Afternoon Everyone. Warning! This blog doesn't promise to add points to your rating just by clicking on the link, and you don't have to pay money subscribing to anything!! It's just me sharing the chess I have been looking at this week, and post...
In this post I'll share with you a recent series of mine, showing you how I like to play 1.e4 in my Chess.com games!Here is the series in video format (starting with 1.e4 e5): In these videos I mainly focus on how my recommendations in Cru...
99.9% of players choose the wrong approach and fail when it comes to learning and improving chess tactics. Discover what the 0.1% do differently. Improving your chess tactics is one of the fastest ways to raise your rating. Many chess lover...
I was playing one of the worst bullet games of my life, but I managed to turn it around on move 23. However, when I went to analyze the game afterwards I noticed that I had ZERO brilliant moves! The game wasn't going in my favor ...
Chess moves on from era to era from year to year and from players to players. This "march of time" is evident when we look beyond any current group of players and see those who are "up and coming." New names, faces, and games emerge in our horiz...
In my last post I wrote about how we moved to a little town close to Pécs, and it turned out that this little town, Szentlőrinc, has a chess team which plays in the second league of Hungary. The way I found the team was actually quite int...
Recap of the fifth and final round of the Rochester Championship. I played against National Master Thompson, always a formidable opponent to face. We played a Caro-Kann Exchange variation with an early Qc7. The game had an interesting dynamic beca...
Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He was born on 2 November 1950 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia (now Užice, Serbia). He was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1971. Ljubojević was Yug...
Over the last decade, interest in chess across Asia has been steadily growing and some Asian countries, namely India, China, Uzbekistan, and Iran, have been responsible for the development of numerous prodigies. American GM Abimanyu Mishra stole g...
Hi everyone, welcome to my 6th blog post! Volume 6 of the Road To Master Series. Last month during October 7th to the 9th I competed in the 2022 Mississauga Fall Championship! Once again I was in the top section instead of the U2100 sectio...
Round 4 recap of the Rochester Championship. I played against the Daniel Garrett, an adult improver pushing for the National Master title. We played a Caro-Kann Gurgenidze System out of a Caro-Kann Advance. The game includes an interesting bishop ...
Why is studying the classics important to become a stronger player? GM Avetik Grigoryan shares why by giving examples from his own games. Nowadays many chess players concentrate mostly on openings and solving puzzles, thinking that it's the m...
A disappointment. There was something nice about the idea of this match - that matches did not have to be confined to the world championship, that the vice-champions (which is pretty much what Tarrasch and Schlechter were acknowledged to be at thi...
Afternoon Everyone - Back with a mixed bag today. Before I forget - looking quickly for some background, a thought struck me. Over here in the U.K. we have a number of people doing excellent work researching the genealogy of chess players of the...
Round 3 recap of the Rochester Championship. I played against the David McNeil, an old friend from childhood Minnesota chess. David is rated 2085 and has been making a push for the National Master title. We played a Bogo-Indian that came out of a ...
Does playing bullet games improve your chess? GM Avetik Grigoryan reveals the answer to this question, backing it up with science. Many chess improvers get inspired when they see strong players quickly make good decisions in bullet games. So t...
For a Grandmaster like myself, openings aren't a 'set and forget' thing - we're constantly scouring the databases and broadcasts for new, interesting games. By playing through games each day, we don't just get the inside scoop on new moves th...
ChessKid announces its second ebook, "ChessKid's Guide For Teaching Chess," in addition to its successful predecessor, "ChessKid's Survival Guide For Parents." This second edition chess guide aims to build more confidence in teaching chess to ki...
Round 2 recap of the Rochester Championship. I played against the co-leader Michael Kern. Michael is a young adult who is making a push now towards expert level (2000+ USCF). We played a Slav Exchange and had a tense battle throughout. The game in...
Some variations and positions are evaluated in one way initially, and then some Grandmasters do some more research (this is before engines, thank God) and discover hidden resources and themes in it, and I love it! This particular variation that ...
Dear Chess Friends! Our previous educational event was devoted to planning in closed positions. I’m sure you learned a lot and won’t struggle with plans in positions with closed pawn center anymore. Did you realiz...
Someone in the Twitch chat said they don't understand Chess. So I went above and beyond how the pieces move, and how I strategize to win in a game of Chess. I hope you enjoy the video. Please comment with any suggestions for future content!
Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955. He represented Czechoslovakia in 12 consecutive Chess Olympiads from...
Chess problemists, even the finest ones, generally have a “day job” because problem composing (unlike top-level chess playing) is not a professional activity. The question arises as to which problem composers have become so successful ...
