Hi, all. I hope you are alright, and having some semblance of peace and joy in your life. Recently I have been looking at the book Tal wrote about his World Championship Match with Botvinnik in 1960. It is considered by some to be ...
Hello Dear Chess Players! Today I would like to talk about an important and often misunderstood topic in chess; solving puzzles! Wait! Before you click away thinking ‘hey, I know how to solve puzzles!!!’, I would like to ask you a fe...
The next generation of chess players is here! Hundreds of young talents are putting in some of the strongest performances ever seen at their age. Let's recap some stellar games and accomplishments by the chess world's brightest rising stars this m...
After 52 consecutive losses, I finally got my favorite opening... and a Line with two very famous Games: Teimour Radjabov vs. Alexander Grischuk | 2nd ACP World Rapid Cup | Odessa UKR 01/07/2008 That game can be seen at https://www.chess.com/g...
All applications have been reviewed, and the winners have been chosen for the Fall 2023 cycle of the Chessable Research Awards! The Chessable Research Awards are for undergraduate and graduate students conducting university-level chess research....
Chess takes center stage in an initiative by a prominent police department in the state of Virginia to establish positive relationships with kids in their community. In fact, it is the heart of a new community liaison program. Blue Knights Chess...
Richard Teichmann was a kind of running joke in the chess world as ‘Richard the Fifth’ — for his eight (!) fifth place finishes over the course of his career. Fifth place wasn’t just a numerical accident. Teichmann, who was...
I don’t know. Something didn’t feel right. Something was wrong. Our chess team, consisting of six titled players, had spent six months researching and preparing materials for two new courses. I checked the examples.There were good ...
I wrote a blog post about threats recently, and someone asked in a comment if there were any training methods to improve their threat handling. This is a very good an important questions. We all know from experience that knowing and understandin...
ChessKid recently released six new animal chess bots ("Zoo Crew")! These bots are designed for beginner chess players but make perfect companions for all levels to practice tactics and strengthen their skills. Play Against The Zoo Crew Now...
Chess does not drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane. -Bill Hartston Hello, my fellow speed lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz & Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you ...
Afternoon everyone! Big article today - despite my best efforts to leave loads of stuff out, so grab a beer and treat it all like a good book! In the comments last time I mentioned that I must get back to one of my favourite subjects - Hungari...
Really incredible battles against very strong players in this category! Marathon Self Partner The first world championship in this category is being held and it has left an excellent experience, I never thought I would say this, but this Omata...
Spell Chess is an imaginatively crafted variant. It's the best one in the /variants part of Chess.com. Sort of close to chess, and also unique. All of the standard rules apply, but each player has 5 freeze spells and 2 jump spells, and these spell...
Recently, my friend, who is a National Master in chess, sent me the following puzzle from the Tactic Ninja course’s quiz: And said he couldn’t solve it.Can you? The reason was clear why he couldn’t. His tacti...
Alexander Alekhine was born in Moscow in 1892 to an aristocratic family. His talent was obvious from an early age. He had the benefit of learning from his brother Alexei, a strong player; avidly played correspondence chess; and had Fyodor Duz-Khot...
ChessKid is thrilled to announce its first-ever over-the-board chess tournament festival: The ChessKid National Festival! Get ready to celebrate chess with fun family festivities during the President's Day weekend of February 2024. What is the...
“You can’t fix something unless you admit it.” - Tim Grover There are many reasons why chess players get stuck at their level and stop improving. Today we’re going to speak about one of the main ones – ostrich...
In every generation, there are talented chess players who will carry the torch for American Chess and pass on the legacy of Paul Morphy, Frank Marshall, and Robert James Fischer. These talents come along rarely. But, the access to information and...
That hurts. That really hurts. It wasn't so much the fact that I lost, but the fact that I was thoroughly embarrassed, with the state championship on the line. The game barely lasted an hour! I made one dumb move and my position was falling apar...
Like always when man spent certain time of his life doing something, certain moment arrives look to be thrown backwards, to be seen how it was, what kind of memories remained. Years of working at chess.com as coach provided quiet n...
The 13th World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, is leading the Chess 9LX Champions' Showdown after day one - an impressive feat which only shows that the now sixty-year old still has what it takes to compete with (and triumph over) the best chess p...
Afternoon Everyone. A simple offering today - but with lots in it. The sort of thing I can do basically from memory whilst getting pleasure from the material. I hope you enjoy what is on offer. So, it came about like this. A couple of blog...
Many chess players do not understand the unit of measure known as centipawn. For club players, understanding the term is not too important; however, understanding what it means may be helpful when reading game reports or reviewing game analyses. H...
St. Casimir’s Parish Hall. Sept 2, 2023. A scrawny middle-aged woman slips effortlessly through the building’s door, unseen. She is here on a mission, to compete in the Toronto Open 2023, U1900. Will she lose ALL of her games, like las...