Ultimate Sensei Season 2 Power Rankings – After the Draftby Mitch Fabian and IM David PruessI want to thank David for allowing me to be a part of this season’s Ultimate Sensei power rankings. I really enjoyed the bi-weekly report last ...
Before I begin, I will point you in the direction of two obituaries well worth reading. One by his friend, rival and team mate, the great Leonard Barden, who played a part in his most famous day. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/02/jon...
7° turno del Campionato del Mondo che vede entrambi i giocatori giocare linee tranquille, magari affaticati dopo la battaglia di ieri, con l'incontro che termina relativamente presto (2 ore e mezza circa). ♚ YouTube - Twitch - Telegram - ...
6° turno incredibile quello del Campionato del Mondo. Carlsen vince un interminabile lotta durata ben 136 mosse e quasi 8 ore di gioco! ♚ YouTube - Twitch - Telegram - Discord - Outplayed
I felt really bad that I had not given my previous post much thought in terms of presentation, so here's my "second take" at my (2nd - for the 1st, please see my chessgame versus Lopez, in my old article "Steinitz's Fundamental Maxim") Immortal: ...
Dec 23, 2021 “Come on Klaus - get into bed!” Mrs. Claus called her husband. “You’ve got to pull an all-nighter tomorrow!” “What? It’s been 364 days already?” “You bet it has! Please don&r...
I want to demonstrate to you how to analyze your games. According to many strong players, this is one of the best ways to improve your chess - you can learn from your own mistakes. I describe how to do that properly in my 10-week course. I ...
Hey friends — first off, happy Friday! Who’s excited for the weekend? I know I am although I’ll be working Saturday… But seriously, let me start by saying that if you haven’t checked out our community member&rs...
In his fine piece on 'All the World Chess Champions,' Nathaniel Green opens by commenting that "only 20 players in the history of chess have held the official title of world champion, 16 of which held the "classical" title" (https://www.chess.com/...
Iuri Shkuro and Ihor Kobylianskyi can get back their, currently frozen, ≈2800 FIDE ratings in blitz and rapid chess, respectively. Background: en.chessbase.com/post/dark-times-for-ukrainian-chess A few days ago I posted a scandalous lett...
The month of November saw the entire chess world redirect its attention towards the biggest event on the chess calendar. A clash that everybody has been waiting for and where chess history will inevitably be made. The world's brightest and most cr...
5° Round del Campionato del Mondo che vede nuovamente Nepo con i pezzi bianchi e Carlsen che cambia rispetto ai precedenti incontri con 8. ..., Tb8.Come sarà andata questa volta? ♚ YouTube♚ Twitch♚ Discord♚ Outplayed
To all the lovely parents and grandparents. I love using every opportunity to make my kids’ education fun and exciting. Last year, our Elf(ie) From The Shelf came with daily letters (that I typed up each night) and chess puzzles. My kids l...
4° Round del Campionato del Mondo che vede Carlsen giocare con i pezzi bianchi nel giorno del suo compleanno! ♚ YouTube♚ Twitch♚ Discord♚ Outplayed
SCC – Fast and basic tactics! The 2021 has started! Having won the tournament for the last 3 years – I am well aware things are not becoming easier! My round one opponent was the always interesting and creative eight times Russian ch...
Dear Chess Friends! While the world's attention is on the World Chess Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi we can’t stay aside. Last week we analyzed 2 first games of the match and the statistics. I know we al...
The fictitious/constructed decisive chess game for the Soviet 1972 movie "Grossmeyster" (imdb.com/title/tt0382724) was based on the analysis of this, real, encounter. In the movie, the main character, Grandmaster Sergei Khlebnikov (actor Andrey My...
The magic of chess has been often inspiring for moviemakers. We have already mentioned the ‘The Seventh seal’ movie, and we will bypass ‘The Queen’s gambit’ series. Also, we will later present some newer movie...
Hey ChessKids! We're so excited to be celebrating the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship! As of November 26, Carlsen & Nepo officially kicked off their match in Dubai. Throughout their game, we'll be hosting a series of events and promotions...
Beginning chess players discover very quickly that learning how the pieces move is only the tip of the chess playing iceberg. It's usually after several moves of a typical chess game that the question arises, "What now?" Here we will discuss gener...
So, as promised (and please forgive my cavalier approach or rather attitude ), here is my take on a complex topic, utilizing (SOME of) the colorful characters that I've mentioned heretoforth as illustrations The widely misconstrued concept of v...
“A Knight on f5 is worth a pawn" - Garry KasparovKasparov made this statement because often, the Black side castles short. White’s knight then becomes quite annoying for Black and can create attacking ideas all the time. What about t...
Prepare for Brilliant I know that my last blog was about a brilliant move, but the day after I posted, I got an even crazier game. I also know that two blogs ago I wrote about the Catalan and said I would do a blog about a game where I played th...
In 1907, the Ostend tournament was split into two - a patrician championship section that doubled as a sort of Candidates Tournament and a more democratic Masters section, featuring a 31 player all-play-all, the largest round-robin ever conducted....