I did opening study in the afternoon and also in the night before my daily game. I got a superior position in the opening, but I did not know his reply and spent too much time. Later I moved into a nice double-attack on my knight and my backrank.&...
Some players are unique geniuses; they discover new paths for creative minds; new ways to look at the game of chess. Philidor, LaBourdonais, Morphy, Capablanca, Tal, Planinc- these are a few of the ones that push chess forward. My favorite player,...
Like many people, the Two Knights was one of the first chess openings I learned. What kid can resist that tantalizing 4.Ng5 jump, hoping for a quick win with the Fried Liver Attack? It continued to be a source of inspiration for me as I wa...
Below are some tactical positions from June and July. Nothing special, as usual.
In the final instalment of the Smith-Morra Gambit Crash Course, I discuss how to identify the best developing square for your dark squared Bishop. The pace is a little faster as I make several references to the lines discussed in Part 1 and Part 2...
Today in the night I reviewed my openings and then played a game. My opponent played the English opening. I played a Meran setup. He delayed d4. I used a lot of time, because it was new for me. It became very sharp. He sacrificed his queen. I defe...
This was strange, sitting with Jayden at a chess-ouija board. I knew that the name Ouija ment luck so I felt fortunate. As he closed his eyes an embracing breeze swept through the room. Like a cooling wind breaking a sweltering day in the desert.&...
A short time ago, my friend @kamalakanta posted a game here with an idea we had been discussing. This is the game. He also pointed out to me another game between the two with the same idea. So, with an hour to spare, I will present a...
In the evening I reviewed my openings and study some new lines in the Meran. Then played a game. My opponent played an early Ne4 which allowed me to play early e4 to gain control of the center and attack his king: Thank you for reading...
If you get seriously into chess, there's a point inevitably where you find yourself having to learn to spell the word 'Scheveningen' - and apparently that day has come for me. It seems like a very low-key place, a Dutch seaside town, that for some...
Since my second IM norm in 2014 I have hardly played chess tournaments. I did play a number of league games each year in the Netherlands before the pandemic hit, but over the last four years, I participated in just one (weekend) tournament. My wor...
Today evening I reviewed my openings for around 1 hour and then I played a game: Thank you for reading this post. I wish you great games and a nice day!
Hello, if you're new here my name is Aran and I'm Chess.com's Director of Broadcast Operations.I just made a Skillshare course for anyone who wants to learn how to live stream and/or record content! That means Twitch, Youtube, or anywhere you can ...
Chess fascinates us for a number of reasons. Competition between two players rivets our attention. Competitions on a broader scale—as in tournaments—draw our attention as a variety of players set themselves to contend with each other...
Titled Tuesday is a Swiss tournament for titled players that runs weekly on Chess.com. It starts at 10 a.m. Pacific time/19:00 Central European every Tuesday. Among 572 titled players ,3 players were from Nepal,(@biveklama,@rupeshjswl7 and @shocke...
Hi, friends, I'm back with another post! Since my last post, I have participated in a couple of tournaments, and (as the title suggests) with some success. If I hadn't (re)broken 1800 USCF, an alternative title would have been "My r...
Today I reviewed my openings around 30 minutes and then played a game. My opponent played the Qf3 line against the Taimanov. It was new for me. I allowed him to come to b5 with his knight. I misjudged the situation. I allowed Nb5, because I was th...
An unusual post today - probably more interesting to students of engineering and technology history than to those who study chess history. Also, a lot of text, and very little chess - the opposite of what I would normally do. Been off work ill f...
A couple of years ago, I saw a picture of a little boy playing chess with the adults, and the photo was captioned: "Brilliant and young Samuel Reshevsky confronting 10 chess masters at once....He lost to everyone!" FAKE CAPTION! FAK...
Hello my new and old chess friends! As you may know from paging through my slightly boring blog, I play a lot of online chess. Like many such players, I sometimes wonder about the differences between online games and real chess. How much of an o...
Today I did only a little opening study in the morning and in the afternoon. In the night I played a game where my opponent played passively against the Taimanov Sicilian and I sacrificed the exchange for 2 pawns: Thank you for reading the p...
Today I did a little opening review in the morning and in the night and played a game where I got a winning position, but lost on time: Thank you for reading this post. I wish you a nice day and great games!
Introduction This is the continuation of the article , "Chess.com Awards Information 🏆⭐- Official source staff". This time I bring the information found and that I considered relevant, generated by the users of our beloved Chess.com. platform. As...
It is fair to admit, it has been such a long time since I have been able to play over the board chess in the UK. Last month, all Lock-down measures were finally lifted. With my second vaccination completed last week, I felt the need to finally get...
Hey guys! Struggling against London System? Want to CRUSH it the tricky way? Here I share some interesting Opening Traps that we can use vs this Popular Variation. Hope they help! 3 BEST Opening Traps to CRUSH London Syste...