The results are in! Here are the best books of 2022: Improve Your Chess Calculation by R.B Ramesh Think Like a Super-GM by Michael Adams and Philip Hurtado A Matter of Endgame Technique by Jacob Aagard The Taimanov-Schevenin...
As Pushkin's doomed duelist said "Let's start, if you are willing." These lines are declared by an over swaggering Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin, who marches into the grand hall late (because all the best players make their oppone...
One of the first things that we learn as chess players is the three basic goals of the opening phase of all chess games: 1. Control the center of the board2. Develop your pieces3. Castle your king Along with these three goals, we also learn va...
Hello, my fellow puzzle solvers; and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. If you're a lover of tactics taken from amateur online rapid tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do. Sunday January 16th ...
In 1913, for the first time, it becomes possible to talk about a Capablanca-Alekhine rivalry. By a scheduling quirk, the major Central European tournaments were held in 1912 leaving 1913 a barren chess year. The action shifted east and west - to a...
The Polish Opening Many openings that are played involve basic chess principles of controlling the center such as e4 or d4. However, there are some openings that look completely wack and violate all principles, yet are still played, especially o...
There is great joy in sharing things that are beautiful or unique; sometimes both! The book "The Hypermodern Game of Chess", by GM Savielly Tartakower, is a jewel. He covers many different opening systems, and gives lucid explanations (and many ...
Afternoon Everyone. Over on the ecforums site there is a thread 'Chess History Trivia' where proper chess historians ask almost impossible to answer questions. This week I came across something which would fit well there! Can you name an untit...
The new season of award-winning tournaments begins, year 2023. We want to welcome all the new members of the club, with an excellent rated tournament, with many membership prizes 💎👑⭐. There are many possibilities to win, you just have to be an act...
Dear Chess Friends! What if you learned an opening, but your opponent doesn’t play according to what you remember? Well, if he deviates at the 10-15th move, it’s fine. You should either learn some deviations as well or at least under...
On December 31, 2022, CNN reported that Magnus Carlsen won both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the latest landmark of his glittering career. The 32-year-old Norwegian is now the holder of all three world...
Whenever we want to learn something new, be it in chess – or in any other aspect of our lives – we have three main options: 1. Learn from the first available source we have 2. Search using Google 3. Ask others for recommend...
What makes a good puzzle? How are Chess.com's 500k+ puzzles generated? And what's the relationship between your Elo rating and your puzzle rating? To celebrate Puzzle Week 2023, some of Chess.com's top engineering minds helped answer some of you...
Two years after netting his debut national title at the Australian Chess Championships, GM Temur Kuybokarov once again proved his mettle amongst the best in the country after winning the 2023 Australian Chess Open with a 9.5/11 score in Scarboroug...
My Dear Chess Friends, Probably I’m too late with this post, but I would like to tell you about World Rapid & Blitz Championship that took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I live here now and luckily FIDE decided to conduct this event in A...
The second of a two-part series - a joint venture by the Manhattan and Havana Chess Clubs that served as an unofficial Pan-American championship. Capablanca won New York, winning his first ten straight games, and, after a loss to Jaffe, just holdi...
How to continue your game after a horrible blunder?How to motivate yourself for the next game after having a very painful defeat? I've prepared some tips for you, which will help handle such situations. First of all, let me mention that it's n...
Chess is more than just a game - it is a mental exercise that can have numerous benefits for those who study and play it. From strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to patience and discipline, creativity and focus, chess can help players d...
In the chess study plan I present below, I will show you 5 things you can do that will help you improve your chess. 1. Play often and enjoy it! To improve your chess, you should regularly play against stronger opponents. Playing against weaker...
Over on Twitter - yeah, I know it's the land of anonymous abuse, but there is some great chess material to be found there - I spotted this picture. Angelika Valkova Twitter I recognised the position at once! Game 5 of the second games colle...
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. “ - Richard P. Feynman I picked up my phone to turn it off and go to bed when I got a call from an unknown number. He was very direct ...
Great players are like virtuoso pianists...Rubinstein's play reminds me of Vladimir Horowitz..... The following game was played in Hastings, 1922 between George Thomas and Akiva Rubinstein, the great Polish player. Rubinstein's games ha...
Happy New Year, ChessKids! We're so grateful to have such an amazing chess family and look forward to another thrilling year filled with chess moments. Here's to making your experience with ChessKid more fun and worthwhile. New Features: ...
WARNING: This blog contains nerve-wracking chess time scrambles. Proceed at your own risk if you have a history of heart disease, high blood pressure, or prefer to play daily chess games. We've all been in a time scramble playing blitz on Chess....
