Any chess player looking to improve his general understanding of chess must, at some point in his life, study the Grandmasters of the past, the people who created the first ideas about the game. In that way, sometimes we can decipher the mind of t...
Our regular sparring partner for the Singapore Olympiad and Asian nations events, FM Andrey Terekhov was poised to leave the shores of Singapore...the Microsoft executive having been assigned to Paris, France and come August, his family would be s...
I just won a 3+2 blitz game. Nothing special, especially considering my playing level, but computer analysis showed an incredible brilliancy that I missed at one point. A forced mate in seven, with a queen sacrifice and incredibly rare double-r...
The game below may not elicit any particular feeling or thought at first sight. However, that game may have ended up costing me $10,000 and a qualification for the Grand Prix series during my World Cup match against Vidit! After the match, I w...
A couple of days ago my friend @tk22h was kind enough to inform me of the death of Grandmaster Istvan Csom. I do not have time to write any kind of proper obituary, but hopefully by drawing attention to him here, and providing the following link...
My game against Anand Bot was one for the records. Having a won position for 80 moves, winning in so many different ways at any moment only to, well, you'll see what happened below. Let's have a look: To watch Hikaru play this game ...
Kasparov to nazwisko, które jest znane nawet nie-szachistom. Zdecydowanie jest to jedna z wyraźniejszych postaci szachowego świata. Jest genialnym szachistą, ma przeciekawą mimikę, a poza tym ma zacięcie polityczne. Ta mieszanka zapewniła...
Those who are looking for chess books, very well know that it is quite impossible to select one book and finish reading them. Because there are a lot of books! Those books are well designed to fall in love at first sight for, their covers are awes...
Last week was quite successful – top prizes on Monday's Chess Played Quick Bot Battles – Titled Tuesday and Arena Kings on Wednesday. Yet, as Napoleon said "Give me the lucky generals not the smartest, not the bravest, but the luckiest...
The Sicilian Defence is one of the theoretically richest openings against 1. e4. In this video, I offer an aggressive way to meet it and avoid all the heavy theory. If you enjoyed it, please leave a like and subscribe. Also, feel free to leav...
Dear Chess Friends! Nowadays, the opening stage of a chess game is becoming more important, either because of the appearance of chess engines or because almost everything has been studied, everyone is passionate about learning a new line. Howe...
There are many articles around here that start with lines like: "How to Increase Your Rating", or "Learn to Win Fast".....but let me tell you the REAL secret to success: Play ....h6! Now, I know it sounds silly, but maybe the next two example...
Throughout the history of chess, chess matches have been important. They have been ways of establishing supremacy—as for the World Championship. They have established relative strengths of players against each other. Some chess matches hav...
There aren't very many chess masterpieces played bu unknown players, but today's game is such an example. Imbad, possessor of just two recorded games, unleashes a high-level opening trap against his opponent Strumilo in a correspondence game playe...
This week, I was very pleased to learn that I had been re-elected as a Silver Members representative for the English Chess Federation (ECF) with the highest vote of any of the candidates. It makes me think: Is positive change is coming to English ...
By Guest Contributor Grandmaster Peter Prohaszka: This week's choice fell upon a beautiful technical win by Magnus Carlsen to Radoslaw Wojtaszek in their second rapid game at the World Cup. It is rare that we see a bishop dominating a knight so pr...
Trivia question: which two chessplayers have played each other the most (in 'official' games, at classical time controls)? The answer, not surprisingly, is Kasparov and Karpov. Actually, it's not even close. They played 170 official games ...
Hey ChessKids! Hope you're having a good week. We're here to catch you up to speed with some of the goings-on in the CK universe. ChessKid Youth SCC Results: The scores have been settled in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the annual Summer...
Dear Chess Friends! Did you know that 30% of all games are won because of pins? I’ve read this phrase in one of chess books (don’t remember the name of the author). And then I realized that it can be true. Pinning is one of the most ...
There is a famous saying among Grandmasters: “Marriage costs 50 Elo points”. I heard it as a teenager, and apparently, it was told to Vishy Anand after his wedding to Aruna in 1996. Of course, Anand’s rating has never dropped bel...
I am FIDE Master ENEASZ and my highest ELO was about 2400. I have a BLOG and STUDENT'S GROUP at chess.com. I am 27 years old and I studied Finance and Accountancy at University of Economics in Katowice. I am TOP ...
Hey guys! How to calculate like a Chess Master? Which are the best Calculation techniques and methods Masters use in their games? How to train your Calculation? These are some of the questions we answer in this Post/Video. Cont...
Several points:1. This blog is about music, not chess so there's no need to mention this in the comments. It's featured because I have Top Blogger status. If you find this offensive, I'm sorry but I have no control over it. Just contact the ...
Expectations for Emanuel Lasker in New York, 1924 were murky at best. He should have been rusty after a long chess hiatus, and in his match with Capablanca, the Cuban had been dominant, losing zero games. Lasker shocked the world by winning in c...
This is part 2 of Chess Galore in Philly, a series where I will be covering all 18 games from two consecutive 9-round tournaments, the Philly International and the World Open. Where we left off... Who could have seen...