I share 7 exercises from the games of one of my students Kyle. How did he win the game? What is the only good way to defend the black position? How can black get an advantage? How can white improve his position? White captured th...
Chess is a great game, no doubt. There are tons of online events going on every now and then. Almost every one of you is participating in those events. Early Titled Tuesday, Late Titled Tuesday, Chessable Masters, Pro Chess League, and so on, you ...
As an intermediate chess player, you may have already mastered the basics of tactics and have a good understanding of chess openings. However, there is always room for improvement and further development of your chess skills. This study plan is de...
It’s a bit hard to believe that this match was played - both that anybody thought of organizing a chess match in Berlin in 1916 and also that Lasker and Tarrasch managed to put aside their differences to play a promotional match. Tarrasch's ...
*Technically posted just before April ended for me, so I still met my one post per month goal....* Yeah sorry, I just remembered I was supposed to finish this before the month ended, so this is very rushed... Hello there, welcome to the Lightn...
Today I created 9 exercises from the games of 2 of my students Jerry and Kyle. How can white finish the game? Black attacked the f3 knight with Qf6. What should white do? An easy one: White played Kd5. What should black do? Both ...
Afternoon Everyone. it struck me this week that I haven't posted any 19th century chess, or any Lasker for a while. so with what is going on today i thought it would be a good day to have a quick look at Lasker in his first tournament as World C...
In Game 8 and Game 14 of the 2023 World Championship match between the previous finalist Ian Nepomniachtchi and the new World Champion Ding Liren, we have seen the latter taking tremendous risks by brandishing what we call the 'fishing pole' motif...
Today I created 4 exercises from the games of one of my students, Kevin. How did white checkmate black? White made a mistake and black got a winning idea: How can white catch the King? This is a beautiful idea and finish. The annotat...
The final game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023 between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi ended in a draw, resulting in a tiebreaker. Ding played solidly with the Nimzo-Indian Defense, but Nepomniachtchi's active play in the center gave h...
Whilst we all remain on the edge of our seats watching the current World Chess Championship between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, let's take a look back at their predecessors. In this Part 1, we will travel back to the the first official W...
Hi everyone! 😊 The Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023 is coming to an end. I want to write a few lines and share my games. Since my last blog post, two more rounds have passed. In the 6th round, I achieved what I believe was a hard-fought victory. Howe...
Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that since a few weeks I do have my own Youtube Channel: RobertRisChess. So far I have mainly been covering the World Championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, but please make sur...
Bill Wall notes: 'Epigrams are terse, witty sayings that sometimes have a meaning or moral. Chess has an abundance of epigrams from famous people and famous chess players.' Wall then went on to provide a number of 'Chess Epigrams.' Here are some...
I created 7 exercises from the game which I played against the 12 years old Woman Candidate Master Saadat Bashirli from Azerbaijan in the Titled Tuesday Tournament. The final move of the game: How can white win? How can white fight fo...
I share 6 exercises from the game I played in the Titled Tuesday Tournament against the Canadian Candidate Master Roman Jiganchine. I got checkmated this way: Important moment in the opening. How should white continue? How can black f...
We're pleased to announce that Chess.com will be back at TwitchCon this year! We'll have official booths at TwitchCon Paris and TwitchCon Las Vegas, full of fun activities and good vibes. Meet some of your favorite content creators, play games, ...
The thirteenth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023 between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren. The game began with the Ruy Lopez opening and saw both players making standard moves until move 10, when Nepomniachtchi played a new move, Be3...
Hi everyone! 😊 I've been a little absent from the blog because I had two very busy days. On April 25th, the 3rd round of the Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2023 took place, after which I was invited to the closing ceremony of the Shatty Zhuldyz Chess Fest...
Today we have 9 exercises which are from yesterday's game which I played in the Title Tuesday Tourney against the Iranian talent FIDE-Master Sina Movamed World under 10 online rapid champion. If he would capture on b7 I could have this little...
Recap of Game 12 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023 between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi. The players started with 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Qc7, leading to a Carlsbad structure. The game proceeded relatively qu...
In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that allowed the top player to prevail. Some tournaments will be known and famous, others will be more obscure - in a time period where competition is scarce, I...
An angry swear word fell off his lips as my opponent blundered during one of our casual games. “Gotcha,” I chuckled, naively. Frustration, anger, swearing, and self-defeat – I’ve seen it all when people blunder. What I didn...
I created 10 exercises from the game which I played against Grandmaster Jeffrey Xiong in the Titled Tuesday Tournament. How could white win? Checkmate in 3 moves: How can white win in 3 moves? Another checkmate in 3: Checkmate in...
