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How to solve puzzles CORRECTLY?

How to solve puzzles CORRECTLY?

WFM szefru
| 2 days ago

Hello Dear Chess Players! Today I would like to talk about an important and often misunderstood topic in chess; solving puzzles! Wait! Before you click away thinking ‘hey, I know how to solve puzzles!!!’, I would like to ask you a fe...

A Draw against Archer Queen

A Draw against Archer Queen

KingsBishop
| 3 days ago

After 52 consecutive losses, I finally got my favorite opening... and a Line with two very famous Games: Teimour Radjabov vs. Alexander Grischuk | 2nd ACP World Rapid Cup | Odessa UKR 01/07/2008 That game can be seen at https://www.chess.com/g...

A Century of Chess: Richard Teichmann (1910-19)

A Century of Chess: Richard Teichmann (1910-19)

kahns
| 5 days ago

Richard Teichmann was a kind of running joke in the chess world as ‘Richard the Fifth’ — for his eight (!) fifth place finishes over the course of his career. Fifth place wasn’t just a numerical accident. Teichmann, who was...

How to train threat handling

How to train threat handling

CM GaborHorvath
| 5 days ago

I wrote a blog post about threats recently, and someone asked in a comment if there were any training methods to improve their threat handling. This is a very good an important questions. We all know from experience that knowing and understandin...

Play New Animal Chess Bots!

Play New Animal Chess Bots!

ChessKid
| 6 days ago

ChessKid recently released six new animal chess bots ("Zoo Crew")! These bots are designed for beginner chess players but make perfect companions for all levels to practice tactics and strengthen their skills.  Play Against The Zoo Crew Now...

September Blitz and Memes

September Blitz and Memes

SheldonOfOsaka
| 6 days ago

Chess does not drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane. -Bill Hartston Hello, my fellow speed lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz & Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you ...

Quick Guide to Spell Chess

Quick Guide to Spell Chess

JarlCarlander
| 9 days ago

Spell Chess is an imaginatively crafted variant. It's the best one in the /variants part of Chess.com. Sort of close to chess, and also unique. All of the standard rules apply, but each player has 5 freeze spells and 2 jump spells, and these spell...

The Complete Checkmate Patterns List

The Complete Checkmate Patterns List

GM Avetik_ChessMood
| 9 days ago

Recently, my friend, who is a National Master in chess, sent me the following puzzle from the Tactic Ninja course’s quiz:  And said he couldn’t solve it.Can you? The reason was clear why he couldn’t.  His tacti...

A Century of Chess: Alexander Alekhine (from 1910-19)

A Century of Chess: Alexander Alekhine (from 1910-19)

kahns
| 10 days ago

Alexander Alekhine was born in Moscow in 1892 to an aristocratic family. His talent was obvious from an early age. He had the benefit of learning from his brother Alexei, a strong player; avidly played correspondence chess; and had Fyodor Duz-Khot...

Announcing The 2024 ChessKid National Festival

Announcing The 2024 ChessKid National Festival

ChessKid
| 11 days ago

ChessKid is thrilled to announce its first-ever over-the-board chess tournament festival: The ChessKid National Festival! Get ready to celebrate chess with fun family festivities during the President's Day weekend of February 2024. What is the...

Inside Scoop on the World's Youngest Grandmaster

Inside Scoop on the World's Youngest Grandmaster

CMCoachQ
| 12 days ago

In every generation, there are talented chess players who will carry the torch for American Chess and pass on the legacy of Paul Morphy, Frank Marshall, and Robert James Fischer. These talents come along rarely. But, the access to information and...

Journey to NM - Becoming a Champion

Journey to NM - Becoming a Champion

Lightning
| 13 days ago

That hurts. That really hurts. It wasn't so much the fact that I lost, but the fact that I was thoroughly embarrassed, with the state championship on the line. The game barely lasted an hour! I made one dumb move and my position was falling apar...

Legend Leads Day One of Chess9LX

Legend Leads Day One of Chess9LX

FM Cats4Sale
| 15 days ago

The 13th World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, is leading the Chess 9LX Champions' Showdown after day one - an impressive feat which only shows that the now sixty-year old still has what it takes to compete with (and triumph over) the best chess p...

Understanding Average Centipawn Loss In Chess

Understanding Average Centipawn Loss In Chess

raync910
| 17 days ago

Many chess players do not understand the unit of measure known as centipawn. For club players, understanding the term is not too important; however, understanding what it means may be helpful when reading game reports or reviewing game analyses. H...

A Rude Awakening At The Toronto Open 2023

A Rude Awakening At The Toronto Open 2023

MomOnaBreak
| 17 days ago

St. Casimir’s Parish Hall. Sept 2, 2023. A scrawny middle-aged woman slips effortlessly through the building’s door, unseen. She is here on a mission, to compete in the Toronto Open 2023, U1900. Will she lose ALL of her games, like las...

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