Would you like to win many more games against players rated below 1800, when you play with the White pieces?If so, then my new opening course, 'Crush Sub-1800s With 1.e4', is perfect for you I'm doing something that I have hardly ever done before....
I am pleased to announce that the option to choose "BY Setup" is now available in the Lobby. Below I will give the many reasons why we should play and learn in greater detail all the benefits offered by this new version of Four Player Chess. We ...
Here's the round 1 recap of the Rochester Championship. I played against Vihaan Pendse, a fast-improving junior player rated about 1900 USCF. We played the Caro-Kann Tartakower Accepted, which is chapter 5 in the ChessGoals Caro-Kann Course. I was...
With apologies to the Book of Genesis: "In the beginning..." In chess "beginnings," we have the Openings. We have "Openings" and then "Defenses" as part of the overall "Opening" phase of a chess game. Many books have been written about ch...
On Tilt! In 1620, immortal Nomen Nescio (N.N.) lost 65 chess games in a row against Gioachino Greco! In an act of humiliation, Greco published every game in The Royall Game of Chesse Play. Hell-bent on restoring honor to his no name, N.N. embarke...
I am first of all a language lover, my fellow readers. I discovered a passion for chess only recently. So for me, it is normal to use means I have used for language learning to improve at chess as well. Or at least, to try! And so, in the end,...
GM Avetik sold his Mercedes as soon as he learned about this skill. After reading the headline, you may think that the skill should be something like fast calculation, evaluation of the position, knowing good openings or, maybe, endgame? Ok...
It has been a while since I updated this blog. It has always been my intention to continue it, but life got in the way. So this is just a quick update on what happened to me while this blog was in coma. The most important thing is that me ...
Elon Musk continues to grab the headlines. He is constantly in the news, but how relevant is he to the chess community? Here is what you should know: Who Is Elon Musk? Why Doesn't Musk Play Chess? Does Musk Really Understand These Rules of C...
The Real Question This year has certainly been a big year for the world of chess. A lot of drama and controversy has been surrounding the chess world, especially with what could be potentially one of the largest scandals in chess history. But I ...
Although there have been many controversial opinions (on chess improvement) in the chess world, none have really been answered by the best of the best. Until now, in this blog. I asked six questions to five different titled players ranging from a ...
Here is a short, controversial review of the beginning of one of the books used in the chessdojo training program. I have long flirted with the idea to join the program, have joined a couple of the chessdojo classical tournaments, and in the end...
Dear readers, sometimes a pattern is so unique and picturesque, it becomes embedded in my mind. I first came upon this idea when it was presented in the game Ribli-Adorjan, 1983, in Adorjan's book, "Black is Back!" (NEW IN CHESS, 2016) ...
This blogpost is copied from my article in the September 2022 issue of CHESS (UK) magazine with the permission of its editor IM Richard Palliser (thanks so much!). It's mainly a plug for my new book, The Hungarian Dragon (Carstenchess, 2022)...
In October I decided to take risks and change my habits a little bit to play in Armenia. I had seen that two big tournaments with good prizes were organized there. The first, the Chess mood Open in Tsakhkadzor, and the second, the Yerevan Open. So...
Heinz Gerhard Lehmann (20 October 1921, Königsberg – 8 June 1995, Berlin) was a German chess grandmaster and 1956 Berlin Chess Champion. He studied law. He was a national player in the 1950s and 1960s, took part in the 13th and 14th C...
Ralf Lau was born in Bremen on Oct-19-1959. He was awarded the GM title in 1986 and in tournaments he was 1st= at Budapest 1985, 2nd= at New York 1985, 2nd= at Solingen 1986 and 1st at Budapest 1986. He also played on the German Olympiad teams of ...
The whole fabric of "Chess" is composed of many threads--and many facts. "Chess Trivia" acquaints us with some of the "little" elements, persons, events--and much more--that go into our whole historic experience of chess. This Crossword acquai...
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...
Known as the number-one-rated teen in the UK, chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal successfully achieved the final IM norm needed for the International Master title this past weekend! At just 13 years old, the young chess master earned all ...
In the world of chess variants, they provide players with new possibilities to enjoy and discover new concepts that you would never have imagined. These variants will create a completely different dynamic, which becomes a new challenge.Popular str...
If you don't know about the chess cheating scandal going on... then... uhhh... there's a freaking Wikipedia article about it... which means it's a pretty big deal. I was hoping that this post I wrote would be the last and only time I'd mak...
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Update 10/20/2022: Broadcast Viewership figures have been updated since publishing to include some missing data, as well as additional notes added for clarification of other data sets.In order for chess content creators to maximize their growth po...
