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...
Dear Chess Friends! You know chess players say “The best defense is attack” and I absolutely agree with this statement! This is one of the most effective responds when you are under the attack! This is how you may impose your playing...
Despite the quantity of information available about calculation, this is still one of the hardest aspects of chess and what separates beginners from masters. One of the reasons behind this fact is probably because there is not a shortcut to calcul...
In order to reach CM, NM, FM, IM, GM, or any rating point in general, one must analyze the situation. After all, how are you supposed to improve if you don't know what it is you have to improve at? Today, I'm going to be covering an...
Throughout the last 100 years of modern chess, there is an overarching feeling that having the White pieces is a slight advantage. Players from many generations follow a simple formula for tournament success: Draw with Black, go for a win with Whi...
A few weeks ago I signed up to play for my company team in the FIDE World Corporate Chess Championship, which took place this weekend. It turned out to be an intense competition, with many strong players and tons of exciting games played over...
Hello everyone! It's been a while, and I'm glad to be back! I was a little swamped with work and after a couple of unsuccessful drafts, I ended up scrapping my original blog, which is why I missed last week's blog! But today, I'm going to make up ...
“If chess is art, his creativity creates a stunning canvas. If chess is science, his original ideas and intuitive play question many hypotheses. And if chess is a sport, his fighting spirit and passion over the board brings the a...
Hi Chess friends. I hope everything is going fine there. Also with your Chess, I wish it continues going better and you keep enjoying and having fun with the game. This post is a little different; it’s mainly an update since I didn’t p...
Imagine if you could see a video in slow motion of Rembrandt working on one of his paintings. you could follow all his brushstrokes, enjoying the subtleness, beauty and phrasing, their musicality and artistic touch. You could see how the pai...