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SRM-A and Jeppiar Univeristy Top The Regular Season

SRM-A and Jeppiar Univeristy Top The Regular Season

ChesscomIN
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In Division 1, SRM-A and Jeppiaar University topped the regular season of 2025 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) Spring Season with scores of 6/7. The top six teams qualified for the Playoffs stage. SRM Institute of Science and Technology wi...

[CCC] Classical Cup #4

[CCC] Classical Cup #4

AndrewGrantEthereal
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As with the previous iteration of the CCC Classical Cup, the top-8 engines from the CCC24 Rapid tournament will be competing in a double-elimination bracket, playing 16-game matches in the 30+5 classical format. Watch the Computer Chess Champion...

How My Best Game Messed Me Up...

How My Best Game Messed Me Up...

NM NMChessToImpress
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Hey Impressive Chessers! How many of you have played a great game, maybe it ended with a beautiful Queen sac for mate, but somewhere in the game, you played an inaccurate move in the opening or had a non-ideal strategy? What does our brain usual...

The Meaning of Piece Development in Bughouse

The Meaning of Piece Development in Bughouse

JarlCarlander
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The meaning of development seems clear. Get the pieces out into good positions. What moves are entailed by this? And which moves are unadvisable? Let's look at some basic structures. Don't worry too much about move orders and tactics yet...

বাংলাদেশের হয়ে সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে বিশ্বকাপ দাবায় নীড় !

বাংলাদেশের হয়ে সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে বিশ্বকাপ দাবায় নীড় !

FM Nayemhaque22
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কিছুদিন আগেই সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে, অর্থাৎ মাত্র ১৫ বছর বয়সে, আন্তর্জাতিক মাস্টার হয়ে নিয়াজ মোরশেদের সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে আন্তর্জাতিক মাস্টার হওয়ার রেকর্ড ভেঙেছেন নীড়। জাতীয় দাবায় অনায়াসে চ্যাম্পিয়ন হওয়ার পর, ২৪৩১ রেটিং  নিয়ে তিনি এখন বাংলাদেশের ১ নম্বর...

2025 Music City Open

2025 Music City Open

Lightning
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Hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! Last you heard from me I had made my return to chess after a bit of a break and, slowly but surely, I've dragged my rating up to 2113. That's good... but not good enough since I'm workin hard to get t...

A Century of Chess: Frank Marshall (1920-29)

A Century of Chess: Frank Marshall (1920-29)

kahns
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Marshall was very much yesterday’s man by the 1920s, but was still a world class player, something like the permanent US champion, and placed surprisingly highly in international events — above all, coming close to the winner’s c...

ওয়াদিফা কি প্রথম মহিলা গ্র্যান্ডমাস্টারের আক্ষেপ ঘুচাবে ? ছাড়িয়ে যাবেন রানী হামিদকে?

ওয়াদিফা কি প্রথম মহিলা গ্র্যান্ডমাস্টারের আক্ষেপ ঘুচাবে ? ছাড়িয়ে যাবেন রানী হামিদকে?

FM Nayemhaque22
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বাংলাদেশে দাবার রানী বলতে বোঝায় রানী হামিদকেই। দেশে অনেক মহিলা প্রতিভাবান খেলোয়াড় - শামিমা আক্তার লিজা, শাবানা পারভিন, শারমিন শিরিন কিংবা তনিমা পারভিন—সবাই কোন না কোন সময় দাবায় তাদের সাফল্য গাঁথা লিখেছিল, কিন্তু এক সময় বৈবাহিক জীবন...

20 Blitz | Who is the best streamer?

20 Blitz | Who is the best streamer?

ShivaITAtv
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20 Blitz is the new format on Twitch where streamers compete for the title of the ultimate blitz player. The format is designed to allow players with different Elo ratings to compete fairly and make the challenges balanced. How does it work? Reg...

How to Study and Practice Chess Efficiently

How to Study and Practice Chess Efficiently

WGM tijanamandura
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It can be frustrating to feel stuck at your current skill level, but don't worry – there are steps you can take to overcome this plateau and continue improving. Here are some tips for what to do when you're stuck in a certain chess level: ...

Winner's POV: Bradford 1888

Winner's POV: Bradford 1888

Steakanator
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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...

My New Best Game!

My New Best Game!

NM SamCopeland
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As part of Chess.com's "My Best Game" series, I previously shared my win against IM Daniel Fernandez from back in 2005. Since I've played it, that game has always been my go to answer to the "What is your best game?" question every chess player ma...

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