Yesterday ForwardChess released Parimarjan Negi's latest book in the Grandmaster Repertoire series: 1.e4 vs Minor Defences for their chess e-reader. If offers a world-class repertoire against the Alekhine, Scandinavian, Pirc, and Modern Defen...
I wrote you long-long time ago. My last tournament was in April in 2019. Then I became busy to sell real estates and find one which fits for our needs. The 2nd part of 2019 was about that. We were able to sell the real estates and buy our new hous...
One day camp with GMs Daniel Naroditsky, Elshan Moradiabadi and WGM Sabina Foisor Read all the details below and contact americanchessacademy@gmail.com to sign up https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SbG70t3BHBvwRPp0hMuI3Xn1puFTHgxGIL...
That was another eventful week in LCWL with some shocking results! Russia Scores Big Against Iran! Team Russia had a narrow escape in their first round. This time they prepared very well and avenged their previous season's loss against Iran. R...
In the last week, I've been playing Chess.com's popular new variant 'Fog of War' chess, and I have a feeling it's made me a stronger chess player, due to the great importance on prophylaxis and stopping the opponent's threats before they can creat...
Dear Chess Friends! You know it’s a real pleasure to finish a chess game with a brilliant combination in the middlegame. This what I try to achieve in every game that I play. However, sometimes there are no tactics and a player can ev...
Would you be willing to play Ray Charles, if he were still alive, in a game of chess? Yes, the famous American musician who was blind. On this date when he was born 90 years ago, it’s a great time to commemorate his passion for chess. In an ...
From 18 to 20 September Tihon took part in the personal-team online European Championship: EUROPEAN ONLINE YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 Open 12 on Chess-Results.com 23 participants, accompanied by local referees, played in 3...
Often times, puzzles will be double-edged; both sides have serious threats and you must find the most forcing line to ensure that your opponent doesn't get the better of you. In today's daily puzzle, both sides have serious threats against each ot...
Would you like to learn the 'secret' Anti-Sicilian weapon I've used as White to amass a 9/10 score against 2500+ FIDE strength players (on average) in blitz?This variation is the best performing one in my White repertoire - my performance rating w...
Here's a tricky position to get the ball rolling. It's a simple position and easy to understand, which makes you go "OMG" every single move. So, you think the first Rook move that pops into your mind is winning? No? Did you find...
Hey folks, couple notes about upcoming shows on dojo: - Norm Hunter season 2 starts today (in 2 hours). This season, Kostya will be training... GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, who already has the highest norm-based title, GM, but is planning to work towar...
Hello Everyone,Hope you guys are doing well in these consistently strange times. I have had a fair share of adventures over the last few weeks, which in short can be summarized in the below bullet pointers - Traveled back home to Latvia ...
Alexander Alekhine (World Champion 1927-1935 and 1937-1946) was a great player. Today we are going to analyze a masterpiece where he beat another amazing master: Akiba Rubinstein. In the annotations for the game, we analyze his moves and what made...
I met David in 1978 and enjoyed watching his chess career unfold. He has played some of the best players in the USA and held his own with them! His new book, My Joyous Battles With Chess Villains was just released and is for sale on Amazon.co...
Emil Diemer was a deeply troubled chess player. He was the co-author of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, a committed madman, forbidden to play chess by his doctors, and disturbingly, the official chess reporter of the third Reich. For a good summary of...
Certain games and Masters leave a very strong impression on me. It is partly due to the natural beauty of the game; there is something about chess which is hard to define. Chess has a metaphoric quality to it; it is a reflection of life in so many...
Hi Puzzlers! Another Saturday, another challenging puzzle. I thought today what I'd do instead of posting written analysis is post a video of the puzzle on my YouTube channel. The thought being that since Saturday puzzles are the most tricky, it...
Queen endings are notoriously difficult to calculate. For one, there are often so many variations of long series of checks to work through. Even very careful players can find themselves getting skewered, mated, or forced into an unfavourable trade...
One day camp with GMs Daniel Naroditsky, Elshan Moradiabadi and WGM Sabina Foisor Read all the details below and contact americanchessacademy@gmail.com to sign up https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SbG70t3BHBvwRPp0hMuI3Xn1puFTHgxGILY1bwO...
Rafael Vaganian was a tremendous player of Karpov's generation who was one of the strongest players in the world for a decade. Unfortunately, with Karpov and then Kasparov dominating the lists, he was never able to make a serious run at the world ...
As a quick reminder, Zugzwang is when it's your turn to move but you really wish it wasn't. That is, the current position you have is better than any future position where you move a piece. Usually we're introduced to zugzwang with endgame-type po...
Amateur Chess League is organized by Corporate Chess India in Association with IM Nubairshah Shaikh, ChessDudes (Channel hosted by IM Sankalp Gupta & IM Sammed Shete) and Chess.com India as the official media partner and Chess.com as the playi...
LCWL got some close matches across the divisions in the first "Free Week" of this season. Iran vs Kazakhstan After a long time, LCWL had a match on Friday. Looks like, the Kazakhs didn't prepare very well for the season opener. They were large...
A good friend told me some months ago “Hey, Miche, I love to see Naka doing Bongcloud, have you seen that?” I really like Nakamura’s stream, but for different reasons, I don’t see it so often. And I was not completely sure ...