ROUND 10 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 - Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi
10° turno di gioco che da a Carlsen l'opportunità del primo match point già dal prossimo incontro.Come sarà andata? ♚ YouTube - Twitch - Telegram - Discord - Outplayed
A Brilliant Budapest Gambit - Best Of The 1910s - Rubinstein vs. Vidmar
Every sportsman dreams of scoring a critical victory in dramatic circumstances. One such fantasy for chess players is that of unleashing a special, new opening and scoring a dramatic and beautiful victory. Cases of such wild success are rare in ch...
Want to save the Game? Play ....Rd5!
Sometimes perusing through a chess book or two can help to find patterns that are similar. Recently, leafing through Bronstein's book, "Secret Notes".... I discovered a pattern in one of Bronstein's training games with Korchnoi fro...
ROUND 9 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021 - Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen
Se nell'8° turno di gioco abbiamo assistito ad un errore incredibile, nel 9° turno vedremo qualcosa di veramente inaspettato. Un GM che lascia perde un pezzo per un errore incredibile, il tutto enfatizzato dal fatto che l'errore è c...
Long term strategy according pawn structures
The pawn structure is the configuration of pawns on the chessboard. Since pawns are the least mobile of the chess pieces, the pawn structure is relatively static and thus largely determines the strategic nature of the posi...
WEBINAR: How to improve your game in 10 weeks?
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 ...
Do You Make These Most Common Chess Mistakes?
Let me ask you a question... Are you making the most common chess mistakes in your games...without even knowing it? Imagine...how many more games could you have won, if you'd known how to avoid these mistakes? The good news is, y...
A Century of Chess: Karlsbad 1907
If any ascent in chess history is comparable to Bobby Fischer’s, it’s that of Akiba Rubinstein in the period 1906-1909. What’s important to understand is that chess in the classical period was dominated by the German cultural emp...
Why Only I Can Rate the Minors Superior :)
Here is the Bryant game from also the 2011 US Juniors -- however, before we go forwards, I just want to clarify ONE thing: as I wrote for Chesskid.com (https://www.chesskid.com/article/view/my-favorite-chess-movie), when I say "chess GAME", to me,...
Game of the Week XLVIII Carlsen,Magnus (2855) - Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2782)
The brain may fail you when the tension is at the highest level. Several years ago, as a young and ambitious player, I made a bad move in an important game which led to a position where I got tortured for a long time and eventually lost after a ...
The Beginners' Guide to Chess Endgames
Endgames are arguably the most important phase of the game for players to study. The reason is in the name. Since endings are the last possible phase of the game, evaluations go from the more nuanced slightly better, slightly worse to the objectiv...
NUMBER SIX : Cursed for World Chess Championships?
World Chess Championship 2021 is being played currently between Magnus Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi. The first five games were drawn but in game six, the chess world has witnessed something strange and extraordinary play by Magnus. With white pieces...
Culture & Chess
Happy Sunday Chess Friends! To begin, I’d like to apologize for my lax efforts with these chess articles. Not being paid is no excuse to half-ass (excuse my French) a labor of love; I could make excuses such as “I was busy” or ...
2021 World Chess Championship Mid-Match Thoughts & Analysis
Hey what's up y'all, welcome to the Lightning Reports! Today, as you might have guessed, I'll be sharing my thoughts and analysis on the ongoing 2021 World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. It's been a heck of...
Pawns, Bishops & Queens: On the Inferiority of Rooks
Hello again chessfriends, First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who has given me positive feedback on these articles/blog posts! I don't feel like I've NEARLY reached my best efforts (being busy with work & all ), but I do appreciate the ...
Ultimate Sensei Season 2 - 1st Power Rankings
Ultimate Sensei Season 2 Power Rankings – After the Draftby Mitch Fabian and IM David PruessI want to thank David for allowing me to be a part of this season’s Ultimate Sensei power rankings. I really enjoyed the bi-weekly report last ...
G.M. Jonathan Penrose. O.B.E. A Belated Tribute.
Before I begin, I will point you in the direction of two obituaries well worth reading. One by his friend, rival and team mate, the great Leonard Barden, who played a part in his most famous day. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/02/jon...
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Power of the Bishops: Part II :)
I felt really bad that I had not given my previous post much thought in terms of presentation, so here's my "second take" at my (2nd - for the 1st, please see my chessgame versus Lopez, in my old article "Steinitz's Fundamental Maxim") Immortal: ...
If Santa Was A Chess Player
Dec 23, 2021 “Come on Klaus - get into bed!” Mrs. Claus called her husband. “You’ve got to pull an all-nighter tomorrow!” “What? It’s been 364 days already?” “You bet it has! Please don&r...
Probably the best exercise to improve your chess
I want to demonstrate to you how to analyze your games. According to many strong players, this is one of the best ways to improve your chess - you can learn from your own mistakes. I describe how to do that properly in my 10-week course. I ...
The Power of the Bishops (PRELIMINARY)
(Preliminary remarks) Hey friends — First off, happy Friday! Who’s excited for the weekend? I know I am although I’ll be working Saturday… But seriously, let me start by saying that if you haven’t checked out our community member’s exposition o...
World Champions Tidbits
In his fine piece on 'All the World Chess Champions,' Nathaniel Green opens by commenting that "only 20 players in the history of chess have held the official title of world champion, 16 of which held the "classical" title" (https://www.chess.com/...
The Rating Troublemakers: Sometimes They Return
Iuri Shkuro and Ihor Kobylianskyi can get back their, currently frozen, ≈2800 FIDE ratings in blitz and rapid chess, respectively. Background: en.chessbase.com/post/dark-times-for-ukrainian-chess A few days ago I posted a scandalous lett...
The 64 - Do The Shuffle - November 2021 Recap
The month of November saw the entire chess world redirect its attention towards the biggest event on the chess calendar. A clash that everybody has been waiting for and where chess history will inevitably be made. The world's brightest and most cr...