In this post, I will share with you an interesting idea against the Caro-Kann, which was first played in a Grandmaster game in 2017 (and once before that in 2014), but is now a quite trendy answer to the old main line of the Caro-Kann, with 1...
Most players (1200-2200 chess.com rating) are strong in tactics and openings, but their ratings don’t show it because their positional knowledge just isn’t up to par. In other words, they can never create the circumstances to exec...
The year 2024 is deemed the Year of the Dragon (according to people of Chinese origins) and so I thought it's timely to show more Hungarian Dragon activities to herald in the new Dragon year. Moreover, I got in a very thematic HD tacti...
You may be wondering...โฃโฃWhat is ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?โฃโฃWhy does this especially matter for ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ?โฃโฃHow can we 'unlearn' the things ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ?โฃโฃLet's discuss each of these.โฃโฃUnlearning means 'to make an effort to f...
Hey Chess Friends, We're approaching the end of another year and it's been an eventful one. My biggest chess accomplishment of the year was the publication of my Chessable course, Starting Out The Trompowsky. It's currently on sale and comes wit...
Sometimes it takes generations to find the truth in a position. In his book, Issac Lipnitsky gives the following position: and writes: "In the diagram position White's pawn centre is more of a weakness than a strength, as it consta...
#quickwins #scandinavian #icelandicgambit #perfect chess noob Quick Wins! is a series of short videos, to demonstrate very quick wins! As a beginner, you become aware of the Scholar's Mate and the Fool's Mate, but neither of these...
In this blog we will discuss 10 different opening systems for black: The video explaining all of these different chess systems in practice. Check it out and let me know what you think One of my most popular blogs was from nearly 2 yea...
I find 5.Nbd2 to be the critical line against the Albin Countergambit. Every once in a while, I like to re-check this line, quietly hoping for some new miracle attempt for Black. I wanted to make this post because finally, I'm more optimistic a...
Afternoon everyone. This was started as a Christmas blog, but I got distracted, so Happy New Year! First things first, for those who are scratching their heads. Just what is a Morphy Number?. All explained here:- https://chesscafe.com/the-skit...
Mittens the Chess Bot will make you quit chess - attributed to one of the many victims of Mittens. Hello, my fellow tactic lovers, and welcome to the year-end edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online...
IntroductionWhat is the most annoying system for Caro-Kann players to face?The easiest answer would be 'The line that scores best for White', but we can't purely rely on the statistics to determine this. For instance, White's best scoring lin...
#openingtactics #quickwins 50+2 Chess Quick Wins: Tactical ideas for exciting chess for beginner players. Buy on Amazon! US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | NL |&n...
The Albin Countergambit has always been an opening I've had a soft spot for. I've since moved onto other sounder openings for Black, but back then it was my favorite opening. Around 2015, I was convinced I had revived it, discovering a collecti...
One of the good things about Blitz is that you can try virtually anything in the openings. You don't have to be particularly afraid of your opponent playing the absolutely precise lines (although there are no guarantees of course). In my ca...
I had watched the games of the FIDE world cup 2023 in real time via chess.com/events, having a really great time. Magnus Carlsen & Vincent Keymer played against each other on the 4th round and their chess battle seemed to me perhaps the most f...
#fourknights #scotch #continuity This was a very fun game against a new friend on chess.com. As they also use a cat avatar, I know that they are a man of good taste and style! They had White and they initially led with the Vienna (1. ...
Do you want to retain much more of what you learn in your study for the day?โฃ โฃ Allow me to share a short story.โฃ โฃ When I resumed coaching privately in April 2023, I had a lot of new experiences from the last few years:โฃ โฃ - Selling low-tic...
The middlegame is one of the three fundamental parts of every chess game, including the opening and the endgame. Once the initial moves are completed and the players' positions are established, the middlegame begins. Similar to the other parts of ...
Last time round I mentioned that I really should do something on Dückstein. Still with us at 96 years old. Usually I get to do these things when such guys have left us, so it's a bit of a Christmas treat for me to be able to put this togeth...
In this video, for the first time, I got the opportunity to say something about Magnus's attitude towards his opponents, for which he is generally perceived either as a true gentleman or justified as a genius. While I can agree that he certainly p...
#yearinreview #2023 #happynewyear Chess.com has recently released a fantastic new feature, the 2023 Year in Review. This provides some summarised data regarding your year playing chess on the platform, and can be accessed by cli...
Sometimes an idea or pattern will strike your mind like lightning. You see it and do a double-take: "What was that?" And then you realize you saw it before, but in a different way. Position 1: Position 2: So, this is the m...
Dear Chess Friends! How about spending this pre-Christmas Sunday surrounded by the chess family? I am hosting a Secret Christmas Chess Party, and you're invited! It's going to be a fun and festive evening filled with chess, puzzles a...
