Today I created 7 exercises from my game against Bank Szalay-Ocsank in the final round of the last tourney in Budapest. The theme of the game was attack against the king and sacrificing material for winning time and open files and diagonals to hel...
I spent my life playing a game.And now for loneliness I blame,No other but myself. Indeed,In love with chess, I fell so deep. And in this world of black and whiteI was immersed all day and night.Nimzowitsch, Fischer, Morphy, TalEach one by one b...
Dear Chess Friends, Do you love the thrill of blitz chess? Are you looking for a fun and exciting way to test your skills against other players from around the world?We are excited to announce our upcoming Blitz Chess Tournament with money prize...
Below is another excerpt from Chessays: Travels Through the World of Chess, Chapter 6, Far Transfer (visit our website for more details HERE) (...) And now, I’m convinced, we’re finally onto somethin...
Today we have 7 exercises which I created from 3 games which I played in the last international master tournament. 3 positions happened in the actual games, the other 4 position were possible but not played. Please study these ideas and win nice...
I created 7 new exercises from the games of my last tourney. These puzzles are from 2 games which I lost. Some of the positions happened, some of them was in my analysis. I wish you will enjoy them and will use the ideas to win nice games! ...
After a long period of time, on March 20th, I and my team, on behalf of Dhaka University Chess Club, which is one of the oldest chess clubs in the country, were able to arrange an open rapid rating chess tournament for the very first time in our U...
I created 5 endgame puzzles from the my last tournament's games. These positions appeared in the endgames after many hours of playing. Me and my opponents were both tired and made mistakes. I wish you can learn from our mistakes and wi...
I recently played an OTB rapid game that really highlighted three mistakes I’ve been making when studying chess. Here are the mistakes and how to avoid making them yourself! Mistake 1: Doing ‘lazy’ analysis In one of the line...
Hello Friends, I created 30 checkmate puzzles from my last tournament games. I created an order of increasing difficulty. Started with Mate in 1 until Mate in 10. Most of them are mate in 1-2-3 I wish you will enjoy them solvin...
Get better at chess and gain rating points. How many blogs on this site promise you miracles in that regard??!! Take your game to the next level and become a master by clicking a mouse button. Ahh! If only it was that simple!! Recently a friend...
Learn how the right backward moves with the Knight can transform it from an inactive piece to a deadly monster. Have you ever watched a historical movie, where two armies line up in front of each other on the battlefield, and the King suddenl...
Before I begin the blog, I'd like to thank Chess.com for Top Blogger. Ever since I started blogging in September 2021, the Top Blogger status was something I sought to earn and I'm very grateful to have achieved this feat. I'd ...
In round 10 in the Vezerkepzo Spring International Master Tourney I played with the Hungarian Junior player Bank Szalay-Ocsak. The most important preparation for the game was to go to sleep around 10:00 pm. I realized my biggest challenge of the...
In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that allowed the top player to prevail. Some tournaments will be known and famous, others will be more obscure - in a time period where competition is scarce, I...
Chess books continued to be popular during the 1969-1986 period. Varieties of books from this time are seen in the Crossword below. I hope you enjoyed reflecting on these chess books! For more Crosswords, see my Blog: https://www.che...
Artistic endgames, also known as compositions or studies, could be a more than useful resource for our progress in chess. Let's not think that because they are created positions and not part of international practice, this means that they serve on...
Hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! Ask and you will receive... I've had a surprising number of people persistently reminding me that I owe y'all another Questioning Non-Chess Players About Chess blog. Basically I asked 3 people (with t...
In round 10 of the Vezerkepzo Spring International Master tourney I played with Woman-FIDE-Master Boglarka Erdos from Hungary. I played the modern h4 line in the Scotch opening, which She replied with a5, Ba6 to attack on the a6-f1 diagonal. Aft...
Dear Chess Friends! I’m excited to announce our upcoming chess mastermind "Defining Weaknesses," designed for players looking to take their game to the next level. This masterclass will focus on identifying and exploiting weaknesses in y...
In round 8 of the Vezerkepzo Spring International Master tourney I played with Grandmaster Zoltan Varga from Hungary. He made a pawn sacrifice and a weakening move in the same time in the opening. I looked the way to use it, but misevalu...
The “unfinished tournament” has become a part of chess lore. The tournament was the biannual German chess congress, which, befitting the pre-war spirit of international cooperation, was really just a very strong masters’ tourna...
Chess is a struggle against rating. We tilt, and tilt, and when we move up it seems like we immediately hit a plateau. But it is possible to strike it rich and make huge progress in rating. These moments are, unfortunately, pretty rare, but in thi...
Below is another excerpt from Chessays: Travels Through the World of Chess, Chapter 6, Far Transfer (visit our website for more details HERE) (...) And if the case of Armenia doesn’t independently win ...
World Champion, undoubtedly it is the title dreamed of by any athlete, many great geniuses never achieved it, others held glory for a short period of time. However, we will all agree that to achieve such a coveted award, a special mastery is requi...