How would you rank the greatest chess players of all time? Was Garry Kasparov or Jose Capablanca more dominant at their peak? What matters more, the length of Emanuel Lasker's career or the brilliance of Paul Morphy's? Here's my take on ranking ...
Hello Puzzlers! When first looking at today's daily puzzle it's impossible not to notice the extremely exposed position of the king. Pro tip: in middlegames kings usually don't belong on e4 . So, although black's bishop is hanging and it's ...
Hi… Do you blunder too much? Do you lose completely won games because you made only one big mistake and lost everything in a second? Do you see the games you played and ask yourself “how could I play such a bad move”? In this po...
Hello Everyone, Hope you all are staying safe and healthy as the world seems to be in a mad state at the moment. That being said, chess is really seeing an uptick of attention, which is a really nice side-effect to everything else. For me Augu...
O.K. I have a day off today, so grabbing the first book I set eyes on out of the bookcase I had a look at some chess. It was this rather nice book. Alexander Kotov. A player most of you will have heard of - perhaps you will have read one...
My Dear Chess Friend! This article is written by @jay_1944, a member of Online tournament that I organized recently. And it reflects his impression about the the 4th round of our tournament! Hi all! Week 4 of FM Neustroev's Online Summer Tou...
Hello Puzzlers! First, I want to apologize for being missing for the past three days. As I recently became an affiliate on Twitch I have been spending some time improving my channel. I also had been spending some time uploading a new YouTube vid...
And without further ado welcome to the fifth and final blog in my Magnus Endgame series! As a reminder, I'm reading Hungarian IM Tibor Karolyi`'s ground-breaking work: Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen: His Extraordinary Skills Uncovere...
Welcome ambitious chess enthusiasts! I'm glad you've come to Part IV in my Magnus series in order to improve your chess strategy and practical endgame play. There's nothing more precious then a game collection on the modern genius of the game.&n...
Ever since the draw odds were replaced in the World Championship matches (starting with the Kramnik-Topalov unification match in 2006) there has been an endless debate about the mixture of time controls in the most important event in the chess wor...
A Heterodox Way to Chess Improvement Do we average chess players really rely on that funny magical and mystical feeling, too? We all do. Our habits and intuition are always operating for us (they say 95 percent of our decisions are made on aut...
Mikhail Tal became world chess champion at the age of only 23, and he lost the title in the following year. While he wouldn't get another shot at the title, he played INCREDIBLE chess for three more decades, including many fine games in the 1980s....
The neural network version of Stockfish, Stockfish NNUE, is since this week available as an option in the development builds of Stockfish. Stockfish releases an official major release approximately once a year but during the year you can download ...
Dear friends, we have finished with threemovers and will now switch to moremovers. The problems will become more and more difficult every time and only very good solvers will have a chance to crack them. Good luck! ...
Imagine a pawn with bulging eyes, outstretched hands and with an open jaw trying to land a bite on fellow pieces. How funny would it be if pieces could actually roam around the board like zombies when they become “infected”? Odd, ...
I am sure everyone at some point in their waking lives resort to uncle Google to find an answer to one of the most pressing questions of all times: How to respond to 1.d4! Taken from 20 Chess Memes That Will Make You Laugh Or sometimes...
I've tracked his name when exploring variations of the Nimzo-Indian defense. The line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 is called Hübner or Huebner, a variation with a closed center pawn structure. "T...
I am FIDE Master ENEASZ and my highest ELO was 2370. I have a BLOG and STUDENT'S GROUP at chess.com. I am 26 years old and I studied Finance and Accountancy at University of Economics in Katowice. I am TOP BLOGGE...
Hi, everyone! These are strange times we're living in, and your chess federation needs you like never before! Wherever you live in the world, national federations require our support to keep going, particularly when playing over-the-board chess sa...
According to GM Andy Soltis, the following game features the most stunning chess novelty ever played—19.Qa4!! On the other hand, some have alleged that this game never even happened and was a fabrication by the white player. The truth of thi...
My Dear Chess Friend! This article is written by @jay_1944, a member of Online tournament that I organized recently. And it reflects his impression about the the 2nd round of our tournament! Hi all! Today is Sunday which means round 4 pairin...
A whopping 2,100+ KIDS have signed up for our inaugural US Chess/ChessKid Online Elementary Championship. The tournament is taking place this weekend: August 8-9, 2020 on the ChessKid live server. This event will be entirely online,...
Theory Bughouse is far too chaotic for theory to play the role that it does in standard chess. In standard chess, theory may proceed for thirty or more moves. This is possible because there are no external factors, such as a possible Knight and ...
Hi all, This is the last lesson I'll be posting from the Tournament Arc. Sorry in advance For this lesson, after reviewing her games I came to the conclusion that she was a hands-on learner. When I talked to her before the lesson, she confirmed...
What a puzzle today! Both sides' kings seem to be relatively in danger. White has a powerful rook duo on the 7th rank but can't black provide his own pressure on the light squares against white's king? Don't forget white's bishop is currently hang...