Wasn't That a Time?
Although I Dig Rock and Roll Music, I'm really more of a folkie, fond of not only the folk-rock of Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, etc., but of traditional American folk music and of those that popularized it all...
Look Out! Komodo Created An Account On Chess.com!
Actually 20! Introducing @Komputer1, @Komputer2, @Komputer3, @Komputer4.... You get the idea All the way up to @Komputer20. There is now an engine for everyone as Komputer1 weights in at a rating of 678 whereas Komputer20 is...
Chess.com Blogs Of The Month: March 2018
Hello chess fans, We're not going to lie...we haven't been as attentive to our best bloggers as we should have been. We have so many great members contributing to the Chess.com community through their blogs. And we need to show them some love!&n...
Sunday Show with IM Kostya Kavutskiy
IM Kostya Kavutskiy will be analyzing games and providing free instruction through Chess University's Sunday show today. Tune in today (April 22nd) at 2:00 PM Pacific Time (PDT) here: https://twitch.tv/chessuniversity
Simaginfan's Anniversary Post.
You are quite right - that's a Sesame Street birthday cake It's exactly a year since my first tentative, and rather dismal, effort at posting something on chess.com. Your can find it here So, scratching my hairless head wondering what t...
Gashimov Memorial and US Championship
All draws doesn't mean you cannot learn from them. I analyse the very instructive "boring" theoretical draw between Mamedyarov and Carlsen and show how deeply psychological Carlsen's opening preparation is. I also discuss Nakamura's lack of pr...
Learn From The Masters: Lasker's Quick Mate
Emanuel is a boy who is beyond amazing, very sweet and soft-hearted. He is protective and gives the warmest hugs full of love. He always makes your day better with his smiles, and he will never fail to make you laugh. Once you meet him, you will f...
Da-da-da-dancing
For many years I used this blog for expounding upon my many explorations into the culture and history of chess. For just as many years I abandonned this blog in favor of publishing those explorations in the more popular article s...
Public Accusations Of Cheating Are Bad
The story about a Russian trainer accusing a 13-year-old girl of cheating led to a huge debate on our site. Currently, the report is close to reaching 700 comments. The case is another example of how dangerous it can be to accuse someone...
Breakfast: When It Matters
Good morning, chess players! Check out the following position from a 15|10 game I played yesterday. I had Black: In the above position, clearly 51. Re3 was best. White will get the pawn no matter what. The computer, in ...
Rising Stars #2: @FangBo
Welcome back, comment section! When I say this is your series, I really and truly mean it: for just one series, my platform is your platform. With just one comment, you can get your blog or one of your friends' blogs reviewed on...
Winning in Walbrzych
For today's post, I will give you a series of puzzles to solve, and questions to answer! Question 1: Where in the world is Walbrzych? Answer: Walbrzych is a city in south-western Poland. It's also the venue for the European Senior Team C...
London System: 2. Nf3 versus 2. Bf4 (Part 1: Barry Atta...
This is the second post in my London System series (see the first post consisting of an overview of London books here ). Today we will talk more about the pros and cons of starting with 2. Nf3 vs 2. Bf4. One of the main reasons for start...
Na7!! Three games and some thoughts on the players who ...
A very quick( for me ) post today ( yep, I put too many 'War and Peace' scale articles on here ) with an original idea linking some games and some thoughts on the players who played them. It kind of compliments two of my earlier posts, my Barcza K...
Mar del Plata Master - Bobby Fischer
As you've probably noticed by now, I like to investigate the games of the leading experts of particular chess themes. Be it Rubinstein's rook endings, Nakamura's Nimzo-Larsen, or, in the case of this post, Bobby Fischer's expert handling of the KI...
Learn From The Masters: Caruana's Conversion
What's up, guys and gals? Fabiano Caruana has been playing some very inspiring chess... you can't really doubt that after winning the grueling Candidates tournament, followed by an epic Grenke chess victory! I decided to use this p...
Jobava's Four Pawns Attack
In this post, I'll share a nice game from last decade by Jobava, where he defeats a strong GM with energetic play in the Four Pawns Attack of the King's Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3). Because of the variation's...
Priorities On The Chess Board - Online Day Camp
ChessUniversity.com's next day camp titled: "Priorities On The Chess Board" is scheduled for Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time (PDT). This includes two hours of live instruction with lifetime on-demand access to the video recordi...
US Chess Championships Sweepstakes: Win Chess.com Diamo...
Join Chess^Summit and compete in our US Championships Sweepstakes with chess.com! Who will win this year’s US Championships and US Women’s Championships in St Louis? This year boasts one of the strongest editions of the tournament in...
Caruana Marches On
A round-up of Caruana's triumph in Karlsruhe. Amazing that 3 of his 4 wins were with Black, with the Petroff again snatching a last-round win! Analysis of his win against Vachier (a difficult to understand game from Vachier's perspective!) ...
Join Us For The Biggest-Ever Titled Tuesday!
Dear chess community, As many of you know, we hosted a Titled Tuesday Crash Party on April 3 to test our new server updates. Our developer team really came through for us (and you!) and it had no issues to report. As such, we're pleased ...
Member Analysis: Najdorf Knockouts 2.0
Hello to all, and thanks to @MiddleGamerUmesh for submitting this game for analysis. Before I begin, I wanted to point out that when Mr. Umesh requested this game be analyzed, my initial reaction (in my head... I did not say this to him&nb...
Caruana vs Carlsen - Grenke Chess Classic
Hi everyone, I'm very happy to share with you my comments about this game very interesting, it's the game between Fabiano Caruana against Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw. It's the first game between the two players after that Caruana won the ca...
New Online Day Camp: Improving Piece Placement
We're excited to announce the launch of ChessUniversity.com's online day camps. An online day camp features two hours of instruction on the same day that's separated by a 30-minute break. Our first such camp is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10th,...
Planning Puzzle
White (to move) is obviously pressing in the above position, due to Black's multiple pawn islands, but what should his plan be? White to play. I'll share my analysis of this position 24 hours after the initial posting. In the meantime...