My opponent played very well today the old-benoni, so after the game I decided to dive into it and spent aorund 2 hours to find an advantage for white. Looks like the lines with Bb5 and then dxe6 may give a small edge or playing Ng1-e2-g3 manover ...
Hello everyone. Today I come with another bullet. I liked the way things happened in this game and I thought it was a good idea to write some comments and share. Do not forget this is one minute for each player, so, it is very easy to make mistake...
I've got some interesting new posts planned both on the London system and on other things. In the meantime, this is a repost of a post from the pre-front page days (it has a whopping 242 views to date - let's see whether you guys can beat thi...
Выпуск Chess Team Ukraine TV от 16 07 2018
Free Twitch simul at 8:00 on Sunday I invite you to join to the Free Twitch simul which will start on Sunday at 8:00 am New York, 1:00 pm London, 2:00 pm Berlin time.The time co...
Good evening! Its UAArtur! And I have some good games for you this week. I got a good mood after them, and I wish that it was passed to you too. Ok. This week began the match of my country (Ukraine) against the Spanish national team f...
Hello chess.com. As you already know, you must work with your own games if you want to make progress in chess. As I was watching some of my games, I found these 4 positions where I played at a good level and I got some nice victories. I hope you e...
Today my opponent showed a great performance and checkmated my dragon. In the openings I overlooked a pawn. His pieces became so active, I needed to give up one pawn. I gave up the wrong pawn. He got a defended passed pawn. After winning the...
What's up, guys and gals? I was browsing through a different chess website and came across this game played by two young amateurs. It may not be the most instructive content, though I think we can all enjoy. ...
Five-time World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand is teaching a one-hour live online lesson on July 14th at Chess University. GM Anand will teach using his recent victories and help students better understand strategy, time management, and other top...
This is a great way to answer the first move 1.f2-f4, and, perhaps, the main reason why Bird Opening is rarely used now. From's Gambit is easy to learn and really dangerous for White. These are my words from the blog To...
Today I played with a strong ukrainen player. I played him a few days ago with the same colour. We played a draw in a long game. I analysed the opening deeply and found an improvment. I decided to play a6 in the alapin to prevent the Bb...
Five-time World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand returns to Chess University this weekend to teach a 1-hour live online chess masterclass. The class starts at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (PDT) on Saturday, July 14th, 2018. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP Sig...
I have to admit, I'm starting to get into the hang of playing blitz and streaming simultaneously. After taking about a 100 point rating dive last month on one of my streams, I've somehow managed a 19/21 score (granted, against some lower rated pla...
Today I played with a german players who was rated 2001 in standard time control. This time I streamed both the game and the analysis. He played the english opening. I played the Botwinnik setup with c5 and e5 to gain space and control d4.&nbs...
Everybody knows of Fantasy Leagues, but I don't think I've heard of one dealing with chess! As I recently discovered, there actually is one here on chess.com - https://www.chess.com/club/fantasy-chess-league. The rules are pretty much the...
I've mostly only had time for the random 1 minute game lately, so the few blitz games tonight felt almost slow. I'm not in serious chess shape right now, but I was able to play a very brutal and mostly accurate attack, so I thought I'd share. Enjo...
Today I decided to increase my standard rating and to play 1 game every day. My first game was a quick one, my opponent resigned after 3 moves. Possible he needed to run somewhere. My next opponent played the Dutch defense and I decided to te...
Hello. Once again I was looking into my databases, just trying to find a good game to learn as part of my chess training. And then, what a nice surprise, I found this. I had already seen it, but I think I can look at this one hundred times, and I ...
A spoilt winning game hurts more than just a lost one. A spoilt masterpiece hurts like hell. I analyse one such game played by my good friend GM Neelotpal, his comments of the crucial moment included. Also a fantastic achievement by GM Tivia...
A few days ago, in a post here I mentioned Jonathan Mestel. As the name will mean less than nothing to most of you, I have quickly thrown some stuff together for you to enjoy. sadly real life stuff means that a full article is out of t...
What's up, guys and gals? Many of us know of the strides Rameshbabu Praggnanandhha has been making, and his hard-fought journey to the highest title in chess, International Grandmaster. He fell short of Karjakin's record for youngest...
Hello! This is my game report about last week. My blitz rating continued to grow and today it reached the mark of 2169. This week fortune favors the brave. Add the coment if you like my games!
Hello everyone. Today I come with another bullet game. As you may know, I enjoy a lot playing fast games (blitz and bullet). I do not play it more often because my internet connection is not ideal to do that. I just like to analyze it with the e...
Last week we started looking at how White can respond to the Benoni move 1. d4, Nf6 2. Bf4, c5 with 3. e3 and 3. dxe5. This week I'll look at the main recommendation, 3. d5, and try to come to some conclusions (at least for myself) as to which is ...