Tired of tactics? Why not try out our positional puzzles! Depending on the level of each exercise (they are presented in ascending order of difficulty) you will probably need between 5 and 20 minutes to find the solution. If your solution doesn't ...
Most of the players, after finishing their games starts playing another chess game, which is why regardless of playing too many games, it does not improve your tactical and strategical skills quicker. The first step to becoming a better chess play...
#ruylopez #jaenischgambit This was a nice smooth game of the Jaenisch Gambit with the Black pieces, against White's Ruy López Opening. White accepted the gambit (1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. exf5), which immediately gives me ...
The Caro-Kann is one of the strongest defenses against 1.e4 and has gained popularity in the past few years. The opening has various pawn formations resulting from the different variations. One of the richest variations for learning pawn str...
Evening everyone. A bit of reading here - I just write what comes into my head - but hopefully you will appreciate my thoughts and enjoy the truly beautiful chess. A labour of love. This week a friend elsewhere posted a puzzle which I solved on ...
In 1994, Alexei Shirov was ranked #2 in the world. Yet Judit Polgar beat him in 21 moves! Polgar placed 3rd in Amsterdam 1995, ahead of various world-class players: Here is the game against Shirov: On page 361 of the 2nd volume in her ...
Alexander Surenovich Dronov passed away on December 7, 2023 in Moscow. This correspondence chess grandmaster had a unique achievement of winning three ICCF World Championship Finals: 22-nd, 27-th and 28-th. Only three persons hold two championship...
In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that allowed the top player to prevail. Some tournaments will be known and famous, others will be more obscure - in a time period where competition is scarce, I...
#quickwins #carokann #rasastudiergambit Today's game is an excellent demonstration of the power of opening gambits by my subscriber @eNoDev. They played with the White pieces and used the uncommon Rasa-Studier Gambit against the Caro-Ka...
BREAKING NEWS! 10-year-old Argentinian chess prodigy FM Faustino Oro (a.k.a. "The Messi of Chess") will be taking on one of the most popular streamers in the chess community, GothamChess, on Monday, December 18. This thrilling match, Fau...
The 2023 Vugar Gashimov Memorial has commenced, featuring ten formidable Grandmasters. This prestigious event is taking place at the Gabala Garden Hotel, with sponsorship from the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Azerbaijan Chess Federation. ...
The first major tournament since before the war and, even more important than that, the breakthrough for hypermodernism. As Jimmy Adams writes, "It is difficult to overestimate the significance of this contest." It's worth quoting in full ...
Lately, there has been a lot of news (drama!?) about Hikaru's interesting performances and the posts from Vladimir Kramnik. Hikaru has been a strong classical player and incredibly strong blitz player for decades. He was arguably the top online bl...
I saw a Chessable ad recently which is so hilarious that it really deserves a post. Inadvertently, they have created the perfect parody of modern chess marketing. I recommend you to watch the short video below, because it shows what can happen t...
This is (again) taken from the same online live chess lesson I made a video of couple of weeks ago (on Benoni defense). The idea was to discuss various pawn structures, possible pawn breaks, piece-setup, etc, so the next one happened to be the Bog...
#chessnut I've recently discovered the absolutely amazing Chessconnect App, which exists as an extension to the Chrome browser. It works on Windows and MacOS on any modern computer that supports Bluetooth LE, and with no additional soft...
Hi everyone! 🥰 I believe you're already familiar with the chess platform www.chessmood.com, and you probably know they're running a massive giveaway. I have a link for you, where you can get a one-month subscription to their site absolute...
#englundgambit #psychology #tactics Why do you play chess? What is your reason and purpose for playing? I've recently been reflecting on this question. An observation that I've made in some of the comments and feedback to my content, ...
Afternoon everyone. Some fantastic chess to share today! Last time round, in my game notes, I referred to the incredible Gennadi Nesis. I did a blog on him a while back. https://www.chess.com/blog/simaginfan/gennady-nesis-one-of-my-chess-h...
My forest is dark, the trees are sad, and the butterflies have broken wings. Around 2 months ago, we observed the 32nd World Mental Health Day on the 10th of October 2023. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the...
#reti #retigambit #ohnomyqueen #quickwins Today's game is from my mate @benhunt72 of the Chess Boot Camp channel and club! This game features the opening "Knight + Bishop" checkmate pattern that we've seen before, most commonly in the 8...
Coach’s Corner is your inside look into what top coaches and authors think is best way to improve your chess. In this edition, we're interviewing none other than Grandmaster Johan Hellsten. Hellsten quite literally wrote the book on strate...
ChessKid is always finding new ways to share the classic game of chess with kids. The experience and educational value of playing chess goes beyond the chessboard, helping to develop useful life skills that will stick with kids as they grow. ...
The first international tournament of the decade and a nice introduction to three players — two newbies and one returnee. Richard Réti won the tournament, which was his warm-up for his really startling win at Gothenburg later in the...
The second part of *October tournaments* in Novi Sad, Serbia retrospective is dedicated to the tournaments that been the 4th, the 5th and the 6th in a raw. Three tournaments that yet again brought City Of Novi Sad into the focus of atten...