Richard Réti was born in 1889 to a Jewish Austro-Hungarian family in what's now Slovakia and was raised mostly in Vienna. As a six-year-old, he pulled the Capablanca/Smyslov trick of watching his older family members play a chess game and t...
Dear chess friends,Would you like to know how to defeat players rated below 2200, when they play 1.e4 as White?Then you have come to the right place In this blog, you'll discover:- The opening setup that is a POINT MACHINE against players below 22...
On March 9, 1943, a chess genius was born—Bobby Fischer, the man who revolutionized the game and, in my view, remains the Greatest of All Time. Fischer’s contribution to chess is unparalleled, and despite his controversial later years,...
INTRODUCTION Tigran Petrosian is one of the most influential grandmasters in chess history. He is a former world champion known as one of the greatest defensive players of all time. His exceptional defensive skills and strategy changed th...
Petrosian has been qualified by some as a "Mysterious" player. Some people classify him as a positional player with a super-cautious style. Spassky, however, who played two World Championship matches with Petrosian, considered Petrosian to be a ...
The North Carolina K-12 Chess Championship took place last weekend at the Raleigh Convention Center. Although the tournament wasn't held in Charlotte this year, that didn't stop many Charlotte Chess Center students from turning in excellent perfor...
#noobvsnoob #unplugged #jazz #casual #vienna CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like to unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listening to some slow jazz! 😌♟️🎵 I haven’t been pl...
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In Division 1, SRM-A is leading the 2025 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) Spring Season with a perfect score after six rounds. Teams SRCC and Jeppiaar University are tied for second place with five wins. Standings after Round 6 | Di...
Few authors can boast about having a course on a chess opening that matches their origin. This is the case of Grandmaster Àlvar Alonso, who hails from Catalonia, Spain, and wrote the highly regarded course Lifetime Repertoires: Alonso&rs...
It took months of anticipation, careful judging, fierce competition… and now, we have the winners! The 2024 Create Your Own Course Contest once again proves that: Valuable, game-changing chess insight can come from any rating...
Dear chess friends,I am very excited to share with you ten of the most crushing wins in 30 moves or less for Black in the Scandinavian Defence! Something that all of these wins (with one exception) have in common is that White was rated 2700+...
James Bond’s famous line “Does it look like I give a damn?” in Casino Royale (2006) shows his rebellious attitude. This same spirit is now shaking up the chess world. Freestyle Chess (once called Fischer Rando...
Hey Impressive Chessers On Thursday, February 27th, we lost the chess legend Boris Spassky. I never got the chance to meet the man, but I’ve heard countless stories of what a fine gentleman he was. I’m not the right person to write ...
I have an exciting chance for you! You can win a FREE 1-hour coaching session with International Master Mat Bobula! This is your opportunity to get personal coaching, expert advice, and useful strategies to become a better player. Opportun...
With this article, I am launching my new blog series, The Chess Hall of Fame: Birthday Tributes, where I will celebrate the birthdays of legendary chess players by sharing stories about their lives, styles, and memorable games. To begi...
Dear chess friends,Would you like to know my favourite gambit vs. 1.e4?It may not be what you expect...Other Gambits vs. 1.e4I can tell you that it is not:- The Stafford Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6);- The Elephant Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5...
In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that allowed the top player to prevail. Some tournaments will be known and famous, others will be more obscure - in a time period where competition is scarce, I...
Why hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! The last time y'all heard from me, I played in Alabama's state championship back in September and attempted to defend my title with scarce preparation. Miraculously, and truly I mean it took a mir...
Round 3 of the Balkan League (Season 2) has officially concluded, but unlike the previous rounds, this one was marked by a noticeable drop in participation and lower overall scores. The intensity of the competition seemed to slow down, with only t...
Here is, in my opinion, the most brilliant game I've ever played. It is also an imperfect game that I could and arguably should have lost, but I love the struggle in the game, and in a sequence from move 17 to 20, I played three brilliant moves ac...
Afternoon everyone. I won't be posting for a few weeks. I have been asked to do a little project for a chess historian friend of mine, and then - my wife's health permitting - will be away for a week. I have been posting games on bluesky u...
Hello dear readers, As you all know, I am very worried about losing my Top Blogger badge after that ridiculous episode of the Duel Of Nations series, where I had the audacity to compare a small and irrelevant chess country with the powerful Mars...
From step-by-step piece setups for making tactics happen... Rare defenses that exploit the gap in every White opening... To tournament-proven opening prep that wins 9 times out of 10... This February roundup has it all!&...
