With a sole lead of 4.5/5 points, FIDE Master Rupesh Jaiswal is currently leading the 25th National Chess Championship 2025. Likewise, with 4.5/5 points, Sindira Joshi is dominating the championship in the women's division. Each player has four vi...
This blog is a guest post by Karel van Delft, Science Project Manager at Chessable. “For me, as a photographer, the most beautiful thing is to report on a chess tournament and the emotions that players show throughout.” - Len...
I had fully expected to finish up with Tarrasch last decade — and had said really everything I had to say about him — and so it was a slightly unpleasant discovery to realize that, according to my qualification system, he was also one ...
He made my day… and then immediately unmade it. At breakfast with the team a few days ago, our tech lead announced he’s set on raising his rating by 400 points in 2025 — from 1,300 to 1,700. I loved it! With his drive ...
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...
In round 2 I played with Isha Sharma, an Indian lady. She played the rauzer attack against the Classical Sicilian. I started a pawn storm and she offered the queen exchange to save her king. In the endgame or we can say queenless middlegame she ...
In the first round my opponent played the Albin Countergambit and after a long thinking I declined it with e3. After exd4 and after another long thinking I wanted to try out a new think and captured with the Queen. It was a mistake! He got develop...
The 25th National Chess Championship and the 10th Women's National Chess Championship started today. It is scheduled from January 26 to February 1, 2025. The fireworks began early in the open section with interesting pairings in the 11 Round-Robin...
Afternoon everyone. This one is a contrast to last time! Well, those few who have been my friends here over the years will know that I only started playing chess as a substitute for other sports - notably cricket. I got injured at a young age an...
Hello Friends, the first tourney of the new year will start today at 5:00 pm. I will play in the SixDays January 2025 International Master Tourney. It is a norm event where 7 players and 3 internatonal masters play for the international master nor...
#fishingpole #tactics #romanticstyle I only started fishing last year as a middle-aged person, and it has rapidly become one of my favourite hobbies. Mind you, I’m not especially good at it, and am not particularly successful! How...
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After reporting on five previous world championships, I decided last year to finally play in one. The only problem? I really don't care for the extreme pressure and grind the players go through. OK there's a second problem. A small concern of abou...
One of the Charlotte Chess Center's flagship events, the annual Charlotte Open, took place over MLK Day weekend at the UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. A grand total of 393 players participated in the weekend's festivities, whic...
Hi, chess lovers...I don't have much time these days, but wanted to share again a "chess coincidence". Recently, in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Arjun Erigaisi played the Blumenfeld Gambit! Now, White can accept the pawn...... ...
Fischer Random Chess (Chess960) Fischer Random Chess, also known as Chess960, is a chess variant where the starting positions of the pieces are shuffled. This was invented by Bobby Fischer, who wanted to shift the focus from memorizing openings ...
Hey Impressive Chessers! I'm sure something like this has happened in your chess career-You've developed all or most of your pieces, you've castled your King, you have good central control, basically you've done everything "right". But, your ins...
Afternoon everyone. It's been a while. You will see why when you get to the game!! So, Milan Vidmar. kvarkadabra.net Amazing man, World leader in his field - Botvinnik studied his academic work - and also number 4 chess player in the Worl...
We all started because of the LOVE for the game, but over time, we often get caught up in ratings, rankings, and external goals. What if we could give up all the pressure and rediscover the pure joy chess once gave us? Maybe that joy will bring ...
Many club players stay at the same level despite their love for chess and playing a lot of games. This is often due to poor habits, mental blocks, and unfocused effort. Here are common reasons for stagnation and tips to improve, in...
“Could you explore this position a little please - for example, if White plays 12 Rhg1 do we play Rc8… still feels rather unclear?” asked a learner inside the course Master the French Defense. Within 24 hours, NM Bryan Tillis...
Were you fascinated by The Queen’s Gambit, the 2020 miniseries by Netflix, and how chess is a unifying theme of the story about Beth Harmon’s life? Imagine a new novel that uses chess to connect storylines about a chess prodigy and his...
** Note: yes the system doesn't let me publish it, Blog title should have 100 characters or less Original title: How to run an online tournament as if it was an OTB event - the 2024-25 Texas Scholastic Online Quick Championship on January 11...
INTRODUCTION In this blog, I’ll share my 4-step approach to dealing with opponents who set traps or play aggressive gambits. You’ll learn how to stay confident during the game and leave behind the frustration of falling into traps an...
