As I posted last week, I have started to award beauty/best game prizes in all Dojo-organized events that I do commentary for. Here are the past week's crop of prize winners; enjoy! The past two weeks I've filled in for Kostya on Sunday Night Fig...
Hi All, Nudged by high demand we are back with the series "Master Analysis of Your Games" - episode #7! What has happened since last session? Well, there is a bit of news - finally FIDE approved my IM title, so I can officially call myself an ...
Want to hear some inspiring news to start your week?I just finished the qualifying stage of the 'Asian Online Nations Cup', where I represented Australia on Board 3.Australia finished in 4th place in the tournament, with 13 match points (out of a ...
Afternoon Everyone. A few days ago there was an article on this site where the term 'Pillsbury Bind' was used. My memory being what it is, I forget where that was, so feel free to enlighten me! Anyway, the use of that term dragged some games out o...
The 1970s were a remarkable chess decade in many ways. After the action-packed 1960s—possibly my pick for the most high-quality chess decade of all time—the early 70s were awash with the drama of Bobby Fischer's run at the title of Wor...
Hi chess lovers. Some friends and students have asked me before how do professional players read Chess Books. This week, I was thinking about this and prepared a post/video with some interesting ideas and advices to read them and get the most from...
Hi friends, I hope you are doing well, and welcome to my blog! If you are new here, this is where I post things, mainly games and thoughts that inspire me and that I want to share with the chess world. What is the Chess.c...
Starting the game with 1. d4 is thought to be a more positional approach than playing 1. e4. It's easier to pick a system after 1. d4 and consistently play similar setups with the white pieces. Two of the most popular systems are the London System...
Such a title bodes the unraveling of a mysterious plot. There is no maudlin 007 mystery here; nevertheless there is a plot. Didn't your grade-school marm teach you that every story fact or fiction must reveal a plot?...
When I first started playing chess from absolute zero, I was too shy to play against real opponents. Like many of my pure beginner chess friends, I would play against a computer and GMs would keep telling me that I should play against real people ...
Montenegro is a beautiful Mediterranean country with picturesque coastal regions and majestic mountains (hence its Italian name, for Black Mountain). Cruel and graceful, the fascinating nature of this small state across the Adriatic Sea from Italy...
Vasily Vasilievich Smyslov learned chess in 1927, at the age of six and a half. His first teacher was his father, Vasily Osipovich Smyslov, and he was quite a strong player himself. After all, how many amateurs could claim victories over not just ...
Hello guys! The thumbnail gave away everything in the video! Just kidding. But still, hop along. Below is the no-looking zone. The thumbnail is all you need to read, unless you can't read. Some people, like me, learn much better through med...
Hi all! It's Saturday again which means a video analysis of today's daily puzzle! The lesson today? Don't snap-take pieces that look free. Analyze, even if it's only briefly, the resulting position and make sure your opponent doesn't have any tric...
The 1972 World Chess Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky was a tremendous contest that ultimately concluded Fischer's untouchable 1970-1972 period (and even his career...). Leading up to the match, Fischer put together an ...
Hey chess friends!This post is to let you know that in less than an hour (7pm GMT+7 Vietnam time), I will be going LIVE on my Facebook page! The subject of my LIVE Grandmasterclass is 'Playing The Opening Like A Grandmaster'! In th...
John Sebastian was born in 1944. This fact is relevant because, along with fellow Lovin' Spoonful bandmember, Zally Yanovsky who was born later that same year, John is the youngest person in this story. In the pivotal year ...
“Some online chess is bad, No OTB can really make you mad, While anonymous cheats just make you swear & curse, When you're dreading banter blitzing, Don't grumble, try kibbitzing, And local leagues’ll help thi...
We are now a couple weeks into the first season of Ultimate Sensei and the students and coaches have been working hard! This past Saturday, October 10, we saw the Blitz Battle, a 12-round double round-robin event which would determine the 1st &...
It is always fun to dig out those old Magazines. In 1933, Isaac Kashdan, in partnership with Al Horowitz, founded Chess Review, a magazine that was purchased by the United States Chess Federation in 1969. The following Puzzle, borro...
Jugando_Ajedrez invita a la "COPA HALLOWEEN" No te pierdas este gran evento, con espectaculares premios. El sábado 31 de octubre a las 20:00 ( GMT -5) ⏰, se celebrará un ARENA ABIERTO a 90 minutos con un ritmo de ...
The newest ChessGoals post is learner series #10, highlighting maxmylnek's 1000+ point rating gain in just over three years. Max agreed to answer some questions about how he studied in the latest ChessGoals blog post: https://chessgoals.com/...
Sooooooooo IM Eric Rosen was on my stream about a week ago and he said I should make a compilation out of my worst blunders. As a famous 21st century philosopher that goes with the name of Timmy the 5Gs once said "Blunders are like Pringles.....
Digging through the London Times digital archive, I came across the letter from Conel Alexander concerning the 1951 Staunton Memorial. It was printed on 15th May 1951. Of course, I also searched for the Sunday Chronicle 1946 tournament...
Here is a recap of the 5th week of LCWL. As a reminder, the goal for the teams is to finish among the top four in their divisions to qualify for the Championship pool which will start on November 9. Site Update: Leaderboard for Live Club Match...