Ian Nepomniachtchi: The Relentless Pursuit of Chess Perfection Today, we celebrate the birthday of Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi, known affectionately in the chess world as "Nepo" – a player whose journey from promising junior to two-ti...
Hello chess friends, I haven't been blogging much lately, but today I came across a crazy statement by a great writer, GM Matthew Sadler and felt I had to respond. In his book Re-engineering the Chess Classics, Sadler briefly describes the ...
#scandinavian #bishopsac #brilliant #quickwins Click to subscribe to my YouTube channel! It’s been a really busy week for me both at work, but also with reviews for my chess channel and blog! Last week, I publish...
A Conversation with Grandmaster Bryce Tiglon Love of the Game and Self Belief Bryce Tiglon is Washington State’s newest Grandmaster-elect after securing his final GM norm in Spain at the prestigious Sunwa...
A Conversation with Alexandra Botez “What I really respect about chess is that it teaches you how to work hard and how to think deeply. If you have those two things, you can apply them to anything and it's extremely powerful.&rdqu...
Building community through chess “I hope this article inspires other chess parents to get out of their comfort zone and volunteer” Gelareh Golanbar has been part of the chess community since 2019 when her eldest daughter Adrina (10...
This weekend sees the conclusion of the World Chess League 2025 season! We have two teams from Serbia, one from Scotland and one from Iran, all of whom have titled players competing for the main prize of $1500 USD, courtesy of Chess.com Firs...
Sage advice from PNW Chess Coach Walter Guity Moving from the Bronx to Seattle when you’re a high school freshman isn’t easy. When you add growing up as a second generation immigrant and speaking Spanish as yo...
Hey Impressive Chessers! This blog is going to go over the phrase that I’m sure you’ve heard from chess teachers/coaches/content creators/etc. say: “Just Don’t Blunder.”(JDB, as I’ll call it from here on ou...
Efstratios Grivas was 13 years old when he learned to play chess. A few weeks later, he entered his first competition, a round-robin youth tournament at the Kallithea Chess Club. Thirteen games later, he had suffered thirteen crushi...
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Now accepting suggestions for a better title. As expected, Amos Burn won the vote (albeit by a smaller margin than I anticipated) given in our previous discussion (see here) and thus he moves on while we say goodbye to Fritz Riemann. Seeing as t...
Dear Chess Friends! The center isn’t just four squares—it’s the engine of your strategy. In my recent workshop, "The Role of the Center in the Opening," we explored how controlling e4/d4/e5/d5 squares every phase of the game. M...
By convention, directmate problems are solved from White’s perspective, and over time the stipulated task of “White to play and forces mate in N moves” has become abbreviated to “Mate in N.” An even more basic convent...
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The board as an “emotional stage” It’s well known—and it will never go out of style—that spending hours over a physical board, studying, analyzing, and practicing, is essential for success in chess. Yet that stage i...
Have you played a game when the opponent offered you a surprising sacrifice, and you took it and lost the game? You just succumbed to the legacy of King Pyrrhus. Here’s what you need to know to avoid such an experience again (or to trick an ...
A personal reflection of the 2025 SPFGI Every event with GM Susan Polgar is special, but this year’s Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational (SPFGI) was truly unforgettable. I had the joy of watching a fantastic player, FM Ruiyan...
Hey Impressive Chessers! And to my fellow Americans, Happy 4th of July! My high school friend, Jon and I at a Fourth of July parade this morning So let’s start out by not sugar (or red*) coating anything: chess is a really hard gam...
INTRODUCTION Throughout history, many prominent figures have helped shape the course of American chess. Among the most honored of these many heroes are those who have been formally recognized by the United States Chess Federation (USCF) as t...
I think of Lasker's career in a few distinct stages. Before 1894, he's the upstart, a young coffee klatsch Berliner playing a kind of un-genteel but unstoppable chess. From 1894 to 1900, he's the usurper, the legitimate world c...
One of the most noticeable differences between a club player and an elite player doesn’t just lie in the moves they make, but in what they do when they’re not moving. While the opponent’s clock is ticking, many players fall into ...
#blitzchesschats #interview #fourknights Click to subscribe to my YouTube channel! Welcome to the second entry of this new series, Blitz Chess Chats! Here, I speak to medical academics and researchers about their field...
The other day, everything was going great on the chessboard for yours truly. Maybe I was feeling the benefits of putting in more tactical training than usual, or maybe cutting back on my doom-scrolling was having salutary effects on my attention a...
Today I want to share with you one of the most spectacular endgame ideas (by the way, this idea is quite common in many endgames!). The position comes from a game between Capablanca and Tartakower. Capablanca, the 3rd World Champion, is considered...
