No! It's not a new opening line. It rather appears in the middlegame. Nor something on Faulkner's famous novel. By the term Knight's Gambit I'm trying to name the situation where a Knight is moved and placed on an en prise by a pawn square, withou...
Dear Chess Friends! It’s time to continue our webinars. I’m sure you’ve heard about Bishop Pair. And, of course, you know that a bishop pair usually provides you with some advantage and sometimes can even give you more advantag...
Our BOOK OF THE WEEK is Kings of the Chessboard by Paul van der Sterren. This book is about the greatest chess players who ever lived, who dominated their era and were looked upon as World Champions even at a time when this term, this...
Fox in the hen house! oh wait... I meant queen in the castle. hehe Hi there. This is Stacia and I hope your attacking spirit is ready for some more action because we are going to continue looking at attacking ideas this ...
[Blog History] Well it has been nearly a year since my last blog post and since I am spending more time on the site again over the past week and I am in a bit of a creative mood, why not let the thoughts flow and use my brain for...
Hey Chess.comrades, Last night I stayed up late to analyze (and then publish!) this video: ... and here's the game analysis to go along with it. Shout out to my partner in "chess analysis crime," NM Jeremy Kane: Hope you enjoy t...
Double attack is the most common tactic in chess. When we attack 2 pieces with the same piece then we call it a fork. Knight and pawn forks are very common. Also possible to attack two enemy pieces with 2 of our pieces in a move, example when we m...
Most chess players spend their time practicing their calculation, playing chess games, and studying the nuts and bolts of the game. This is all well and good - but today, I want to talk about 3 MENTAL mistakes that are costing you points! Ment...
by Dana Mackenzie, staff writer Because I was in the midst of playing in the U.S. Amateur Team West tournament on Monday, I wasn’t able to write my usual timely coverage of the PRO Chess League. For any California Unicorn fans out there wh...
Can there ever be a consensus when the word "greatest" is used? Start a conversation about the greatest chess player ever or the greatest player of any sport, and you will get 15 opinions from 10 people. Still, the chess world is pretty unanimous ...
Hello everyone! I am back with the second and final part of my visual blog post series from 2020 Cairns Cup, one of the highest rated all-female tournaments in chess history! The field included reigning world champions of classical (Wenjun), rapid...
Well, my last blitz look at the great Max Euwe seems to have been enjoyed by many. So, without going into my whole life story I decided to post a few more games and pictures while I am at a loose end which will hopefully be enjoyed by those who ar...
Imagine winding up your office work earlier to get back home for a crunchy cup of popcorn, the warmth of a comfortable couch, your family around you and your favorite soccer team in action fighting for, say, the World Cup. When everything seems to...
Hi guys. Welcome back to my blog! I made a commitment last month to post my tournament games on my blog again. Even though the one post I made was on a tournament game, I'm committed to showing all of my tournament games, the good, ...
Hi people of the 64 squares kingdom. Rooks endgames are the most likely to happen in chess, probably because very frequently those are the last pieces we develop. Today we are studying an important endgame in Rook and Pawn vs Rook theory. This is ...
Mikhail Tal's 1961 victory over Fridrik Olafsson looks like a simple (though pretty) smashing attack, but in fact, great complexity and beauty lurks in the variations. In his own analysis in "Life and Games of Mihkail Tal," he showed the best defe...
Hi everyone! One of the best tournaments for the top female players from around the world came to an end. And here are 10 best (in my opinion 😊) tactical moments from the tournament. Position No.1 Black to play. Find the best continu...
Hello everyone, I have prepared a new selection of varied exercises to help you progress in chess! In order to make this training efficient, it is absolutely necessary to calculate a maximum of variations and to be sure that the proposed move is...
Hey Everyone! While on site at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship, the Chess.com team was able to take some live footage of a few select games. I'll be analyzing and then publishing both a video and blog for you over time... I hope yo...
Yesterday I played in the Hungarian League and had a painful loss. I got an extra pawn after a break in the center and instead of going to an endgame, I made an attacking move and overlooked a simple discovered attack to lose an exchange. Today ...
One of the basic endgames that every player should know is a minor piece against pawn and the King. When it comes to the Bishop, usually it is very easy. Bishop has to attack any square in front of the pawn and there is no way that pawn will promo...
With Carissa Yip despatching Ju Wenjun, I decided to check whether there was a club similar to the Chigorin Club (for those who defeated reigning men's world champions). There wasn't one, so there's my humble effort to establish it. The club is na...
One myth that stops many players from developing a Master-Level Opening Repertoire is a lack of self-belief. They reason that only "genius" Grandmasters with photographic memories can memorize long opening lines, and never put in the effort to d...
My previous posts (Part I, Part II ) on this theme are both approaching 1000 views so it is definitely time for another instalment! Read the previous two blogs if you want to know why I think endgame studies are so good ...
As it already was in January, two Titled Tuesday blitz tournaments were organised on February, 4.Results can be found here: https://www.chess.com/article/view/titled-tuesday-what-you-need-to-know Mediocre performances for me, in both events - an...