All things considered, 2018 was a fantastic year for Chess.com! Our Alexa ranking shot up over 350 places, caused by an extra 1.8M registrations compared to 2017. We held more prize events than ever before, and just a few days ago the Live Chess t...
When we're going through games, especially at a fairly fast pace, we'll often see the game come to a sudden end and ask, 'why did they resign?' Often the answer is quite obvious after looking for a few seconds, but sometimes, the reason requires...
Yesterday I finished reading and solving the puzzles from the book Chess Tactics for the tournament player. I was very happy. Finishing a book was always a big challenge for me. Tempting to start a new one before finishing the other. I did it this...
Yesterday I solved puzzles for 2 hours. Let me share a few puzzles which I solved yesterday from Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player ----------...
This post is all about Capablanca's famous 'Copycat' game, which many of my students have shared with me over the years. So, I have included my own notes...but first, try and find all of Capablanca's moves yourself! Now, for the game with my...
If chess players are taking half an hour to make some moves, how can you honestly enjoy watching it live? This question is the core problem with chess becoming a spectator sport. Of course, I'm talking here about classical chess, not rapid or bl...
How should you deal with piece tension in a position? My recent blitz game on Chess.com covers this subject quite concisely. It started as follows: White's last move (8.Qe2) is a good example of prophylaxis - stopping ...Ba6 while de...
By Dana Mackenzie, Staff Writer Last week I wrote that the San Francisco Mechanics’ PRO Chess League match this week was one that we “really have to win to achieve our team goals.” Hm, perhaps that was a bit of exaggeration. In...
The blitz marathon (all games was 5/2 time control) lasted from January 01 to February 10, 2019, with 86 players from Ukraine, India and the United States. The games took place at the chess.com portal on Team Ukraine group. The tournam...
At the end of January New In Chess published the long-awaited book Game Changer by Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan. In the book the authors explain the science behind AlphaZero through interviews with the developers of AlphaZero at Google Deepmin...
My 4th game in the February Titled Tuesday was against the young and very talented Indian Internatioanal Master Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh He played the 5.a4 variation against theh Chebanenko Slav. I played my usual Bf5 move, but aft...
What exactly is 'automatic' play in chess? It's when you play the first move that seems natural in a position, without calculating the consequences deeply. It very much resembles the thinking seen in blitz chess and could also be called 'lazy th...
This post is a tribute to Genrikh Mikhailovich Chepukaitis (Генрих Михайлович Чепукайтис): a welder, an inveterate card player, an enthusiastic poet, a Master of Sports of the USSR and a chess player — one who never became a grandmaster yet ...
On last Sunday I played in the Hungarian first league. My team is the Kobanya Chess Club which is in the middle of the field and our opponent was around the same strong. My opponent was Vilmos Balint a young and strong Hungarian player rated 231...
There are 3 key ways to save a lost game: 1. stalemate 2.perpetual checks 3.perpetual attack In today's training I studied those possibilities and used 2 hours to solve puzzles from C...
Hello everyone. In The 10 best games of the year selected by Chess.com there are 10 fantastic games played by very strong masters in 2018. I have been analyzing some of my favorite games in this list (click to see the best game of the year with my...
We checked in with the ChessKid team today for our Staff profile feature and we are super pleased to introduce you to Rafa! What is your name? Rafa Quiñonero Photo credit: zumglueckberliner Where do you live? I live...
White to play in this position! How should he proceed? I hope you enjoyed the puzzle! See you soon with another post!
This is the 3rd in my new series where I analyze interesting fast (and short; under 25 moves) time control games played solely for the purpose of learning. In this 3/2 game on chess.com I get an Alekhine Defense (Exchange Variation) by tr...
If you're looking to improve your game, I highly recommend playing tournaments here on chess.com. I've learned a lot from the daily tournaments I've played. Holding myself accountable to get the best result I can and having the opportunity...
Today I studied tactics for 2 hours. Let me share a few puzzles I solved today from Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player --------------------------...
The start of a video series explaining how to play this system/opening for white! Hope you like it :-)
My very first intention was to make a post with Salo Landau's last games during WW2. Some really beautiful were played until he was caught by the nazis in Sep 1942. But as I was searching and studying some of these games, I've found a great one, I...
Greetings to all of my loyal readers! Ahhhh... I caught you! No, I did not quit this series! I am still working through Chess.com's perspective on the greatest chess games ever played! This game will feature chess...
Hello, my dear chess friends! Now some funny games in your friendlist! In the first game, Black suffered death from suffocation in my favorite gambit. Liked? More games in my blog Ssscandinavian! I admit, in both games, oppo...