One day, I nearly fell out of my chair during a 1-on-1 call with a new student. The reason? He told me, "I’m afraid to lose my rating." I asked. "Alright. What’s your rating?" A short silence. Then he said it. "588." I blin...
#blitz #romanticstyle #fun Since the beginning of May, I’ve been exclusively playing 5+5 blitz and have been really enjoying it! Prior to this month, I hadn’t played blitz for around four years. For me, I don’t thin...
When it comes to chess improvement, few voices bring a perspective as multidisciplinary and pragmatic as FM Nate Solon. He started as one of the strongest kids in the United States scholastic scene, spent seven years as a professional poker pla...
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...
Today we honor the birthday of Dr. Max Euwe, the fifth World Chess Champion, born on 20 May 1901 in Amsterdam. Euwe stands among the greatest figures in the history of chess – not only for his accomplishments over the board, but for his prof...
Dear Chess Friends! Chess is frequently considered as a fight of ideas, with each player attempting to carry out their own intentions while hampering their opponent's. Creating Maximum Difficulties is a crucial approach for achieving this equili...
Through three weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League season, Symetra Financial has emerged as the clear leader with a total of 30 points. Having been tied for the lead after last week's set of games, Symetra's two Grandmasters each wen...
Hey Impressive Chessers! In this blog, we’re diving into a classic “do as I say, not as I do” moment. You’ll see exactly what I mean when I break down my tragic (but instructive!) game against GM Enrico Sevillano. Along t...
As a full-time chess coach for many years, one of my specialties is finding and correcting thought process errors. It is important to note that a thought process error is different than a thought content error; in the latter, the process is correc...
The Endgame is Alive and Well! The Master Chess Network's second weekly newsletter. Solution to the Attacker or Defender: What's Your Strength? https://masterchess.net/so/6fPRS2R3y?languageTag=en
Dear Chess Friends! This is FM Viktor Neustroev, and today I would like to share 3 vital principles that can revolutionize your approach to pawn endgames. Mastering these concepts can dramatically increase your confidence and improve your perfor...
The chess world had largely moved on from Rubinstein by the 1920s. He was poor, he was strange, he was slowly going crazy, and he was not at all a participant in the flashy theoretical discussions underway. As Tartakower wrote, "His tragedy consis...
Supernationals, the quadrennial mega-tournament hosted by US Chess, took place in Orlando, Florida, from May 8-11, 2025, with a non-stop barrage of events. More than 4600 kids from all over the U.S. attended this eighth iteration of the event, and...
“The biggest growth and joy in chess occurs when a student has a balance of performance, experience, skill set and a calm, yet competitive mental state.” Coach Sloan Setidkurnia (pronounced Se-Ti-a-di-kur-ni-a) has been part...
Afternoon everyone. My few regular followers will know that I have been doing some heavy reading of late. so I took time out to do what I love - looking at a mass of forgotten games. The wonderful britbase has recently posted a pgn of the game...
Hello and welcome to my new blog! This will be the second episode of the series I started last month. The idea is to discover what was happening in the chess scene during the periods of important events and transformations that changed the histo...
Here is a solid, mid-week exercise from Late Titled Tuesday yesterday. https://masterchess.net/so/99PRH_tSi?languageTag=en Join The Master Chess Network for free today! https://www.masterchess.net/
Free yourself from the result. Belal Muhammad, UFC Champion. Welcome everybody to another, free yourself from fear, self-doubt and stressing over the result, edition of the Osaka Papers. The Japan Chess Championship 2025 took place in To...
That position comes from the game Aronian - Carlsen. As you can see, Black has a huge material advantage (+8), although White has some counterplay. In this position, there are 3 legal moves for Black:1. one is winning,2. one leads to a draw,3. o...
Shortly after winning the World Championship title in Singapore in 2024, newly-crowned Gukesh played a casual game with AI-generated pieces. In his first game after becoming World Champion, Gukesh played 1.b3, and proclaimed “for Adhiban!...
Dear Chess Friends! Tactical combinations are more difficult to execute in modern chess than they were previously. Players constantly practice solving tactical puzzles and have become skilled at detecting tactical threats. As a result, it's crit...
Through two weeks of the North American Corporate Chess League's new season, very little is decided. Out of the 45 teams participating, almost half the field is within three points of first place! Meta and Symetra are currently tied for first at 1...
#blitzchesschat #interview #jaenischgambit Welcome to the first video of this new series, Blitz Chess Chats! Here, I speak to medical academics and researchers about their field of expertise and program of research… and we start ...
I've been reading a lot about blindfold chess recently, mostly because I'm fascinated by the accomplishments of great blindfold players. I consider myself to be downright mediocre in terms of my ability to visualize positions and calculate, so fin...
#channelnews I’m super excited to announce that my YouTube channel has just crossed over 4,000 subscribers! Wow! Thank you to all my subscribers of my channel, and regular readers of my blog! I thought that I would give a qui...
