Hi everyone. Yesterday I played a bullet versus a good player (rating 2266) and I won in only 8 moves (I think it is the shortest bullet I’ve ever played). I prepared a trick, very simple, but interesting for a bullet game. Also, Chess.co...
The venue of the legendary Wimbledon of Chess! I stepped back into the lobby of the Anibal after exactly 16 and a half years! Now the venue of the Spanish Segunda Division, it felt phenomenal to play in the same playing hall as the greats in 200...
In my most recent Chess^Summit article, I decided to write about problem-solving and working on your tactical vision. For the full article, check out Chess^Summit for more from me and my team! Since I don’t do a lot of tactical work i...
In the seventh round of the Biel Chess Festival Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and David Navarra played a very interesting rook endgame. The commentators GM Daniel King and IM Anna Rudolf stated that ‘It should be winning for White’ but did not...
Caution!You are in a danger zone. Today, the genocide of pawns is planned. Madness will be on the board, and this page can harm your chess mind ...For women, pregnant children and fans of boring endgames I strongly recommend to leave this blog....
The game was way past its 4th hour at the 1995 Asian Teams Championships and there were only a handful of people left in the NUS tournament hall. The Singapore 2 and Malaysian representatives on board 4 were right smack into a drawish-looking endi...
Recently I had a look at this classic and liked what I saw! Panchenko's material is similar to the way how I envisage the ideal chess instruction. A position is set up and the student thinks about it for a while. Then what he thought of is discu...
Hello everyone! After taking a long break from teaching chess, I'm happy to announce that I've returned due to popular demand! I will be teaching more live classes, video courses, and even two-way voice classes starting in September. I'm now...
Chess University’s Logical Play Move By Move video course by FIDE-Master Dalton Perrine features 1 hour and 20 minutes of video instruction and one mini quiz to help you improve your logical decision making abilities. Dalton reviews key op...
These are my three games with one player. First game: Second game: And third... Do you know which is the biggest mistake in chess?The biggest mistake: do not learn from your mistakes.
Hello my chess friends. What is a fortress and how can a fortress help you in your own games? In this post we’re going to talk about this. First I’ll try to explain it with my own words, and then we’ll see some practical examples...
Chess University’s Improving Your Game Analysis video course by FM Elliott Liu features 3 hours and 30 minutes of detailed video instruction to help students improve at analysis, especially when reviewing their own games. Elliott also review...
A cheery 'Good Morning' to chess history lovers and any casual passers by joining me for the first time. Well, some time ago now I posted this https://www.chess.com/blog/simaginfan/a-book-to-look-out-for and the book in question duly ...
Hi! Its UAArtur! And this is a new blog from my series, where I show interesting games this week. The best games I collect later on a separate page and you can vote for each. Now you can help choose The best game of July ! This...
Leafing through Bronstein's book, "Bronstein on the King's Indian", I found so many games to enjoy! First of all, let me say this is a super-excellent book, with many examples in different systems and setups of the King's Indian Defense. I recom...
Hi friends. As you already know, in this Bullettime series I bring some good bullet game I played, I analyze it, write some comments and share it, always hoping it to be useful for you. Also I try to tell you what I was thinking during the game, a...
Zugzwang usually happens in the endgame where few pieces remain on the board. Otherwise, it's considered an anomaly. This kind of anomaly appeared in one of my daily chess games, which I found too amazing not to share with you all. Hope you find i...
Hi everybody. As you already know, I really enjoy studies. I think there is too much to learn from them. At the same time we can practice accurate calculation with them. By the way, in Kasparian’s book, Domination Endgame Studies, you will f...
Hi everyone :) I played an interesting game in the Italian Semifinal, against the International Master Artem Gilevych. I made a video comment about my best games Here the video ! Do you like my videos? Follow my channel ! sl.chessl...
In the classical e6 variation against the London system, black's light-squared bishop may appear as a bad bishop if the knights are exchanged on e5 and on e4 and the dark-squared bishops were exchanged. What is the winning plan for white...
12th World Champion GM Anatoly Karpov will be teaching a live, online chess strategy masterclass in Chess University's Online Summer Camp this August. The online camp includes the Karpov lesson plus two additional live lessons catered to the stu...
Hello Chess.com. This Sunday I played in a very interesting online blitz (5|2) match. It was between Ukraine and Serbia. My Chess.com friend (and also top blogger) UAArtur (from Ukraine) invited me, he said that the match was going to be tough, an...
Hello! We have time for a new vote!Now you will see my July games. Which game is the best, in your opinion? Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Write in the comments the number of the game that you liked the...
Hello friends. I played another bullet game that I think was interesting. Maybe we can get some things analyzing it. This time I won’t say that mistakes are very common in one minute games, and that it is not easy to play accurately, because...
Chess Openings 101: Introduction to the Queen's Indian Defense by FM Dalton Perrine is now available! This video course provides a proper coverage of the Queen's Indian Defense (QID), characterized by the moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. ...