Hello and welcome to Everything Openings #2! Though the general topic is the same, this post could not be more different from last week's. Whereas last week we were treated to a violent opening bomb, this week carries a less sav...
Hello, fellow chess readers! I would like to thank @jpaul_lyons for submitting the game below for analysis. White played an interesting variation of the Grand Prix attack (which is where White plays f4 against the Sicilian). He generated...
In this game my opponent was the hungarian international master Emil Szalanczy. He is famous about his attacking style, played a lot of nice dragon games. I played the London sytem with Nc3 and he continued to...
This time something completely different: I try to explain a game played by two computer chess engines, Komodo 3230 and Arasan 2741, which compete in the Top Chess Engine Championship 2017. More at: https://youtu.be/oHexZeX7d_A
Anna Rudolf: Alisa, the Chess.com community is certainly familiar with your chess work, you are the author of some of the most instructive chess videos on the site, and the readers also see you regularly on the banner of Titled Tuesdays. What p...
In the last game of the tournament I played with hungarian international master Zoltan Nemeth, who is the publisher of the hungarian chess magazine Sakkvilag. He played the Be3 line of the closed sicilian. I missed the move order and played ...
I played the next game against the hungarian international master Sandor Farago I played the London system and he played c5 and early b5 pawn sacrifice. He could win it back with a close to equal position, but decided to no...
Hello, guys and gals! Well... I just got off a big post, and am kinda bored with nothing to do! Haha! Just kidding! But in the meantime, feel free to send me in any games you would like looked at/analyzed by this blogger, and po...
My 14 year old hungarian opponent Tamas Ongut decided to play the Maroczy Bind against me. I suspected his preparation and played a different move, than in the game before to prevent his possible exchanges. He sacrificed a pawn for some attack...
In the very important game of the last round European club cup 2017 Vladimir Kramnik chose a very interesting opening system, starting with 1.c4 e5 2.d3!? - playing a sort of reversed Sicilian Najdorf position and brought his team Globus the Europ...
Against the tournament leader, national master Gabriel Bick I played the hyper accelerated dragon and he decided to build up the Maroczy Bind. I had a hard time under the pressure and in a given moment I...
FYI This year's Sudbury Championship is to be held at Laurentian University on November 4/5. Message me for more info! Thanks, Matt
Although many chess fans find it boring, in my opinion it's absolutely fascinating that the Giuoco Piano, or Italian Opening, is so popular again at top grandmaster level. Isn't it wonderful that some of the oldest books about modern chess already...
An overview of the ECC with some comments about the top teams plus the wildest game of the tournament. http://www.alexcolovic.com/2017/10/european-club-cup-2017/
Hello, guys! Last weekend, I had yet another tournament. This was a competitive team match between chess players in North and Central Texas. Each participant plays two games against an opponent of a similar rating and the team with the mos...
Yesterday I played a supertalent from the USA, FIDE master Nikhil Kumar. He is only 13 years old and his top FIDE rating was 2479. He won the under 12 world championship in 2016. He played d5, c5 with Bg4 aga...
Vladimir Kramnik saves a lost position and ties 3-3 the board 1 match of European club cup! Details in the video:) Naiditsch - Kramnik
I lost a tactical battle in the London system yesterday against Ivan Sredojevic:
Hello and welcome to a new series, just my second series since the formation of this blog! Let me take a moment to tell you what Everything Openings is all about. Ever since I hit 1400 about 18 months ago, I've had a ...
Yesterday I played against a talented 16 years old german player Theo Gungl He played the agressive Qb6 and then c5-c4 against the London system. I think the best way to go for an advantage is an early b2-b3 and exchange the c4 pawn for ...
Yesterday I play a young indian talent Nadar Anand He started with the Catalan and I play Bb4 check to transpose to the Bogo-indian, but later He developed his g1 knight by e2-e3, Nge2 to keep his bishop's diagonal open. I played the usual d6-...
A chessfriend had asked me about the best way for the working professional (who has no time for private coaching) to improve his game. Should he read more books or study master games? My take was that the fastest way to get your game up to s...
Yesterday I started to play in an International Master tournament in Budapest, Hotel Berlin. My first opponent was a young indian player rated 2281. After my last tournament which was the worst of my life I can remember. I hope to do much better t...
Check out 1st round commentary at my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/uEQ9yevXUC8
End September/early October is a decent time as any to take a vacation from chess coaching. Most Singaporean students will be starting school exams or revising for them. My wife mulled over a holiday in Brisbane or Adelaide since both have chess...