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...
I created the 10-week course to improve your chess. Every week you will receive one email with materials and exercises to do. You can sign up for the course at this link: https://www.matbobula.com/ It's FREE and you will ...
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...
The New York 1924 tournament was one of the best! Andy Soltis, in the Foreword to the 21st Century Edition of this tournament book (Russell Enterprises, 2008), wrote that “New York 1924 was a super-tournament that was truly extraordinary&rdq...
Hey y'all, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are enjoying this holiday! Today I'll be discussing with y'all 5 chess-related things to be thankful for, in my opinion. Why chess-related, you ask? Well, simply put, this is a chess blog, so I'm gonna sta...
Although I am a patzer, recently I was able to achieve a USCF rating above 2000, making myself a USCF Expert. If you've been following my blogs, you'd know that half a year ago, I was just 1600. After 5 years of playing chess, I've finally reached...
PART 2: 13. Rc1 (the Kožul Gambit) Check out my post on how to play this line here - The Mar del Plata Attack: The Kožul Gambit. Game 1: FM Orel Oskar (2311) vs. GM Milan Vukic (2460) All of these games actually will...
After looking closely at the most critical victory of Ukraine from the European Team Championship final round against Armenia, I can only confess that not much can be understood in this game with engines' assessments, available to mere mortals the...
What should you do if you cannot figure out how to equalize against a certain opening variation? The old chess wisdom says to play the variation with the opposite color and let your opponent show the equality to you if it exists. Of course, wi...
A second day all chess news is about Firouzja's record! He is only 18 years and already has 2800! It is amazing! In this post, I am not going to look at the future but at the past. In 2009 the national team of Azerbaijan became (for the ...
One of the most important things in chess is to find the right plan. During the game, every player faces that challenge. The first time to create a plan is right after the opening and usually 2-3 times later on. There is even a saying, “be...
Hey guys! I made a list of 10 Steps to improve in Chess and become a good Player. I did it thinking of beginners, so, I guess it’s going to be good for them, but I’m sure players a little more advanced can also find interestin...
Magical Save Ever since chess.com has changed the way brilliant moves are determined, I haven't been able to play a single brilliant move. However, recently, I was able to play a brilliant move that would completely change my position from utter...
I’m writing from my phone so I won’t be able to post a link (just my personal biased opinion); but seriously, therefore let me take the opportunity to “redeem” Garry the 13th World Chess Champion & paint him in a positi...
Last time round I mentioned that there was still a lot left unposted in the folder I had put together. A dear chess friend - in the comments - suggested that I should post that stuff, so here goes. Firstly though, in the same comments @Spektrows...
If you read my most recent forum post, I'm back at tournament chess! I signed up for the November Chess Flurry (as the tournament is named) in Houston. Honestly, this tournament was more of an excuse for me to see family in Houston during Thanksg...
What is the strongest defence to 1.d4? The opening I show you in this video allows you to be aggressive and attack the opponent WITHOUT making any strategic concessions! And this opening is...The Semi-Slav Defence! What makes the Semi-Slav such...
If you're here for serious chess improvement, you probably want to check out my previous blog post. If you want a fun surprise weapon to score some quick wins in blitz and bullet, this is the place for you! I don't usually play 1.e4, so when I d...
I'm happy that my last blog post was so well received; however, I must admit that I do feel a bit guilty not tying it more into chess (especially as this is a chess site!). Therefore, this next article will be a lot closer to the Royal Game that w...