Bronstein, Tal and Nezhmetdinov are my favorite three players, bar none. All three of them exhibit qualities that I treasure: incredible imagination, a fearless creative spirit, and a will to explore the unkown. It is not surprising that Tal and...
Every world championship runs the risk of the draw death. If chess is a draw, and two world-class players (both of whom, almost by definition, are capable of drawing at will) are pitted against each other without any particular incentive to tip th...
Afternoon everyone. I enjoy commenting on games. recently one of my friends commented that he wasn't brave enough to post comments to games. well, for me, that is the great joy in what I do, and I have made a spur of the moment decision to give yo...
The Urusov family was a remarkable chess family in Russia. Most notable was Prince Sergey Urusov after whom the Urusov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3) is named. Urusov was a Russian noble and a military man who fought in the Crimean War...
Being back after a long time, I must say that I am thoroughly exhausted and found the only moment of free time I had to give all of you a video. Summer was full of volunteer work, and so the only relief time I have is the time when school is the l...
On October 1st we might get the worst change ever in the FIDE Elo regulations. That’s because FIDE decided to boost the rapid and blitz ratings of tens of thousands of players. With the help of the data scientist Federico Versari we will d...
Dear chess friends! For more than 8 years I had been inactive due to family, University, and coaching activities. But the war that began in my country practically forced me to restore my playing career. I can't say that I again became a professi...
Chess is called The Royal Game, I guess the reason behind the name is clear. It is because of the numerous historical references to Kings playing or patronizing the game. How the game came into this reality is actually a legend found in my...
We are delighted to announce the results of the World Chess League.Live season! The podium finishes are as follows: 1st: Chess Club Politika B. They win $3000 USD from Chess.com 2nd: SchachAttack. They win $1200 USD from Che...
I didn't cheat in those chess games. I swear it. Everyone who says I did is just jealous and can't handle how great I am. I've never cheated in a game over the board. I cheated before but that was online which isn't the same thing. Do you know h...
Howdy, chess friends! Time for AMA! AMA stands for "ask me anything"... and it's just that! Submit any questions you have for me (can be about how to improve at chess, my chess story, games, my opinion on c...
This July, I attempted a new challenge for myself, I played a simul against all challengers from my local club, the Columbia Chess Club in South Carolina. I've previously played small simuls in camps, and I've played fairly challenging simuls such...
Since 2003, a single woman has chosen a husband from as many as 25 bachelors in the American reality TV program The Bachelorette. She narrows down the pool of contenders until she picks a winner. Because her decisions are usually so hard to make, ...
Chess in the last decade of the 20th century featured a number of memorable games. These emerged in the context of what Sam Copeland has described as " a spectacular and turbulent chess decade." Sam's excellent discussion of this period is...
Positional chess as a concept was a latecomer to the game. One can find documented combinations and miniatures dating back 1,000 years. Attacking play and ideas have existed for more than a millenium. Positional play, in some senses, finds it's or...
A surprise for me playing through the games of this decade is to realize how absent Lasker really was from top-level chess between 1900 and 1907. These probably would have been his absolute peak years, but he played in only two tournaments - winni...
"I was astonished by his memory. I was astonished by his intuition. Both were off the charts for what I have seen training Shankland, Gelfand, other 2600+, and a few 2700s." - GM Jacob Aagaard Hans Niemann is clearly on the rise. He ...
So there was some drama today Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup. It is extremely rare for a player to withdraw from a closed round-robin top-level event like that. The only reason this happens in recent times is due to health reaso...
In October of 2021, popular chess streamer IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess) created the Levy Rozman Scholarship Fund to help chess programs in schools pay for the expenses of training, equipment, and travel fees to national tournaments during the 2021...
How do you show your love of chess? Do you wear it? Chess fashion can promote your image and make events more spectacular and stylish. How do you dress like a winner? Jennifer Shahade And Her Reti-To-Wear Jacket Looking for something cool, uniq...
Hello, chess friends! This weekend, I participated in a chess tournament. It's pretty significant because it was my first chess tournament in over three months. This does beg the question, why wasn't I in the tournament scene all summer? The defau...
Mikhail Chigorin was the greatest challenger to the first world champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, between the times of Johannes Zukertort and Emanuel Lasker. Chigorin played two world championship matches against Steinitz, one in 1889 and one in 1892. ...
A few days ago, in another quadrant of the internet universe, I commented that I was old enough to remember the first game of one of the Polgar sisters to be published in the British press. It feels really strange that their entire playing careers...
Dear Chess Friends, I know that all of would like to improve your performance and gain a better rating at chess.com or wherever you play. Just playing games may help you to progress, but your results will rise slower. There are some exact steps ...
