It's not always that we see a World Number 5 Grandmaster thinking for almost six minutes and get self-destructed into a mate in one. In the recent Meltwater Champions Tour Final, Aronian blundered into a mate in one against Polish #1 Jan-Krzysztof...
The new generation of chess players has been fascinating me with their approach to the opening. The opening ideas that I often see in their games result in a visually ugly-looking, underdeveloped position on the surface. However, there is usual...
Keep Calm and Carry On Sometimes, when you are playing chess online, you will get paired against someone with a much higher or lower rating. Usually, these pairings can make a player nervous, as they may lose a lot of rating points. It might eve...
Last time I got into some stuff from the 1834 McDonnell - La Bourdonnais matches. Out of that a few things cropped up - plus a fine blog by my friend @kamalakanta followed shortly after. So, while they were in my head I threw this together, whilst...
What's up chess friends?I'm sharing with you my streaming schedule, so that you can join my streams live as your schedule allows!Here is my Facebook Gaming stream schedule (times in GMT): Monday – 2am-4am Tuesday – 6am-8am Wednes...
Dear chess players! It happens so, that the next week is my last week as a University teacher. From October, 31 I am going to focus more on my chess activity. The latter includes coaching and writing (mostly for ModernChess and ChessAble). So,...
Chess is a perfect companion for all occasions. At weddings, for instance, Wedding in Little America Hotel, Cheyenne, WY . The Red October restaurant, Moscow . Hochzeit! Wedding German way. Who do you think is going to deliver...
Hey guys! Would you like to learn a Defense that you can play against any Opening (Queen’s Pawn, King’s Pawn, English…)? In this Post/Video I show you how to play King’s Indian Defense (KID). It gets even more int...
From page 128 of "Secret Notes" by GM David Bronstein and Sergey Voronkov. "Do you remember me mentioning Alois Nagler? I think that his name will be unfamiliar to young players. And yet it is partly thanks to Nagler, or more precisely, to a ha...
The match that wasn't. There were three great never-played matches of this era - Lasker-Pillsbury c.1900, Lasker-Rubinstein c.1912, and Lasker-Maróczy 1906. Of the unplayed world championship matches (a longer list that includes Fis...
The chess game of old has been many things. Aristocratic, when players like Ruy López de Segura played with kings. Romantic, when Fisher took on the soviet juggernaut from the streets of Brooklyn. Futuristic even, when for the first time a ...
A legal thriller novel just published has already earned the top spot on the fiction bestseller list of The New York Times. Is it a mere coincidence that the game of chess is featured in it so prominently? Chess Directs Book's Plot Chess is use...
Ladies and gentleman, I have some very exciting news for you!I'm doing my first ever LIVE stream on Facebook Gaming! I'll be accepting unrated challenges on Chess.com throughout the stream, meaning that you have the chance to play again...
The knight is one of the most powerful pieces on the chessboard due to its unusual movement. Typically, it is looking for squares where it won't be chased away by the opponent's pawns, so-called protected squares or outposts. Understanding the bas...
Main Study Plan 1. Play Games Rapid/Slow Games – The most important time control will be games that are 10 minutes or slower. Daily Games – Daily games don’t give the same focuse...
In the chess study plan I present below, I will show you 6 things you can do that will help you improve your chess. Play often and enjoy it! To improve your chess, you should regularly play against stronger opponents. Playing against weake...
Hey guys! The outcome of most Chess Games is decided in the Middlegame. Keeping a sharp and trained tactic vision will help, but is definitely not enough. In the video, I show you the 15 Most Important Middlegame Principles. I included in...
The Nottingham Chess Tournament was held on August 10-28, 1936 at the University of Nottingham, England. It featured 15 players, five past, present, or future world champions: Emanuel Lasker, José Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, a...
After familiarizing yourself with it, together with some illustrative examples, the principle may become part of your toolbox of concepts that could add more power and give a boost to your chess. Your knowledge and acting at the chessboard is hi...
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Dear Chess Friends! You know f7 (and f2) are considered to be the weakest squares on the board. They are not protected with any pieces, only with the king. That’s why there are a lot of combinations, typical tricks and traps with the attac...
1. World Chess Championship Tournament 1948 After Alekhine's death, the World Chess Championship crown was vacant. In search of ways to determine a champion various suggestions were considered. The 1938 AVRO tournament which (which had bro...
After our road trip, Marck and I finally arrived in California to play some chess! We mainly focused on the Southern California Open, but Timur also gave a blindfold simul. I won at rock paper scissors! The prize was this fun mask. ...
The Sicilian Defense O’Kelly variation is both a surprise weapon by Black and a way to transpose to other variations. Since Black will almost invariably play …a6 in the Sicilian Defense, he decides to play it on move 2 and hopes White...
Hey guys! If you like tricky lines, you should definitely try Ponziani Opening. In this Post/Video we learn How to Play this Variation. Besides, I analyze many Chess Traps and Tricks included in this aggressive Chess Opening. Besides, we ...