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Panda Tactics

Panda Tactics

IM Tsubasa
| Jan 28, 2026
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 2026 Daily Chess Championship - Round 1  Good morning chess players! As in the previous year, I started the Daily Chess Championship 2026 on a high note, winning all my games in the first round. This year’s tournament brought ...

Orangutan Gambit

Orangutan Gambit

IM Tsubasa
| Nov 2, 2025
| 307
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Good Morning Chess Players! In round 4 of 2025 Daily Chess Championship, I started all my games with 1. b4.  1. b4 If you don’t believe me, take a look at the screenshot I took right after the round started.Overal...

907 days - Evergreen Warrior's 26th

907 days - Evergreen Warrior's 26th

IM Tsubasa
| Oct 11, 2025
| 184
| 1

Good morning chess players! It was the longest chess tournament I ever participated. 907 days! Start Date: Feb 25, 2023Finish Date: Aug 21, 2025 Number of Players: 6125 The tournament name was Evergreen Warrior's 26th Quick Knockouts ...

Daily Chess - Do you really need to play main lines?

Daily Chess - Do you really need to play main lines?

IM Tsubasa
| Aug 18, 2025
| 661
| 2

Based on my games from 3rd round of 2025 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship Good morning chess players! Another round completed, but this time let's talk about the openings! First move? How to start a game? Even in Daily Chess, where every...

Play Chess Better with a Capybara

Play Chess Better with a Capybara

IM Tsubasa
| Apr 19, 2025
| 427
| 2

 2025 Daily Chess Championship - Round 2  Good morning chess players! Another round completed — and that means another batch of chess puzzles to solve! I’m happy to share that I finished first in my group in Round 2 of th...

Solve Puzzles and Play Daily Chess Better

Solve Puzzles and Play Daily Chess Better

IM Tsubasa
| Aug 8, 2024
| 774
| 0

2024 Daily Chess Championship - Round 3 Good Morning Chess Players! After last year's success, this year's edition turned out to be much more demanding. Not only did I draw 6 games, but I also fell for a fairly easy tactical trap. In the end, ...

Daily Quiz

Daily Quiz

IM Tsubasa
| May 31, 2024
| 546
| 0

2024 Daily Chess Championship - Round 2 Good morning chess players! In the second round of Daily Chess Championship 2024, tactical elements appeared quite often in my games. Usually these weren't complicated things, but based on them I prepare...

2023 Daily Chess Championship Final

2023 Daily Chess Championship Final

IM Tsubasa
| Dec 9, 2023
| 944
| 3

 2023 Daily Chess Championship - Final  Good Morning Chess Players! I never expected to win such a big tournament. Especially since, according to the information on the website announcing the event, it was "The world's largest tour...

Chess Puzzles for beginners

Chess Puzzles for beginners

IM Tsubasa
| Jan 15, 2023
| 1,121
| 1

Chess Puzzles for Beginners Good Morning Chess Players!   This time we decided to share twelve simple puzzles with you. Think over each answer and check if your solution is correct. If you prefer the movie version , the same puzzle...

Chess training: Daily Puzzles

Chess training: Daily Puzzles

IM Tsubasa
| Apr 3, 2022
| 235
| 0

Good Morning Chess Players Playing daily chess give you a lot of time to think. And this time can often be converted into nice chess tactics. Let me share some of puzzles created by me or by my opponent . puzzle #1 puzzle #2 ...

2022 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 1

2022 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 1

IM Tsubasa
| Jan 7, 2022
| 343
| 5

2022 Daily Chess Championship - Round 1 Good Morning Chess Players! Traditionally, with New Year, new edition of Chess.com Daily Chess Championship has started. In the previous year, over 16,000 chess players took part in the tournament. Ult...

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 4

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 4

IM Tsubasa
| Sep 23, 2021
| 877
| 0

Daily Chess Championship - Round 4 No more, only exactly 15 players out of over 16,000 managed to advance to the fourth round of 2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship. It is nice to be in such elite group. I thought it would be the final...

Waiting for round 4

Waiting for round 4

IM Tsubasa
| Jul 7, 2021
| 148
| 0

60 games are still going on in round 3 of  2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship: I am not sure if all these games have to be finished to start the next, final round.  But for sure there is some time to practice.  The harde...

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 3

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 3

IM Tsubasa
| Jun 16, 2021
| 453
| 0

Playing  Daily Chess Championship I used to check participants Rapid and Blitz rating. Sometimes also their recent games. Thanks to that you can feel tournament spirit . Some words about my opponents from round 3. Many of them have higher d...

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 2

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 2

IM Tsubasa
| Jun 14, 2021
| 79
| 0

Meantime, during the break between round 1 and 2, I played some daily games. Not only to keep the form but also to gain some rating points. Because everybody knows that ranking also matters. Lets begin from the popular rook sacrifice (Link to ...

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 1

2021 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 1

IM Tsubasa
| Jun 13, 2021
| 84
| 0

Scoring 22/22 looks spectacural but unfortunatelly many games I won by a walkover. Netherless there were some interestning moments worth to share. Starting from some simple puzzles Puzzle 1: Link to the above game Puzzle 2: ...

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