiverse
In a previous blog, I seriously discuss about ways to fix Candidates tournament qualification paths. This time around, we take a casual look into a what if scenario of different lineups in Candidates tournament 2026 open section (without changing ...
The Color No One Can See — Not Even the Lynx
The Color No One Can See — Not Even the LynxThere’s a strange comfort in believing that what you see is what exists. That the world, as it appears to your eyes, is complete. Finished. Understood. But that idea falls apart the moment ...
Anna Cramling BOT: Safe (Not Safe)
Anna doesn’t beat you with tactics, she takes control without you realizing it. Nothing feels urgent ... and that’s the danger. The position looks clean, your pieces feel coordinated, and the game seems under control. But slowly, perha...
Torneo dei candidati: Resoconto Round 13
Buonasera e bentornati per un nuovo aggiornamento dal torneo dei candidati giunto al suo tredicesimo e penultimo turno. Ebbene sì, abbiamo già il vincitore con un turno di anticipo come potete vedere già dall'immagine che ho p...
Chess player of the day 260413
Chess player of the day Garry Kasparov Chess master “Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.” Today we celebrate Garry's birthday! 🥳 Sharp, a...
Torneo dei candidati: Resoconto Round 12
Buonasera e bentornati per un nuovo aggiornamento dal torneo dei candidati in svolgimento a Cipro e giunto al suo dodicesimo turno; anche oggi, come ieri, tutte le partite sono terminate in pareggio e questo fa gioco all'uzbeko Sindarov che mantie...
Torneo dei candidati: Resoconto Round 11
Buonasera e bentornati nel mio blog per un nuovo aggiornamento sul torneo dei candidati. Siamo giunti al turno numero 11 e già i primi verdetti sono stati scritti: il torneo è nelle mani di Sindarov a meno che Giri non vinca tutte e ...
Javokhir Sindarov is winning the candidates
Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan leads by two points with four rounds left — and he's already broken every record that matters. April 10, 2026 · Limassol, Cyprus 8 Points after 10 rounds 6 Wins — a Candidates record...
Javokhir Sindarov is running away with the candidates
Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan leads by two points with four rounds left — and he's already broken every record that matters. April 10, 2026 · Limassol, Cyprus 8 Points after 10 rounds 6 Wins — a Candidates record...
The Road To The Crown: The FIDE Candidates 2026 Tournament
Every chess player, whether beginner or titled, understands one thing:there is no tournament more brutal, more unforgiving, and more prestigious than the FIDE Candidates Tournament. And in 2026, that battlefield returns—this time in Cyprus...
EPISODE 108: "THE HARD RESET"
TITLE: SPIDER-INTERCEPT: CONVERGENCE 555EPISODE 108: "THE HARD RESET"ACT ONEEXT. THE SHIPYARD - CONTINUOUSThe signal jammer is humming, creating a bubble of grit and reality in the center of the digital storm. Without their HUDs, the Pack looks le...
EPISODE 107: "THE GLITCH VIRUS"
TITLE: SPIDER-INTERCEPT: CONVERGENCE 555EPISODE 107: "THE GLITCH VIRUS"ACT ONEEXT. THE SHIPYARD - CONTINUOUSThe shipyard is a chaotic symphony of elemental clashes and clashing steel. KALEB is mid-air, dodging a volley of LADY VULTURE’S soni...