More Quick Puzzles
Hello everyone! I have been busy lately, so here are a few more puzzles to keep you tactically sharp for your games Puzzle #1 Puzzle #2 Were the first two puzzles too easy? Then here is a tougher one ...
Miguel Najdorf: An Unsung Hero, (Part 1)
Dear readers, I was casually reading the book "Najdorf: Life and Games", and came across a wonderful game, with notes by Najdorf, and it inspired me to share it with you. Tonight, looking at Najdorf's notes more closely, I realize that he has some...
Seven Simple Chess Habits for Better Performance
Hello & Namaste!Continuing the series on the lists, today I'm going to share 7 simple habits for elevating your chess performance. You can start small and pick whichever seems doable and eventually instill all the seven for your next even...
Opening Oddities from the World Cup 2019
One of the most exciting tournaments to watch, the World Cup in Khanty Mansysk, is well under way. With every passing round the tension rises and as the usually say for knock-outs, the players with best nerves win. As I write this Round 3 finish...
Chess For Pandas | Chapter 1 | Chess Fiction
This is an experiment and I would like to see how far it goes. Welcome to this adventure! 1. The Pandas of Lagavi are finding it hard to live under the rule of Zingados - a two-headed creature community. It is that time of the year where re...
A Few World Cup Round 3 Puzzles
Hello chess friends! Here are a few puzzles from Round 3, Game 1 of the FIDE World Cup. Good luck! Vitiugov vs. Karjakin So vs. Vidit Now for my favourite, from Duda vs. Andreikin: ...
Fischer vs Greenblatt: History Of Computer Chess Video
For the second video in my new series on the history of computers in chess, I covered one of the most famous examples of human dominance over the early versions of Chess AI. Bobby Fischer's legendary victory over the machine known as "Gree...
Best Games of FIDE World Cup Round 2.1
As promised, I'm continuing to offer my notes and analysis as I prepare videos for our YouTube and Twitch channels during the 2019 FIDE World Cup. In Round 2 we, once again, saw fighting chess (the kind only a knockout event with stakes like the W...
Learn the Evans Gambit!
We're continuing on with the ChessPathways.com "Openings" series today with a video on the Evans Gambit. This Romantic-era chess opening originated hundreds of years ago, but retains its popularity today. Kasparov even famously used it to take d...
Seven Tips On Preparing For A Tournament!
Hello & Namaste! I'm sharing some of the tips extracted from my experience in chess life. What if you had seven days to prepare for a tournament? I think you could make the most of the time you have before a tournament by following s...
Firouzja's Super Knight Sacrifice
Which move was the highlight of the 2019 FIDE World Cup thus far? There are quite a few candidates, but many are already saying that Firouzja's 37th move, in his Round 2 World Cup game against 2018 World Rapid Champion Dubov, is the...
What's White's best move?
I wish I could say I found the right move in my 3/2 blitz game. It's an elegant line.
Try to solve this Pawns Endgame (+ Video)
Hello people who love a game invented in India. As you already know, one of my favorite topics is chess endgames. Today we are analyzing an interesting position I found in a book written by one of the bests: Mark Dvoretsky. The name of the book is...
Scottish Championship 2019 (Part 2)
Hi All, Hope you have had a fantastic weekend and so here comes the continuation of my blog series on Scottish Championships 2019. (You can find Part 1 here) So after the first 3 rounds I was standing at 2.5 points out of 3, which is not...
World Cup 2019 Rd 2: Giri beats Najer in Armageddon, Nisipeanu knocks out Hikaru
Round 2 of the World Cup 2019 saw an Armageddon, an endgame with five knights, and Hikaru Nakamura going down in flames against Nisipeanu. This round featured very few upsets, but a couple of thrilling matches which went down to the wire. The to...
Whose Doubled Pawns are Better?
Hello chess friends! How do you determine whether doubled pawns are a strength or a weakness? It is not so often that you see a position where both sides have doubled pawns, but that's what happened in the game I've annotated for tod...
Tactical Tests from the World Cup Rd 2
Chess is 99% Tactics - Richard TeichmannIn the last segment, I shared 18 exercises from the World Cup Rd1. Today, I'm back with ten exercises from tiebreaks + Round 2. A few readers asked me if I could get the interactive diagrams so that they cou...
Your Fish Just Isn't That Good: What is StockfishDev?
Hello everyone! This is less a post and more a collection of fun links. The Stockfish project usually releases a new version (Stockfish 8, 9, 10) after about 50 Elo of improvement. But in the meantime, there is constant updating and patchi...
Standard #43: Burning in the Bertin Gambit
Hello, Stacia here! I wanted to share an interesting 15/10 game I played on chess.com. This game features a wild line of the King's Gambit Accepted affectionately referred to as "The Wild Cunningham", but also know as the Bertin Gambit...
Mieses. The Brilliancy Prize Games, and Some Pictures.
Afternoon everyone. To finish off the Mieses stuff, I have decided to put together the Brilliancy Prize winning games of his that I know of, plus some nice pictures. A bit like it says in the title!! ( I don't do clickbait!! ) Thes...
Bobby Fischer Crushes White In The King's Indian - Letelier vs. Fischer, 1970
Surely every chess player has a favorite game from Bobby Fischer. For most, it's probably Fischer's "Game of the Century" against Byrne (Donald) or his "Game of the Century: Part II" against Byrne (Robert). For me, it's Fischer's win as Black agai...
Why Do Different People Have Different Results?
If you aren't getting the same results as someone else, it only means that they know some things you don't - and are doing things you aren't. Therefore, in addition to working hard toward our dreams, we should also reflect on our efforts, and ...
Winter not-so Classic 2018
Yes, this blog is nine months late. Work has been making me crazy, and also I found these games particularly difficult to annotate--or indeed to look at. I've decided to present it with incomplete annotations, as otherwise it might be ...
Take My Rooks!
Hello & Welcome! In this post, I'm going to share one of my most memorable games. The title is inspired from the book 'Take my rooks' written by Nikolay Minev and Yasser Seirwan. The book deals with rook sacrifices and I did remember the ...
Learn the Philidor Defense...and how to play against it!
We're continuing on with our ChessPathways.com "Openings" series with the Philidor Defense! Almost every chess player has encountered the Philidor Defense at some point. This opening isn't popular at Super-GM level these days, but it's better th...