I've been spending far longer than I meant to on the Alekhine-Bogoljubow match because ... it was a really good match! It was certainly the fighting-ist championship match since Lasker-Steinitz 1894 and may well have been the fighting-ist match of...
I’m beyond grateful to announce that my blog, 7 Things I’m Thankful for in Chess, was awarded Blog of the Month for November 2024! This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without you—my readers and commenters. Your ins...
Welcome Everybody, to another infuriating over-the-board tournament review of the Osaka Papers. The Kyoto Gion Open 3 took place Friday November 30 through Sunday December 1st, in Kyoto Japan. Occurring only once every three years the tournament...
Several important chess personalities passed away in 2023. They include the oldest woman grandmaster, a renowned trainer for a world champion, a prominent chess author and teacher, an avid blitz player, and the oldest living grandmaster. Here are ...
#sicilian #smith-morra #brilliant #quickwins #romantic Today we have another chess noob Quick Wins, and once again in the Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted against the Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3)! Let’s go! B...
Hey Impressive Chessers! Since today is a rest day for the World Championship match, I wanted to get into something a little lighter and something I've been thinking about lately. Here in USA, American Football dominates TV/streaming ratin...
I’m thrilled to announce that the first 40 videos in my series analyzing Bobby Fischer’s My 60 Memorable Games are now live on YouTube! This collection celebrates one of the greatest chess players of all time by breaking down his ...
First of all, this blog post will expose my ignorance in ways that I don't even know ("you don't know what you don't know"). Second of all, I just want to share with you, once again, a commonality of patterns.....I wanted to title this post "Bot...
Dear Chess Friends!I've just participated in the Titled Tuesday and I wanted to share one of my games from that tournament. I also have some thoughts regarding how tactics can be coordinated with strategy. According to my experience, everytime w...
Game 7 of the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship between Gukesh D and Ding Liren was an exciting, back-and-forth battle. Gukesh avoided Ding’s usual French Defense, choosing a flexible setup with the King’s Indian Attack. He quickly pu...
With wins in both of his games on Sunday, Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana has won the strongest open tournament in the United States, the US Masters, with an 8/9 score. Caruana's loss to GM Nikolas Theodorou in round six put him half a point out of ...
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In a major upset with potential FIDE Candidates circuit ramifications, GM Nikolas Theodorou (2612 FIDE) took down super-GM Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces, putting himself in sole possession of first place entering the last day of play at th...
We are now past the halfway point of the US Masters tournament, and GMs Fabiano Caruana and Nikolas Theodorou are the only two players on a perfect 5/5 heading into Saturday's rounds. The US Masters is the strongest open tournament in the United S...
#tactics #romanticstyle #smithmorra #englund #scandinavian In my last article, I wrote the following summary: The big takeaway is that playing in the Romantic style in the opening is not just about relentless aggression. It is t...
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The match quieted down a little after the torrid pace of the first eight games — but only by a little. Now it was five decisive results in eight games, as opposed to six. And, after the wild start, the dynamic for the rest of the match was s...
Rounds two and three of the strongest open chess tournament in the United States, the US Masters, took place yesterday on Thanksgiving day. This tournament, hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center, is a nine round open event hosting 264 total players...
The strongest open tournament in the United States, the US Masters, is now underway! Over 200 titled chess players, including 47 Grandmasters, have gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina for nine rounds of long time control chess, fun side events, ...
Hey Impressive Chessers! And to my fellow Americans, Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁 Wishing all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! As we celebrate this day of gratitude, I can’t think of a better time to reflect on the many blessings chess ...
A Conversation with Dan Buettner,Author of The Blue Zones: Secrets of Living Longer “I imagine that people who play chess and are in the tournament world love the sport . They love the community and the competition . T...
Translation of WGM Vivian Gu's Mandarin question to Ding Liren. Vivian Gu: This time, both your father and mother are here. How do you feel about that? Does it make things better? Will it help with improving your mood subsequently? Ding Liren...
The inspiration to write "Chess Master's Strategy" was the book "Стратегические приемы в шахматах" by Anatoly Terekhin. Then expanded by the addition of co-author Walery Bronzik. Incidentally, an interesting similarity to my extended version, i...
Hello, everyone! Today, I want to share a line you can play with the White pieces to surprise your opponents. I’ve played it many times and have had the experience of winning the majority of my games with it. I find it easy to play and ver...
Game 2 Press conference with questions posed by WGM Vivian Gu in Mandarin. WGM Vivian Gu (credit: Chessbase India) VG: Can you describe in simple terms how today's game went? D: Today we got an infrequently played line which I had prepared ...
