I played the Grand Prix Attack against Grandmaster Sergei Zhigalko. He got a small advantage from the opening. I defended well and got even a small edge, but missed a tactics in the time trouble and he won in style. How can black finish the game...
You need to be of my generation to recognize the title here! Looking for something else in one of the volumes of Magyar Sakktortotenet I came across some nice games of Miska ( Max) Weiss, a player who had the chance to play for the World Champio...
Greetings welcome back to the Hornet Editorial! Today, we explore the life of World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer, whose brilliance and competitive passion drew the attention of the world. At a young age, he gained notoriety, and then of course h...
Yesterday I played with Ben Edgell. I played the Catalan and he replied with the aggressive c5 and b5 to sacrifice a pawn for a nice center. He got good compensation, but I defended well. I created 10 exercises from the game: A checkmate f...
My opponent played the Panov Attack against the Caro-kann defense. He sacrificed a piece to force the Perpetual checks. I sacrificed an exchange to play on. In the exciting rook+bishop+knight versus 2 rooks endgame he missed a tactics in the end. ...
The story of the 10 exercises. A few days ago I played a blitz game against an American FIDE-Master. He played the dragon variation of the sicilian defense. I forgot my line and got in trouble quickly. He sacrificed a pawn on the queenside and use...
Matthew Sadler is a very strong grandmaster (2694 at age 49) and one of the leading computer chess experts. In 2019 he wrote the award-winning Game Changer with Natasha Regan about AlphaZero, and in 2021 he published The Silicon Road to Chess Impr...
Hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! So... an interesting topic today. Some of you may know this already, but I'm a huge NFL fan. I'm basically obsessed by now. I mean, I'm a chess master, and I'd rather watch football than chess. Easily...
When you think of an International Master, you likely think of a studious person who spent most of their life learning chess, a vicious convict definitely doesn't come to your mind. However, Norman T. Whitaker is a cosmic exception to this. Althou...
I created 10 exercises from 3 of my recent 3 minutes games. I got a great position against the Dutch defense. I got a worse position from the King's indian defense. I got also an advantage from the Catalan. This line I analyzed: I missed...
Today's 10 exercises are from 3 games I played in the last week's Titled Tuesday Tourney. In 2 of the games I played the Pirc defense and got a fine positions in the middlegame. In one of them I got a strong attack on his king. I overlooked this...
There are two great opening innovation stories that both come from 1918. One is the introduction of the Budapest Gambit — a group of minor Hungarian masters passing on the secrets of the Budapest at a tournament in Berlin, which led to the a...
Today I created 10 exercises from 2 games which I played in the Titled Tuesday Tourney. I got a big advantage using the Pirc defense. In the other game I won a nice bishop versus knight endgame. I prevented this finish: I missed this chance ...
This post is dedicated to Salo Flohr, one of the great chess masters of the 20th century, who unfortunately remains relatively unknown. We will delve into his life, his chess career, and analyze some of his most memorable games, admiring the quali...
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 I created 10 exercises from 2 games which I played in the Titled Tuesday Tourney. I lost one against the Stone wall setup and won one with the King's Indian Defense. It was an alternative reality: How did I continue the attack? I ...
Today I created 10 exercises. 4 from the game of Jerry, one of my students from the United States and 6 from the endgames coaching we had with Kyle. How can white finish the game? How can black increase his advantage? Checkmate i...
Mikhail Tal, the most brilliant tactician of his generation and widely considered one of the best attacking players in chess history, was renowned for his brute force, uncompromising style, and powerful, creative play. For Tal, the initiative trum...
Today's 10 exercises were created from my Titled Tuesday game against FIDE-Master Thomas Thiel from Germany. How could white win? What is the best option for white? How to react to Qb5 check? How can black win? How to cont...
Welcome to my blog, and to the three month anniversary (plus some days) of me not posting! I assume that my blog just naturally dies and goes extinct without anyone noticing... but... I realized that's not the case as I entered a tournament today,...
I created 11 exercises from the games I played in the Titled Tuesday Tourney. I got an advantage in the opening and middlegame, but I waited too long and he got a strong attack on the kingside. This puzzle is from the 2nd round game. I prevented...
Today's Daily Puzzle came from a game played at the Staunton Memorial Tournament in 2006 between GM Peter Wells and GM Jon Speelman. Here is my video telling the story and explaining the game:
Yesterday in the Titled Tuesday Tourney I played a game against FIDE-Master Lefong Hua from Canada. I allowed his pawn advance in the queenside in the Ben-oni defense. He sacrificed a pawn with c5-c4 to open the c-file and the g1-b6 diagonal and c...
The adults win the ChessKid Stars vs. Streamers Rematch, 20-12, against four brilliant young opponents, tying the series at 1-1! The ChessKid Stars vs. Streamers Series ChessKid Stars vs. Streamers is a fun event series that invites popular c...
I studied my games from the last week's Titled Tuesday Tourney and I created 12 exercises. How did I finish the game? How can black continue the attack? How can black save the game? How Can Black gain material? What is the best o...