In the very important game of the last round European club cup 2017 Vladimir Kramnik chose a very interesting opening system, starting with 1.c4 e5 2.d3!? - playing a sort of reversed Sicilian Najdorf position and brought his team Globus the Europ...
Against the tournament leader, national master Gabriel Bick I played the hyper accelerated dragon and he decided to build up the Maroczy Bind. I had a hard time under the pressure and in a given moment I...
FYI This year's Sudbury Championship is to be held at Laurentian University on November 4/5. Message me for more info! Thanks, Matt
Although many chess fans find it boring, in my opinion it's absolutely fascinating that the Giuoco Piano, or Italian Opening, is so popular again at top grandmaster level. Isn't it wonderful that some of the oldest books about modern chess already...
An overview of the ECC with some comments about the top teams plus the wildest game of the tournament. http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/10/european-club-cup-2017/
Hello, guys! Last weekend, I had yet another tournament. This was a competitive team match between chess players in North and Central Texas. Each participant plays two games against an opponent of a similar rating and the team with the mos...
Yesterday I played a supertalent from the USA, FIDE master Nikhil Kumar. He is only 13 years old and his top FIDE rating was 2479. He won the under 12 world championship in 2016. He played d5, c5 with Bg4 aga...
Vladimir Kramnik saves a lost position and ties 3-3 the board 1 match of European club cup! Details in the video:) Naiditsch - Kramnik
I lost a tactical battle in the London system yesterday against Ivan Sredojevic:
Hello and welcome to a new series, just my second series since the formation of this blog! Let me take a moment to tell you what Everything Openings is all about. Ever since I hit 1400 about 18 months ago, I've had a ...
Yesterday I played against a talented 16 years old german player Theo Gungl He played the agressive Qb6 and then c5-c4 against the London system. I think the best way to go for an advantage is an early b2-b3 and exchange the c4 pawn for ...
Yesterday I play a young indian talent Nadar Anand He started with the Catalan and I play Bb4 check to transpose to the Bogo-indian, but later He developed his g1 knight by e2-e3, Nge2 to keep his bishop's diagonal open. I played the usual d6-...
A chessfriend had asked me about the best way for the working professional (who has no time for private coaching) to improve his game. Should he read more books or study master games? My take was that the fastest way to get your game up to s...
Yesterday I started to play in an International Master tournament in Budapest, Hotel Berlin. My first opponent was a young indian player rated 2281. After my last tournament which was the worst of my life I can remember. I hope to do much better t...
Check out 1st round commentary at my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/uEQ9yevXUC8
End September/early October is a decent time as any to take a vacation from chess coaching. Most Singaporean students will be starting school exams or revising for them. My wife mulled over a holiday in Brisbane or Adelaide since both have chess...
Magnus Carlsen in Singapore In a move greatly appreciated by Singaporean chess fans, NBAS (Norwegian Business Association (Singapore) and Simonsen Vogt Wiig law firm organized a simultaneous chess match for 16 players to face the World Cha...
I've fallen into the bad habit of playing too much one minute chess recently. The one saving grace is it occasionally leads to some nice games just because of the volume. Here's one of my better efforts from today. Enjoy!
Hello and welcome (again) to my blog! I already have an introductory post, but since there's more of you here now, I felt I should give a second one. Greetings everyone! First of all, I have a little secre...
128 players started the World Cup and at the end there was a sole winner. The knock out format is cruesome, but in my opinion most democratic system used to determine the winner. Even current World Champion Magnus Carlsen took part of this comptet...
My view on the most interesting game of round 6 of the top croatian league. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/EMMoeB5j0CU
This Saturday I'm planning on making a special offer to my Inner Circle, so if you're interested read this post and subscribe to my newsletter. http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/10/opening-repertoire-black/
National NewsIf you saw the 60 Minutes piece on Franklin County, you were probably just as impressed as we were with the young and fierce talent being groomed in the quiet countryside of Meadville, Mississippi. Last school year, our Wingfiel...
Analysis of Aronian's triumph in Tbilisi. http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/10/aronians-triumph/
Yes, this is a double-feature blog... Intermission... OK, hi guys! Well, we left off when I started 2-0 at the prestigious Arlington Chess Club's tournament defeating the tournament director and a shaky upset in round 2. It's very ...