2017 Sudbury Fall Rapid
The Sudbury Fall Rapid ended yesterday. I was pleased to finish with a 6/6 score and clear first place by at least a point and a half. I've included the games with a few instructive notes. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Because ...
Random pairings - is this going to be a thing?
We got some excitement in the world of chess on Friday! I was one of those who hadn't read the 2017 Chess.com Isle of Man regulations, and was taken aback by the announcement of Caruana-Kramnik as a 1st round pairing. Like most people, when f...
My Chess Preparation
MiddlegamerUmesh
3 days ago
Hello Chess Lovers! As the title suggests, in this blog, we are going to go through my preparation or an amateur's preparation plan for an upcoming tournament in my city next week. I am going to tell you guys my plans for preparation but thes...
Four Men Standing in Tbilisi
Intriguing semi-finals with two very happy and two very sad players tomorrow after the tie-breaks. http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/09/four-men-standing-tbilisi/
Path To Chess Prosperity #2: Reconstruction
EOGuel
5 days ago
Hi, guys. Sorry it's been so long! I have had some things come in the way of much blogging... including school! ... and also due to an OTB chess tournament! Yes, I did compete in a tournament in Arlington Texas about a week and a half a...
A swindle that never was
I've started collecting chess swindles for a new book [so if you have any good ones, please send them to me!]. Over the weekend, I visited a great little weekender on the Gold Coast and saw first-hand a fantastic swindle take place - or, rather, n...
An Amazing Puzzle!
Just the other day I was fortunate enough to stumble across the following message on twitter: At first glance this puzzle seems rather bland, but the more we venture down the rabbit hole, the greater and more beautiful it becomes. For a...
A Quick and Easy Petroff
This time via video on my YouTube channel. Inspired by the folk in Tbilisi: http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/09/quick-petroff-youtube-channel/
Check Your Tactics!
EOGuel
10 days ago
I will start posting a series of puzzles I saw and liked for you to solve! I will not initially state who's game it is. Could be anywhere from a Grandmaster game to one of my random blitz games! White to play and win NOTE: Two...
Do people still read this? A fun swindle
I haven't posted in a while, as blogs seemed to have died out recently. Are there still readers? Consider this a test.
Our First Simul! (and his too...)
beth_thrasher
12 days ago
10 Year-Old Chess Whiz! This past week, the Wingfield H.S. Chess Team (in Jackson, Mississippi) hosted our first simultaneous exhibition. We were overjoyed to have our buddy Ryan Wu (USCFR 1613) stop by to play the entire team. It...
Fischer's Openings in Reykjavik
I am planning a series of posts on Fischer's opening strategy in Reykjavik so if you are into that sort of analysis sign up and enjoy your Saturday with Part 1! http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/09/fischers-openings-reykjavik/
Chess Informant - A Kalashnikov to the Chess World
If you haven't heard of Chess Informant, I can say with near-total certainty that you were born after 1966. For it was in this year that the Yugoslav GM Aleksandar Matanović (with Milivoje Molerović) published the first issue ...
World Cup Impressions
A random selection of what I noticed in Tbilisi. http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/09/world-cup-2017-impressions/
3rd Singapore Masters Blitz (Junior Edition)
The Singapore Masters Blitz series, a brainchild of Olimpiu Urcan, sets out to provide quality quickplay events for Singapore and locally based masters in terms of playing conditions and prize fund. The first edition had $1100 up for g...
FIDE world cup round 2, Dreev - Carlsen, short puzzle
In the 2th round of the current FIDE World Cup, Magnus Carlsen started to turn the tables at this moment. How did he continue with black pieces?
Hip-Hop Chess Federation Gives End of Summer Workshop i...
HipHopChess
19 days ago
This past week HHCF did a Chess and Life Strategies 3 Day Workshop at Alameda County Juvenile Hall in San Leandro, CA. It is right on the boarder of Oakland. I always enjoy going here, because I really love my time with the kids. The only thing I ...
Path To Chess Prosperity #1: Insanity On The Board
EOGuel
21 days ago
Hello, chess fans! Some of you may have seen my previous post where I openly expressed my desire for a successful chess future and laid out my weekly plan to consistently improve. Well, I was unable to accomplish all of my goals this week, though ...
Minnesota's Young Talents at World Youth 2017
Over the last two weeks, the youngest elite of the chess world gathered together in Brazil, to dispute the World Youth Chess Championship in the categories under 8, under 10, and under 12. Over the last several years, the state of Minnesota has ma...
First Friday IM Tournament, the first of its kind in As...
So I've just returned from this year's summer attempt to make my final Grandmaster norm and many of my friends might already have known that I've come mighty close to achieving exactly that in my final event of the tour. The Legend has already&nbs...
Double Your Pleasure... with Four-Player Chess!
News
24 days ago
As Erik announced a few days back, we've been at work on a bit of a passion project lately, and although it's still highly "experimental," our Four Player Chess server is available for the Chess.com community to try out! It's lots of fun, and...
The CATFISH CLASSIC
beth_thrasher
24 days ago
The Wingfield High School Chess Team traveled to the "Catfish Classic" in Belzoni, Mississippi this past Saturday. Though our top player only garnered 3.0 points and most of the rest of our guys recorded only 1 or 2 points, we had a GREAT ti...
Charlie Changes Everything
I don't know how I ended up becoming a chess book reviewer in my spare time, but it's certainly a fun hobby. It's gotten to the point that every now and then, I randomly receive a new chess book in the mail to take a look at - which, as any che...
The Best Move
How chess has evolved since Garry's retirement and another look at his problems in St. Louis. http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/08/the-best-move/
Endgame Tactics Time
Hi Chess Friends, Tonight I had a talented student of mine play out a few endgames to practice converting good positions with the clock ticking. On his first try with one ending he found a key sacrificial idea, but played it too early and en...