Play Chess & Earn Money!
Dear Chess Friends! I'm sure you enjoy playing chess and attending our chess events. What if I say that is possible to play chess games and earn money? You don't need to be a top Grandmaster like Magnus Carlsen or H...
The Rarest Chess Move: Underpromoting To A Bishop!
Underpromoting to a bishop must be the rarest move in chess. We can easily think of some famous examples of rook promotions (such as the brilliant Saavedra study), and by comparison knight underpromotions happen every day - just think of this open...
Schlüsseldienst Hagen - schnelle Hilfe
Am letzten Wochenende war ich auf einem Schachturnier, welches von meinem alten Verein ausgerichtet wurde. In einem sozialen Brennpunkt in Köln fand es in der Aula meiner ehemaligen Schule statt und viele bekannte Gesichter konnte man dort treffen...
How Chess.com's 400-Person Virtual Team Works Together
[NOTE 2: In 2022, we're at 400+ awesome people working at Chess.com!] [NOTE: We hit 100 team members in 2017. At the start of 2021 we have 250+ team members, and it still feels like a close family!] This month we finally hit 100 team members. ...
Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond
Now what should I do? If you find yourself frequently confronting this question during a game and/or are stuck at the lower levels of the rating scale, it may be time for you to begin your study of positional chess and all that follows from it -...
چند تست هوش تصویری
تست هوش اول : در این تست هوش ، تصویر 9 انسان مخفی شدن. با پیدا کردن 6 تصویر در این تست هوش ، میتونی از داشتن یه هوش معمولی خیالتون راحت بشه . اگه تصویرهفتمی رو پیدا کردی متوجه میشی هوشت از حد معمول بالاتره و اگه در این تست هوش تصویر هشتمی رو...
The Longest Possible Chess Game
Chess is a game of small advantages and large numbers. For example, according to the U.S. Census Bureau population clock (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html) there were 6,637,552,653 people living on the earth on December 14, 2...
Danya, Miss You Always
I first knew Daniel Naroditsky as a prodigy. He and I played in many events on the West Coast together, and I watched closely as this amazing talent geared up to surpass me. But Danya was always different from the other ruthless youth eager to des...
7 Levels of Blindfold Chess Exercises for Everyone
Blindfold chess exercises have countless unique merits. For one, they can significantly enhance your ability to visualise and calculate quickly. On top of that, at least for the ones that I am going to recommend, they can be done without the need ...
Number of possible chess games
The number of legal chess positions is 10^40, the number of different possible games, 10^120. Authors have attempted various ways to convey this immensity, usually based on one of the few fields to regularly employ such exponents, astronomy. In hi...
Accuracy And Ratings On Chess.com
In order to establish that Chess.com Accuracy scores, properly adjusted to produce what I call "Quality" numbers, can accurately predict actual ratings, I did two studies involving Chess.com rapid and blitz ratings, and accuracy or Quality numbers...
Interesting Chess facts
Facts about chess 1. Did you know the number of possible ways ofplaying the first four moves for both sides in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000 ?2. The longest game of chess that is theoretically possible is 5,949 moves.3. The first chessboard w...
Chessle - like Wordle, but for Chess Openings
Hey everyone! Recently, Wordle has been spreading around like wildfire. My friends and I have our daily ritual of posting our scores for Wordle and other variants, showing off our insane guesses and terrible misfortune. But something was missing ...
Are Chess.com Bots' Ratings Accurate?
In the second half of 2020, chess.com has introduced close to a hundred bots to their new version of “Vs Computer”. This army of droids has generated much buzz within the chess community. Some of the most frequently asked questions in ...
White Sacrifices Everything
This is the most amazing game I have ever seen, it was posted by Billwall a few months ago. White sacrifices all his pieces except for a Knight and is still able to deliver a sweet smothered mate. Henry Ernest Atkins (1872-1955) won...
The Alien gambit
Hello fellow blog readers today you are reading another post by @Utkarsho. This blog is all about one of my favorite streamers, @Witty_Alien's opening that shocked 😲 the chess world. The name of the opening is the Alien gambit. What is the Alien...
The Greatest Chess Game Of All Time Explained - Kasparov vs. Topalov, 1999
Can there ever be a consensus when the word "greatest" is used? Start a conversation about the greatest chess player ever or the greatest player of any sport, and you will get 15 opinions from 10 people. Still, the chess world is pretty unanimous ...
Making Your Own Chess Set
I wrote recently about my personal ineptitude when it comes to anything DIY-related, but many members commented on that blog post expressing an interest in making chess boards and even pieces. There's nothing quite like a beautifully made chess s...
🔥 Chessnut Move | Review | Are you ready for robot chess? 🤖♟️🤔
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Carlsen-Caruana WCC Game 6 – The actual forced-mate sequence that was missed
Game 6 of the 2018 World Chess Championship is perhaps most notable for an incredible winning sequence that was found by a computer named Sesse, but missed by the players. As widely reported, the Norwegian computer running the Stockfish engine ann...
All Chess.com Achievements (and how to earn them)
UPDATE: The achievements have changed slightly since time of this post. I will update soon. 1) Welcome Create your chess account 2) Self Portrait Change your profile picture from the default 3) First Live! Play a live game 4) First Daily! ...
The Truth About the GOAT Debate
The discussion surrounding the "greatest of all time" (GOAT) in chess has been ongoing for many years, with various players being considered for the title. Some commonly mentioned names include Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, and Magnus Carlsen. Th...
In Support Of Ukraine
Following the recent invasion of Ukraine, Chess.com expresses its strong support for Ukraine and its people. Our thoughts are with the people in Ukraine, among them many chess players and fans and some of our own team members, who are currently ...
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond
How to Play Good Chess (In a Nutshell) 1. Defense - this is generally your first priority in a game. That is, to make sure all your pieces (i.e., pieces & pawns) are adequately defended. If they are not, then have a good re...