it is said that Petrosian loved Nimzowitsch's "My System" so much, he used to sleep with the book under his pillow, and could recite it by heart! Recently I purchased an excellent book by Tibor Karolyi, "Petrosian Year by Year, Vol. I (1942-1962...
The interzonal tournament, Zurich 1953, may be the most famous chess tournament of all time (PogChamps excluded...). It's fame is grounded in the thrilling and influential chess games played there, but even more so in the writing about the tournam...
If playing chess has taught me anything, it's that with hard work and determination, anything is possible. It wasn't an easy journey, but after 6 years of perseverance, I achieved my National Master Title. Throughout my short chess career, I have ...
I played a 100 boards simul in 2011 and I would like to show you 3 tactics from those games and a game where we had a strategical battle in the French defense. I was able to get a knight versus bad bishop position, but more important was the...
Hey ChessKids, Happy March! We're gearing up for some great events at ChessKid, especially for all the little Beth Harmons out there. Read on to find out what's been going on in the ChessKid universe: ChessKid USA Girls and Women's...
Dear Chess Friends! Since our last Simul you learned several important topics: How to Weaken Enemy Pawn Structure Attack on the Most Secured Spot Attack with the Edge Pawn Endgame Fundamentals And now it’s your chance to demonstr...
One of these odd matches – like Botvinnik-Smyslov (1958) or Botvinnik-Tal (1961) – that’s not really reflective of the contestants’ playing strength. Janowski sent his announcement of the match from Monte Carlo, which was &...
Road to NM: The Trials and Tribulations of Being an Improving Chess Player Hey everyone! Today I thought that I’d get a little bit more personal with my writing and talk about my chess journey. I started playing chess 3 years ago w...
This week's opening is the Cambridge Springs, a defense to the Queen's Gambit. Here are some top-level games with the opening to give you a few ideas to get started on this opening. Practice will be of great value as well, leading into Sunday's th...
When we were children and did not have toys to play with, imagination took center stage. We indeed need to touch, explore and look, but when this resource is not available, the mind leads us to experience it through illusion. In the popular N...
Dear Chess Friends! I am looking for the author of chess texts to join my team and I decided to take a closer look at like-minded people among my followers! If you know the names of Carlsen and Nakamura, Morphy and Capablanca, you know where L...
The great master Ossip Bernstein had a long and distinguished chess career with numerous international successes in the years between 1900 and 1910, but perhaps his greatest game and one of his greatest successes came as late as 1954, when the 72-...
Once, a player with around a 2250 level asked me after our game, “What was the evaluation of the position?” I responded, “You had a better position with great chances of winning and I did not have any real counterplay.” H...
Afternoon everyone. Blitzing this out in an afternoon, so apologies for the fact that it is not as I could have made it - real lifein present circumstances has to come ahead of my enjoying myself!! SO! In the comments to my last look at forgotte...
The Russian chess historian Sergey Voronkov has recently published a new book about Alexander Alekhine. The book is published in Russian language under the title "Russian Sphynx" and contains a wealth of material that either has not been publ...
Hi guys, let's get this show on the road! I'm excited to share with you my progress, my chess goals for March, and my upcoming OTB tournaments next month! Without further ado, let's dive into my progress: Progress ...
In a type of chess problem known as synthetic games, the task is to construct a game starting from the normal array to reach a position that meets a certain objective. Since you control both sides, the play is no longer adversary, but the challeng...
The number of areas of the brain that are stimulated when an individual plays a game of chess Neuroscience is the study of the nervous system, its importance is that thanks to it we can better know how our brain works, in order to respond to arg...
If the opponent's king is in the middle, then we should exchange pawns to open files, which we can use with rooks and queen to attack the king. We may sacrifice pawns and pieces to speed up the process. I played this game 25 years ago in the Hun...
Today is the start of a new blog series, my latest series was The Pros and Cons Series where I covered the pros and cons of three different topics. That was a 3-part series and more blogs may be added to that collection but today is the start of a...
An alternative to the conventional The size impacts and the relative value of the pieces are modified, in a cross board, the queen is more powerful, the bishops take the importance and strength of the rooks, while knights and pawns reduce their ...
At the age of 10 y.o. I reached a rating of 3458 in Puzzles on Chess.com. Thanks to Hikaru for inspiring me to develop and improve myself so that I can break his record! Solve the series of decisive puzzles that separated me from the record ...
With this article I will begin my series in English of chess book recommendations, in each issue I will describe a book that in my opinion will be useful for chess progress or for the recreation of those who like these subjects. I will start wit...
Dear chess lovers, I do not know how to start this blog, other than to admit I had to; for you see, I am a lover of chess books, specially the Game Collection/Biography type. Books written with genuine appreciation for the player who is the subjec...
Hi, everyone! Welcome to a short post of mine, I am going to give you two calculation exercises, and you are welcome to try and solve them! Or, you can just enjoy the answers if you prefer As a chess player, calculation is criticall...