The other day, I was perusing through Tartakower's "500 Master Games of Chess" (which, by the way, is a masterpiece of a chess book!) and I discovered one of Morphy's games, which has a pattern similar to one that occurred in one of my games..... ...
Today's first game was again against a computer assisted user, after the game, the chess.com staff marked the opponent as computer user. I made a mistake, I allowed him to get the a-file and under the pressure instead of the passive defense I tr...
Hello my chess friends. This is another special post. Today we are going to analyze a game between Wei Yi and my compatriot Lazaro Bruzon. Both of them have been over 2700, so they are really strong GMs. One of the most amazing things of this game...
Five months ago I laid out my first game on this blog. Then I got an idea and I suggested that readers choose which game is better. This was my experiment. Why not? Every month I put four games to vote (one for each week). I tried to select ga...
The Dortmund tournament is underway with some new faces and some old ones. Kramnik is trying to win the tournament for the 11th time, Giri is trying to win a tournament for a 1st time after 2011. And they were working together in Berlin at the C...
My opponent played again a strange opening after yesterday 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3. He played e6,d6,c6,f6,g6. We played a game in this opening around 1 week ago. In that game I got an advantage, but it ended as a draw. Yesterday I analysed all 3 games I p...
A few weeks ago on the Slow Chess League I played two difficult Caro-Kann games as Black, one after the other. In both games I was busted in the opening and had to fight for my life with my king in the middle, my pieces cramped on the back rank, a...
Dear Mr. Seirawan, I’m new to chess—within the past year. I play “daily chess” and rate out about 1350. I’m trying to learn as much as I can about positions and tactics through videos, books ,etc. While I have, to s...
2. Nh3 Is that a joke? I felt I should have a fine position againsg that move, but after around 15 moves I found myself under the pressure and attack against my king. I played too early f7-f5. He did not find the nice Bxh6 sacrifice to capitalise ...
My opponent played very well today the old-benoni, so after the game I decided to dive into it and spent aorund 2 hours to find an advantage for white. Looks like the lines with Bb5 and then dxe6 may give a small edge or playing Ng1-e2-g3 manover ...
Hello everyone. Today I come with another bullet. I liked the way things happened in this game and I thought it was a good idea to write some comments and share. Do not forget this is one minute for each player, so, it is very easy to make mistake...
I've got some interesting new posts planned both on the London system and on other things. In the meantime, this is a repost of a post from the pre-front page days (it has a whopping 242 views to date - let's see whether you guys can beat thi...
Выпуск Chess Team Ukraine TV от 16 07 2018
Free Twitch simul at 8:00 on Sunday I invite you to join to the Free Twitch simul which will start on Sunday at 8:00 am New York, 1:00 pm London, 2:00 pm Berlin time.The time co...
Good evening! Its UAArtur! And I have some good games for you this week. I got a good mood after them, and I wish that it was passed to you too. Ok. This week began the match of my country (Ukraine) against the Spanish national team f...
Hello chess.com. As you already know, you must work with your own games if you want to make progress in chess. As I was watching some of my games, I found these 4 positions where I played at a good level and I got some nice victories. I hope you e...
Today my opponent showed a great performance and checkmated my dragon. In the openings I overlooked a pawn. His pieces became so active, I needed to give up one pawn. I gave up the wrong pawn. He got a defended passed pawn. After winning the...
What's up, guys and gals? I was browsing through a different chess website and came across this game played by two young amateurs. It may not be the most instructive content, though I think we can all enjoy. ...
Five-time World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand is teaching a one-hour live online lesson on July 14th at Chess University. GM Anand will teach using his recent victories and help students better understand strategy, time management, and other top...
This is a great way to answer the first move 1.f2-f4, and, perhaps, the main reason why Bird Opening is rarely used now. From's Gambit is easy to learn and really dangerous for White. These are my words from the blog To...
Today I played with a strong ukrainen player. I played him a few days ago with the same colour. We played a draw in a long game. I analysed the opening deeply and found an improvment. I decided to play a6 in the alapin to prevent the Bb...
Five-time World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand returns to Chess University this weekend to teach a 1-hour live online chess masterclass. The class starts at 10:00 AM Pacific Time (PDT) on Saturday, July 14th, 2018. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP Sig...
I have to admit, I'm starting to get into the hang of playing blitz and streaming simultaneously. After taking about a 100 point rating dive last month on one of my streams, I've somehow managed a 19/21 score (granted, against some lower rated pla...
Today I played with a german player, who was rated 2001 in standard time control. This time I streamed both the game and the analysis. He played the english opening. I played the Botwinnik setup with c5 and e5 to gain space and control d4.&nbs...
Everybody knows of Fantasy Leagues, but I don't think I've heard of one dealing with chess! As I recently discovered, there actually is one here on chess.com - https://www.chess.com/club/fantasy-chess-league. The rules are pretty much the...