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...
5° Round del Campionato del Mondo che vede nuovamente Nepo con i pezzi bianchi e Carlsen che cambia rispetto ai precedenti incontri con 8. ..., Tb8.Come sarà andata questa volta? ♚ YouTube♚ Twitch♚ Discord♚ Outplayed
To all the lovely parents and grandparents. I love using every opportunity to make my kids’ education fun and exciting. Last year, our Elf(ie) From The Shelf came with daily letters (that I typed up each night) and chess puzzles. My kids l...
4° Round del Campionato del Mondo che vede Carlsen giocare con i pezzi bianchi nel giorno del suo compleanno! ♚ YouTube♚ Twitch♚ Discord♚ Outplayed
SCC – Fast and basic tactics! The 2021 has started! Having won the tournament for the last 3 years – I am well aware things are not becoming easier! My round one opponent was the always interesting and creative eight times Russian ch...
Dear Chess Friends! While the world's attention is on the World Chess Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi we can’t stay aside. Last week we analyzed 2 first games of the match and the statistics. I know we al...
The fictitious/constructed decisive chess game for the Soviet 1972 movie "Grossmeyster" (imdb.com/title/tt0382724) was based on the analysis of this, real, encounter. In the movie, the main character, Grandmaster Sergei Khlebnikov (actor Andrey My...
The magic of chess has been often inspiring for moviemakers. We have already mentioned the ‘The Seventh seal’ movie, and we will bypass ‘The Queen’s gambit’ series. Also, we will later present some newer movie...
Hey ChessKids! We're so excited to be celebrating the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship! As of November 26, Carlsen & Nepo officially kicked off their match in Dubai. Throughout their game, we'll be hosting a series of events and promotions...
Beginning chess players discover very quickly that learning how the pieces move is only the tip of the chess playing iceberg. It's usually after several moves of a typical chess game that the question arises, "What now?" Here we will discuss gener...
So, as promised (and please forgive my cavalier approach or rather attitude ), here is my take on a complex topic, utilizing (SOME of) the colorful characters that I've mentioned heretoforth as illustrations The widely misconstrued concept of v...
“A Knight on f5 is worth a pawn" - Garry KasparovKasparov made this statement because often, the Black side castles short. White’s knight then becomes quite annoying for Black and can create attacking ideas all the time. What about t...
Prepare for Brilliant I know that my last blog was about a brilliant move, but the day after I posted, I got an even crazier game. I also know that two blogs ago I wrote about the Catalan and said I would do a blog about a game where I played th...
In 1907, the Ostend tournament was split into two - a patrician championship section that doubled as a sort of Candidates Tournament and a more democratic Masters section, featuring a 31 player all-play-all, the largest round-robin ever conducted....
3° Round del Campionato del Mondo concluso.Carlsen torna nuovamente a giocare con i pezzi neri, dopo le prime due patte iniziali come sarà andato questo terzo incontro? ♚ YouTube♚ Twitch♚ Discord♚ Outplayed
“I’d rather have lucky generals than good ones.” More than a hundred years later, Eisenhower reaffirmed this point by saying: “I’d rather have a lucky general than a smart general. They win battles.” ...
Hey guys! How do you get the most from Chess Engines? How to train with them? How do you take advantage of them instead of hindering your own improvement? Which are some techniques or methods Chess Professionals use to work with Engines? ...
2° Round del Campionato del Mondo concluso.Dopo la patta di ieri, Carlsen con i pezzi bianchi è riuscito ad aggiudicarsi l'incontro? ♚ YouTube♚ Twitch♚ Discord♚ Outplayed
Game 2 of WCC 2021 was an absolute rollercoaster. Some genius ideas and some really strange decisions. One of the most exciting games in recent times. I will not say much, since this analysis is long enough anyways. Enjoy! Analysis from @vinni...
1° Round del Campionato del Mondo concluso.Nepomniachtchi inizia il torneo con i pezzi bianchi, Carlsen risponde con i pezzi neri.Andiamo a vedere com'è andata ♚ YouTube♚ Twitch♚ Discord♚ Outplayed
To put it simply, World Championship is a different kind of fever. The match, unlike other top tournaments is somehow very interesting from move 1. It is probably because everyone realizes its the culmination of months and months of practice to co...
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Dear Chess Friends! A chess fever begins! Today the match between world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi has started. And chess lovers all over the world keep a close eye on it. The competition between these two stro...
The 'Sofia rules’, eliminating draw offers until the move 40, have been a welcome change in top level events, discouraging the players to opt out of a fight early in the game. So how about some ‘Dubai Rules’ to spark a kindred sp...
Firstly, I would like to wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all are filling up yourselves with turkey & stuffing Let me continue to give thanks for the Great Garry Kasparov, my mentor in chess and -- as he would argue beca...