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The Hidden Links Between Chess And Aviation

The Hidden Links Between Chess And Aviation

VOB96
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Dear passengers, This is Captain Bristow speaking. Welcome aboard flight CH355, operated by Chess.com Airlines. Today, my cabin crew and I are going to take you on an amazing trip through the history and curious links between aviation and chess....

A Century of Chess: Alekhine-Bogoljubow 1929 (Part 2)

A Century of Chess: Alekhine-Bogoljubow 1929 (Part 2)

kahns
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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...

7 Things I'm Thankful For in Chess

7 Things I'm Thankful For in Chess

NM NMChessToImpress
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Hey Impressive Chessers! And to my fellow Americans, Happy Thanksgiving! ๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿ 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 ...

The inspiration to write "Chess Master's Strategy"

The inspiration to write "Chess Master's Strategy"

IM Witaliss
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The inspiration to write "Chess Master's Strategy" was the book "ะกั‚ั€ะฐั‚ะตะณะธั‡ะตัะบะธะต ะฟั€ะธะตะผั‹ ะฒ ัˆะฐั…ะผะฐั‚ะฐั…" by Anatoly Terekhin. Then expanded by the addition of co-author Walery Bronzik. Incidentally, an interesting similarity to my extended version, i...

The Four Knights Opening! Easy win for White Pieces

The Four Knights Opening! Easy win for White Pieces

WFM fla2021
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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...

Why Ding Liren couldn't sleep after Game 1

Why Ding Liren couldn't sleep after Game 1

CM juniortay
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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 ...

Perfect Pollock Scores 8/8 in Belfast

Perfect Pollock Scores 8/8 in Belfast

Steakanator
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I've not had a very good time of it the past week-ish, so rather than continue my Winner's POV series, I thought I'd write about one more little thing that interests me within the context of chess history. It kinda keeps things in chronological or...

November Blitz 'n' Memes

November Blitz 'n' Memes

SheldonOfOsaka
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I know how to play chess. I just don't know how to win. -The dude that played Spassky in "Pawn Sacrifice". Welcome everybody to a pre-world championship edition of Blitz 'n' Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online bli...

Carlsen and Vancura idea

Carlsen and Vancura idea

GM LuckyTiger
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Hello, guys! All chess fans are anticipating the WC match, but in the last two days, we have all seen the battle between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Well, it was 960-chess, but it was chess!After winning the first game, Magnus needed a d...

Don't Trade Haphazardly! Keep the Tension

Don't Trade Haphazardly! Keep the Tension

NM NMChessToImpress
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Hey Impressive Chessers! After my last blog post, Simplify to Winify!, I felt the need to clarify something: I don’t advocate trading pieces in a vacuum—only after you’ve won material. There’s a huge difference between sim...

1 Month of Free ChessMood Access!

1 Month of Free ChessMood Access!

WFM AlexandraSamaganova
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Hey everyone! ๐Ÿ˜Š ChessMood is offering an amazing opportunity to dive into the world of chess improvement with 1 month of free access to all their courses. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Offer dates: November 20 to December 20๐Ÿ”— Link to join: 1 Month of Free ChessMood Acce...

How I Reached 2500!

How I Reached 2500!

NM SamCopeland
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After more than a decade of playing on Chess.com and grinding blitz, I reached 2500 blitz on Chess.com - a years-long goal of mine that I honestly long thought I might never reach! I started chess late - not playing a tournament until high school ...

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