Chess Basics for Beginners: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Chess Introduction Welcome! If you’re reading this, chances are you’re curious about learning the beautiful game of chess. Whether you want to play casually wit...
Don't ask me why the easiest and simplest notation style has to sound like a math 401 class from college, but I will promise you that its not as bad as it seems. Depending on how thoroughly you want to learn algebraic notation, it ranges in diffic...
What is the Caro–Kann Guys?The Caro–Kann begins with 1.e4 c6. Black prepares 2…d5 to immediately challenge White’s center without locking in the light-squared bishop (one downside of the French). Chess.com+2Wikipedia+2It&r...
This blog post is part three of a four-part series of my journey to the National Master title. I would suggest reading part one and part two if you haven't already. At this stage of the journey, my USCF rating peaked at 2193, just one away from ...
The Spanish Opening Chess, one of the oldest and most intellectually demanding board games, has fascinated players for centuries. Among the many opening strategies developed to gain early control and advantage, the Spanish Opening, a...
1. Introduction & PrinciplesStudying openings prepares you for the middlegame by establishing a sound setup and revealing typical pawn structures and plans. Memorization helps, but understanding the ideas behind the moves is what leads to impr...
Back to ContentsOn the surface, chess may just seem like a game of black and white pieces. But for most of its history, it has been something deeper. Soldiers, kings, and codebreakers have learned from the game's strategy and ever changing variati...
Growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, NM Ruben Mashal found his calling in chess teaching at just 17 years old. In a region rich with strong players and tournaments, he learned to be inventive by turning books and creative training methods int...
Welcome back, dear readers! This post is for entertainment and educational purposes only. The characters and scenarios described are fictionalized representations of chess openings. All opinions expressed are the author’s own. const...
🧠 What is the Rousseau Gambit Guys?The Rousseau Gambit is an aggressive chess opening for Black, and it appears in the Italian Game after the moves: e4 e5Nf3 Nc6Bc4 f5✨ The move 3...f5 is the Rousseau Gambit. It’s named after Eugè...
What is the Queen’s Gambit Guys?The Queen’s Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: d4 d5c4White offers a pawn on c4 to Black, aiming to tempt Black into capturing it.The “gambit” here means White is “...
Learn Chess.com Gambits and there are many popular gambits. I show you the popular gambits. What are they? Bird's Opening: From's Gambit Réti Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation Englund Gambit The Englund Gambit is an ope...
The Official Beverage of Tactical Regret™ If you’ve ever hung a queen, walked into a fork, or confidently premoved your way into a checkmate, congratulations—you’re exactly the kind of player Blunderade™ was made for...
This wasn’t just any game. It was Game 6 in the “Match of the Century” — Fischer (USA) vs Spassky (USSR) during the Cold War chess showdown. Fischer was under insane pressure; losing earlier, being unpredictable, and everyo...
Welcome back everyone to another deep dive into the minds of legendary chess masters. Today, we will be exploring the brilliancy behind the games of 2 chess legends, Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen. These game of chess had passed through many y...
⚔️ What is the Belgrade Gambit?The Belgrade Gambit arises from the Four Knights Game, a classical and symmetrical opening, but here White sacrifices a pawn early to gain rapid development and attacking chances. Move order:e4 e5Nf3 Nc6Nc3 Nf6d4 e...
The Queen’s Gambit: A Classic Chess OpeningThe Queen’s Gambit is one of the oldest and most respected chess openings, dating back to the 15th century. It begins with the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4, where White offers a pawn on the c...
Cheating in chess happens when someone decides that they do not want to play using their own abilities, and they turn to using help from a chess engine or friend to find better moves. This is obviously unfair to the other player, and ruins the exp...
Las trampas en ajedrez ocurren cuando alguien decide que no quiere jugar usando sus propias habilidades y recurre a la ayuda de un módulo de ajedrez o de un amigo para encontrar las mejores jugadas. Esto es, obviamente, injusto para el otro...
To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst. - Wilson Kanadi Hello, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to Chess Inferno, where we busy ourselves with everything that's boring! Chess is unequivocally, undeniably, and exceptionally bor...
Esta es mi lista no oficial de los usuarios con más logros en Chess.com. Contiene a los usuarios con 115 o más logros . Quienes tienen la misma cantidad de logros aparecen ordenados alfabétic...
Chess Variants: Exploring the Classics and the Curious Introduction Chess variants breathe fresh air into the centuries-old battle of wits. By reinventing board layouts, piece movements, and victory conditions, they challenge us to think beyon...
The Blunder Chronicles Continue—Now With More Regret Per Move If Part 1 was the appetizer of embarrassment, Part 2 is the full-course meal of tactical self-sabotage. Because once you’ve blundered your queen, what’s left? Your di...
No one will regret the time devoted to Chess, for it will help in any profession. Tigran Petrosyan Hello, dear readers! Today I want to tell you about a remarkable man—Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa. His name is known primarily in...
In the first video in our Modern Masterpieces series, we looked at the importance of controlling the center. It is the VERY FIRST thing you need to in a chess game. The claims you and your opponent stake on the center in the first few moves dictat...
