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2024 ALT-Nation Invitational - ROUND 3 REPORT

2024 ALT-Nation Invitational - ROUND 3 REPORT

FM MusicCityMaster
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In Round 3, we witnessed three thrilling matches. First, in the game between NM Altucher and NM Peatman, both players kept us guessing with their castling plans, eventually leading to an opposite-side castling position. Next, in the encounter ...

Understanding Board One In Team Chess Events

Understanding Board One In Team Chess Events

raync910
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When you have been following a team chess event, have you heard the term “Board One”? Can you explain the term to someone else who plays chess? Knowing what it means helps to understand how players of one team are competing against pla...

My course launches in just one week!

My course launches in just one week!

IM MatBobula
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If you've enjoyed my free content, get ready for the main course! On November 17th, enrollment opens for my full chess course. This course is a complete, step-by-step guide on how to avoid blunders, from start to finish. Just follow the instruct...

Battling My Way Through the Japan Open

Battling My Way Through the Japan Open

SheldonOfOsaka
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Welcome, everybody to another over-the-board tournament review of the Osaka Papers. The Japan Open 2024 was held in Nagoya, Japan from November 1st through November 4th. I would love to tell you how I diligently prepared for this event, how I sp...

2024 ALT-Nation Invitational - ROUND 1 REPORT

2024 ALT-Nation Invitational - ROUND 1 REPORT

FM MusicCityMaster
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We're always on the lookout for fresh formats and exciting ways to make chess even more thrilling. It feels like almost everything has already been tried, but we wanted to take a new approach. A group of friends and I came up with a pretty nov...

Calculation > Feelings

Calculation > Feelings

NM NMChessToImpress
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#Chess #Improvement #Learn from a #ChessMaster #Calculation > #Feelings Proud Teacher Moment: When Students Take Initiative in Studying Instructive Games One of the things I find most rewarding as a chess teacher is seeing my students go...

Chess Middlegame Mastery: Attack like a PRO!

Chess Middlegame Mastery: Attack like a PRO!

IM IM_Chessbrain
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INTRODUCTION What’s the secret to launching a powerful middlegame attack? Bring more pieces into the fight! In my own game against a grandmaster, this strategy made all the difference - and today, we’ll break down how players at the ...

The Sexiest Chess Move I've Ever Played

The Sexiest Chess Move I've Ever Played

NM SamCopeland
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Every chess player is inspired by the beautiful checkmating combinations of past masters. One of the things that got me hooked on chess was Fred Reinfeld's 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (a great book if you are 1200 and don't check the solution...

CCC23 Bullet

CCC23 Bullet

AndrewGrantEthereal
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CCC23 Bullet will mark the final event in the CCC23 series. ..... !! Watch the Computer Chess Championship Here !! This event will feature the following matches. As the matches are played, this blog will be updated to link to the match, as w...

A Century of Chess: Capablanca Tournaments 1929

A Century of Chess: Capablanca Tournaments 1929

kahns
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Starting around 1929, Capablanca’s life starts to assume the aspect of a tragedy. More than for just about anybody else, there’s a sense with Capablanca of being born with a very particular fate — to be the world champion —...

"De-spookify" Gambits: By Declining Them!

"De-spookify" Gambits: By Declining Them!

NM NMChessToImpress
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Hey Impressive Chessers! Happy Halloween! 🎃 Today, we're revisiting a classic Halloween topic: the infamous Halloween Gambit! This gambit is a spooky trick that arises in the Four Knights Opening, where White sacrifices a knight with 4. Nxe5, ai...

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