Chess.com and ChessKid.com are proud to announce that the 2022 North American Chess Cup For Youth With Disabilities will occur June 21 through 26. The event results from a partnership of the two chess sites with ChessAbilities Inc., a non-profit o...
If your chess rating is over 2000, you've probably asked yourself questions like...โฃโฃWhat is the best way to ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ in improving my chess?โฃโฃWhat will give me the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ for my money? โฃโฃI've always wanted to become a ches...
Changed my handle, yep, suits me better. I also to decided to go hardcore on the book (Chasing the Dragon) - this is turning into something I will do in a serious manner. Started the blog as a sidething to what I usally write (still gonna post)...
I am a long-time fan of the content of ChessDojo's IM Kostya Kavutskiy, and I always particularly enjoy it when he does round-by-round tournament recap videos on YouTube. The format of chess video, of course, has exploded in recent years, as IM Le...
While researching Szymon Winawer for my line of work, I came across two fascinating small articles that could have as well been written in the comments section of chess.com this year. The first is dated 1883, published as a part of the London...
I would like to share a game I played yesterday, which proves that endgames often have more tactical resources than you might think. One key theme in this game is pieces getting tangled. tangled pieces When you have a 3x3 grid of s...
Would you like to learn all the important lessons from Rounds 7 and 8 of the Tata Steel tournament?If so, then my video coverage of the event, with my daily recaps, are perfect for you Here is my recap of Round 7, starting with the coverage of Dub...
The long-overdue match between Lasker and Tarrasch finally took place in 1908. They had been the two best players in the world since the early 1890s (with a brief interruption by Pillsbury). Tarrasch had been proposed for a world championship with...
The annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament always captivates the attention of the entire chess world. Every year, we witness great competition with dozens of brilliant games! Even though the tournament consists of two groups - the Masters and the Ch...
Almost a month into the year, and I've finally figured out my plan for blogging in 2022. This purpose of this post is solely to lay out my design and schedule for my posting in 2022, and to look back on what I've posted since I started. I began ...
Afternoon Everyone. Unusually for me, this little offering has a lot (!) of reading matter, and very little by way of chess games. Hopefully you will find time to read what is here, and give your brain a work-out. No superficiality in this one! ...
Hey ChessKids! -- Can you believe it? We're already approaching February! Let's catch up with our rising ChessKid stars AND introduce a new series we're starting on YouTube. IM Norm Invitational Tournaments This past weekend, some of our...
It all started around the most wonderful time of the year. Growing up in Turkey, I didn't have Santa to grant my wishes. So this year, I made a long list of wishes: More ELO, no blunders in chess, being able to spot tactics in actual chess games, ...
Perhaps the most common opening struggle for chess players is: 'What do I play against 1.d4?'Even a lot of advanced players struggle to settle on a long-term defence to 1.d4 that they are happy with. That's why I recorded a video detailing the p...
Wilhelm (William) Steinitz (1836-1900) is acknowledged as the first World Chess Champion. He reigned for eight years, from 1886-1894. During that time, he defended his title three times before he lost. In retrospect, Steinitz claimed to have been ...
Dear Chess Friends! I know many of you struggle with plans and planning. You know that middlegame plans are usually the result of how you played the opening. If you know openings well, you probably also know typical midd...
What exactly are 'hidden gems' in chess?One example would be a drawn chess game with many valuable lessons, that most people missed because they thought 'Oh, it's just a boring draw' without looking deeper at the game.Another example is a great po...
After 10 weeks of training, and testing each other in tactics, endgames, and exhibition matches, the 8 contestants will face off in a match-tournament this weekend, Jan 22-23, to see which coach has done the best job of improving their students an...
Based on my experience, I identified the most common mistakes and created the FREE course to overcome them. Sign up, follow instructions in the next 10 weeks and you will make significant progress during this time. You can sign up for the course...
Getting Better at Chess for Everyone May 2016 There are basically three ways a tactic can occur, both for and against you: The opponent makes a threat for a tactic (or a check or capture) which either can't be met, or can be, but is missed...
Get Better at Chess for Everyone #3 June 2016 "When you see a good move, don't play it. Look for a better one." This is the Number 1 principle in chess. Over the years I have added for my students: "...You are trying to find the b...
Get Better at Chess for Everyone Aug 2016 Occasionally I run into players who think that Bobby Fischer "did it all by himself", i.e. locked himself in his room, studied chess until he was world class, and then burst onto the tournament scene. ...
Get Better at Chess for Everyone July 2016: How to Play When You're Winning Easily In all sports, you play much differently when you are winning easily: In baseball, if you are leading 8-0 in the 8th inning, you would not pull your fresh r...
Several years ago I played a series of 20 0 (20 minutes per game with no increment) games against an expert-level opponent. Being the better player, I often found myself in superior positions as time ran lower. For the sake of argument, let's say ...
[Scene: Courtroom hearing on Chess Coaching. Dan on witness stand, a few hundred inquisitive spectators watching the proceedings...] Bard: You are aware of the accusation that chess coaches can't really help people play chess better - that they ...