I have a web page on the best/greatest chess miniatures of all time. (http://www.ajschess.com/lifemasteraj/short_games.html) On that page is a list of the ten greatest chess miniatures of all time. But what is my favorite short game of che...
For today's blog post, I will do something a bit different, and try to explain the opening choice of Wei Yi in his first round of an open tournament (played live at the time of writing). Well, this is from Round 1 of the 2019 Aeroflot Open...so he...
When I first started Puzzle Rush ... I was averaging close to 25. I am 100% certain there were a LOT of easy mates and stuff, I do not seem to be seeing as much of that now. (It seems that there USED to be a lot of "mate-in-one-moves" and {easy} b...
Yesterday I finished to study the puzzles from the 1st book of puzzles from Iosif Slavin. It is a collections of basic checkmates of 1, 2, 3 or more moves. I solved 145 puzzles in 2 hours. I wish to improve my calculation skills to be as go...
Today we have the pleasure of introducing you to one heck of a great person, co-worker, husband, father and brother! Heeere's Josh! What is your name? Joshua Sampson Where do you live? Arizona, close to family. How long ha...
GM Mikhail Tal is one of the greatest players who ever lived. You cannot call yourself a true chess fan if you have never looked at one of his games! He set the world on fire in the late 1950's and early 1960's with his dazzling brilliance and ele...
Hello chess people. Which is the best move in chess history? In this post I am going to answer that question (well, I am going to try). Actually is too complicated, but today I bring a game with a great winning move, something different, something...
...play the best move! On a more concrete note, here's my puzzle for today! It is White to move in the position below: I'll post the solution in the comments in about 24 hours, good luck! If you're finding this puzzle difficult, f...
Yesterday I again solved checkmate puzzles for 2 hours. In the last 3 days I solved 760 checkmate puzzles. And it payed off!! I played a 5 minutes game with Hikaru Nakamura, which we both streamed. I played my usual queen's pawn open...
Happy weekend everyone! A short while ago my friend @Zeitnot17 posted the start of what promises to be a wonderful series here The name of Vladimir Makogonov came up there, which was sufficient for me to go back into his games and quickly - it...
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In February, following a modest showing in the Slow Chess League's 2018 Championship, I played one of my worst and one of my best games in the last few years. The first game ended prematurely when I failed to summon the strength to go on after a m...
Hello!This week was so intense and so crazy that I don’t even know where to start my game report. I made a streams, played in a blitz tournament and - of course - created my good games. If I am not too annoying with my talk, I will begin...
Have you ever blundered in a chess game...only to find out later that your 'blunder' was a great move? You are not the only one...even World Champions do that sometimes! 'But hang on, it's not really a "blunder" if ...
Yesterday I studied the 1st book of puzzles from Iosif Slavin. It is a collections of basic checkmates of 1, 2, 3 or more moves. I solved 260 puzzles in 2 hours. I wish to improve my calculation skills to be as good as the great Garry Kaspa...
All things considered, 2018 was a fantastic year for Chess.com! Our Alexa ranking shot up over 350 places, caused by an extra 1.8M registrations compared to 2017. We held more prize events than ever before, and just a few days ago the Live Chess t...
When we're going through games, especially at a fairly fast pace, we'll often see the game come to a sudden end and ask, 'why did they resign?' Often the answer is quite obvious after looking for a few seconds, but sometimes, the reason requires...
Yesterday I finished reading and solving the puzzles from the book Chess Tactics for the tournament player. I was very happy. Finishing a book was always a big challenge for me. Tempting to start a new one before finishing the other. I did it this...
Yesterday I solved puzzles for 2 hours. Let me share a few puzzles which I solved yesterday from Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player ----------...
This post is all about Capablanca's famous 'Copycat' game, which many of my students have shared with me over the years. So, I have included my own notes...but first, try and find all of Capablanca's moves yourself! Now, for the game with my...
If chess players are taking half an hour to make some moves, how can you honestly enjoy watching it live? This question is the core problem with chess becoming a spectator sport. Of course, I'm talking here about classical chess, not rapid or bl...
How should you deal with piece tension in a position? My recent blitz game on Chess.com covers this subject quite concisely. It started as follows: White's last move (8.Qe2) is a good example of prophylaxis - stopping ...Ba6 while de...
By Dana Mackenzie, Staff Writer Last week I wrote that the San Francisco Mechanics’ PRO Chess League match this week was one that we “really have to win to achieve our team goals.” Hm, perhaps that was a bit of exaggeration. In...
The blitz marathon (all games was 5/2 time control) lasted from January 01 to February 10, 2019, with 86 players from Ukraine, India and the United States. The games took place at the chess.com portal on Team Ukraine group. The tournam...
At the end of January New In Chess published the long-awaited book Game Changer by Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan. In the book the authors explain the science behind AlphaZero through interviews with the developers of AlphaZero at Google Deepmin...