FunMasterMike and the TiCher. LiveStream.
ChessKid Presents: FunMasterMike and the TiCherFunMasterMike and Tihon play live chess and comment on their games. Link to the stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/558226746 JUST ENJOY CHESS!
Webinar 22. How to Beat Scandinavian Defense
Dear Chess Friends! How often do you have to play against Scandinavian Defense? Looks like not as most competitive opening, but white players always face with some difficulties. How to avoid them? Just learn how to play this opening and get the ...
Getting Better at Problem Solving: Thinking backwards
It is wrong to use a hammer for a job that requires a wrench. It is the same with problems, from the ones we face in our hardbound puzzle books to the business or financial ones we solve from our cubicles. There are different problem-solving te...
Gukesh... The Future of Chess? (Hey, That Rhymes!)
Calling All Chessdotcomers - Thanks for checking out my blog yet again. The young GM Gukesh D won a crazy game in Cannes a couple days ago, and my team suggested I do a video. Contrary to popular belief, I'm not the boss around here and ...
Gibraltar Masters 2020, or how I became an IM! (Part 2)
Hi All, Thanks for tuning in for Part 2 of the review of my games at Gibraltar Master 2020 (you can read part 1 here if you haven't done so already). So just to quickly recap, after first 3 rounds of the tournament my result was not great,...
What's New On ChessKid? Hour of Chess Kickoff!
The #CairnsCup February has run its course with some incredible happenings occurring in the ChessKid orbit this month, not the least of which was Carissa Yip's jaw-dropping performance in the Cairns Cup. Carissa is a longtime ChessKid contributo...
My Favorite Game Of. Number 22. Vassily Smyslov. Truth in Chess.
Afternoon Everyone. So, finally I decided that - as with Max Euwe - I should stop posting losses by a great player, and show you a win or two!! Back to my usual format for these little posts. It will be far too long for most, but apologi...
Have Engines Killed Chess?
Part of a comment from a now closed account which expresses the thoughts and feelings that many Chess players seem to have about engines. I don't use computers before a game, only after. And so many times I analyze a game where I thou...
Untitled Tuesday and Saturday recaps - January
The January recap was written by @MangoMankey. TUESDAY EVENT The Tuesday event was won by @Noki102 with 8.5/10, in close second was @MastaOfDisastaa with 8/10. @Noki102 quickly established lead in the tournament with 4/4. With th...
The Secret of Success in the Present is the result of daily Work on Yourself in the Past!
In this day 3 years ago.... The continuity of generations...The first session of the simultaneous game of a 6-year-old chess player in the Kharkiv ССС "Metropolitan" (result 4: 0 in favor of Tihon).THANKS to All for the invaluable experience! ...
Duda vs Vidit: Nice game in Prague Chess Festival (+ Video)
Hello chess lovers. In the last round of Prague Chess Festival, Masters Group, there was an interesting game between Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2755) and Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2721). The strong Indian GM was in first place, but he needed to get at leas...
Be Like Nakamura: Know When To Play The Bongcloud In Chess
Are you ready to play the Bongcloud Opening in a blitz or bullet game? The opening keeps surfacing in noteworthy games even with its significant drawbacks. After 1.e4, White's second move pushes the king off the back rank. How foolhardy is this id...
Roadmap to Master - Beating the Begginers!
In the previous installment of the Roadmap to Master series, I covered how to get started in chess from scratch. Now we're going to talk about how to take your game to the next level - and beat beginners consistantly! Watch the video below, and ...
Back on track
I finally got my life back on track. One of my many shortcomings is being totally unable to fake a smile to show the world when I'm dying inside. Nobody likes a Debbie Downer, so I tasked my team to take over my facebook page and post my tournam...
A Complex Game
Some weeks ago I played in the 4NCL and I was lucky to get a chance to play a very strong opponent. I rarely get a chance to play strong players nowadays and I miss that, but on the other hand the rare chance I get puts additional pressure to rais...
King of the Sicilian Pin Variation
I created a Daily Chess Tournament for all those who want to practice the Sicilian Pin Variation.Every game starts from the position after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4You can join it here: https://www.chess.com/tournament/k...
My From's Gambit Miniature
Hello! Everyone has their favourite openings. One which has served me well is the From's gambit, because in return for just one pawn your pieces spring into life. Well that is the general idea for most gambit openings. Why is this one so spec...
Tihon - 9 y.o. Champion of Ukraine in Blitz, boys age category - U20.
In February 2020, in the city of Kramatorsk (Ukraine), the Ukrainian Chess Championship was held in the age category up to 20 years. I took part in this tournament and in the Blitz I became the Champion of Ukraine, boys - U20. Tournament link: h...
Gibraltar Masters 2020, or how I became an IM! (Part 1)
Hi All,It's been a couple of months since my last blog post, as since playing in Corsica (which you can read all about here), I was preparing for the big bang or the central event of 2020 - Gibraltar Masters tournament in January.As you can tell b...
Recalling Deep Blue
Aside from having played chess professionally for some 15 years, and my involvement in other forms of chess activities, one thing I always liked doing is annotating chess games. I started contributing to Informator and New in Chess in the 1980s,...
A Bittersweet Ending (SA Closed, Pt 3 of 3)
It’s taken me nearly two months to write this series on my SA Closed experience, since I’ve been quite busy starting a twitch channel, planning interviews, and organising my studies. But here, at last, is the final post of the series! ...
When You Come At The King, You Better Not Miss...
Hello, my dear, sweet Chess.companions - In my first "blitz review" from the 2019 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz, I covered GM Anish Giri's game vs. GM Alireza Firouzja, and for blog #2, we have GM Maxim Matlakov vs. GM Magnus Carlsen. As the...
The Knight's Gambit
No! It's not a new opening line. It rather appears in the middlegame. Nor something on Faulkner's famous novel. By the term Knight's Gambit I'm trying to name the situation where a Knight is moved and placed on an en prise by a pawn square, withou...
Webinar 21. Bishop Pair in the Middlegame
Dear Chess Friends! It’s time to continue our webinars. I’m sure you’ve heard about Bishop Pair. And, of course, you know that a bishop pair usually provides you with some advantage and sometimes can even give you more advantag...
Kings of the Chessboard
Our BOOK OF THE WEEK is Kings of the Chessboard by Paul van der Sterren. This book is about the greatest chess players who ever lived, who dominated their era and were looked upon as World Champions even at a time when this term, this...