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...
Duck Chess One of the new chess variants that is taking the world of chess by storm is duck chess. The board still plays mainly be the same rules, but there is a twist with a new piece: the duck. Each player gets to move a piece, but then they a...
The following text is from my newsletter. You can subscribe to it here, using the yellow box. The match Fischer-Larsen in Denver 1971 is one of the most famous ones in chess history. It had never happened before, and it will never happen ag...
In the whole history of chess, there have really only been a few fantastic debuts - an astonishingly large number of them by Americans. There’s Morphy’s European tour of 1858; Pillsbury’s victory at Hastings in 1895; Fischer&rsqu...
Hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! Today I’ll be doing an opinion blog, which is exactly what it sounds like. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Oh no, Lightning is giving his opinion on something? That's a terrible i...
If you’ve ever been out in the world, you know that competition is fierce. In a business world where almost anything can be commoditized, having a strong marketing strategy and operations plan is crucial for succeeding as a business. When it...
We imagine that most of you, like us, have had more friends than ever who are outside the chess community come and ask you about chess, cheating, Hans, Magnus, and everything else that is going on. Every news outlet on the planet seems to have wri...
I have a long draft almost ready to publish, but it is not so meaningful in the end, so, you know, let's restart from scratch. Blog less It has taken me quite some time. Blogging, clubs about blogging, reading other blogs, reviewing...I have ...
Dear Chess Friends! Planning is what most chess players, especially club players, usually struggle with. I also sometimes experience such problems in unfamiliar positions. Of course, an ability to come up with a proper plan depends on how you un...
Chances are that you’ve already had experience playing chess and you’re well aware that there are levels to the game. Complete novices in chess have a completely different approach to the game as compared to seasoned grandmasters. Th...
Endgames have a different set of positions, mostly when your queen is gone, or you are left with limited pieces and a slight equal material on the board. At this stage, each piece on the board will play a significant role that even a single unplan...
Vienna 1922 is seen by many as one of the great post-World War I tournaments. It featured a gallery of chess luminaries and provided a number of interesting games. The great book on the tournament is Larry Evans' Vienna 1922 which is still avail...
When did chess "arrive"? Was it when Alexander McDonnell and Louis De La Bourdonnais played their incredible match in the 1830s? Was it the first international chess tournament, organized by Howard Staunton in London in 1851? Was it when Paul Morp...
Brilliant young UK chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal has won two IM norms in consecutive tournaments! This ChessKid star is well on the road to becoming an International Master. At 13 years old, the young chess master is only one norm away from hol...
Streak of Puzzles Puzzle rush is a popular feature on chess.com, where players can try to solve progressively harder puzzles for as long as they can until they get three wrong. My favorite puzzle rush is survival because I get to take my time an...
Been away for a few days in Paris. As usual I took a holiday book with me. This wonderful little work. One of my long chains of thought coming, so yet another of my over-long offerings that you should treat like a book - dip in and out of it ...
Having won the Gold Medal in Madan Bhandari Memorial Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2019, CM Krishna Thapa(Nepal) looked to replicate his performance in this years Asian Amateurs. He finished in 12th place (based on tiebreaks) where total 1...
What is the first chess masterpiece ever played? Naturally one thinks of the games of Paul Morphy and Adolf Anderssen in the 1850s, and indeed some of the greatest masterpieces ever played such as the Opera Game, Immortal Game, and Evergreen Game,...
En FFA Red y Yellow sacrifican sus reinas en la etapa de 4 jugadores al principio, demostrando una vez más que se puede jugar sin una reina; Aparece después una jugada que define por completo, la destitución de un jugador. Fin...
This was one of those moments where you work, work, work towards something and then boom! The reality hits. You realize that all the work and effort you’ve put into a project was … a waste. My project – the Pirc Defense. Since...
Dear Chess Friends! Have you ever thought of how to build your opening repertoire? Of course, you should choose something competitive, which at the same time suits your playing style. However, I usually see that a lot of chess players watched...
Capablanca's ascent to the chess stratosphere seems so foreordained that it's easy to forget that there was an extended period of time in which he wasn't the world champion designee, in which he was, essentially, a rumor - a super-talented Cuban k...
Mikhail Tal (1936-1992) was the eighth World Chess Champion. John Nunn wrote: “Mikhail Tal was a remarkable man. His brilliant successes in the years leading up to his World Championship victory excited the chess world; his very name becam...
The Unites States Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament that features 14 of the best chess players across the 50 states. In this 13 round robin, the players will be competing for $250,000 and the 2022 U.S Champion title. This year's com...
