** 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...
In this article (and the video below), I share five specific lines White can use against the French Defense (1. e4 e6). Having played the French Defense as Black for almost 30 years, I’m sharing the lines that are most troublesome for Black....
A Conversation with Kyla Zhao Kyla Zhao is the author of the best-selling book, May the Best Player Win. Zhao recently attended the World Chess Championships in Singapore. “A quote that I heard when I was an adult ...
#napoleon #quickwins #brilliant Well, hello there! Welcome to the first chess noob Quick Wins for 2025, now #103. And for today, I’ve a rather delicious game where I won by checkmate in 11-moves with the black pieces, that was a c...
I was telling friends it will be some welcome for the world champion...when Gukesh was getting outplayed by Giri...and that didn't age long... So now Gukesh might be able to do this now...
It’s been a while since my first post and video on the Reti Opening. Back then, I focused on the classical Reti setup, but these days, the name has been used for a wide range of variations that look quite different from the original. It&rsqu...
Hey, Impressive Chessers! Let’s set the stage. You’re playing a game you’re sure your coach will be proud of. You’re not only looking at all the cool moves you can play but also countering everything your opponent throws ...
Chess is a game that inspires passion, discipline, and creativity. For Kincső Tóth, it’s been a lifelong journey filled with trophies, challenges, and connections. In today's interview, Kincső reflects on her chess beginnings, her vic...
Many of us have heard, lived, shunned, or dodged the term ADHD—Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. We’ve all witnessed that energetic kid who disturbs the class and struggles to sit...
Applications Now Open for Chessable Research Awards 2025 Cycle Chessable, the leading online chess learning platform and part of Chess.com, is now accepting applications for the 2025 cycle of the Chessable Research Awards. Undergraduate and gr...
What Is Blumenfeld’s Rule? First shared by the Soviet master B. Blumenfeld and popularized by authors like Alexander Kotov in Think Like a Grandmaster, the rule advises: When you have finished your calculations, write down the move you ...
If you play the French Defense with Black, there is a chance that you’ve come across this weird move 3. Be3, leading to the Alapin Gambit. It’s strange because White is sacrificing the central e4-pawn and awkwardly tucking the bishop b...
#viennagambit #brilliant #romantic #fun Happy New Year everybody! I’ve just finished a very lovely block of annual leave of almost four weeks! Before Christmas, we had a few days away in Bundeena chilling on the beach and doing a ...
I got home Sunday (Jan 5) late night from Charlotte, NC, where I was fortunate to be part of the arbiter team of the 2025 PanAms organized by the Charlotte Chess Center! Read my reflections here, here and here! Back at work on Monday and I got a...
Why does classical ballet training in Russia emphasize developing perfect technique from a very young age (3-5 years old)? I pondered this question as I started a workout at my local gym - my first workout in far too long - following through on ...
Hey there! Happy New Year! 🎉 I hope you’ve set your chess New Year resolutions thoughtfully! Mine? I want to build a solid opening repertoire so I don’t spend too much time navigating the early moves during a classical game. I&r...
Kia ora, dear readers! Welcome to my first blog of 2025! Before anything else, I hope you are all having a great start to the year. Once again, I will try my best to post twice a month until the end and keep you entertained with different conten...
For the past 3.5 years I've been writing a memoir. The difficult process of unearthing, reliving, and ultimately putting to paper the wild (and frequently traumatic) stories of my life has been unlike any other experience I’ve had. Now, the ...
Chess tournament requires proper preparation to ensure you're ready to perform at your best. These three steps will help you: 1. Polish your openings: Review the most common lines and work on fixing mistakes and inaccuracies. You should understa...
The 2024 Chessable Research Awards had five student winners, including Julia Engel, the author of this guest blog post. With the gender gap in leadership remaining an important area of study in economics, Engel uses chess, specifically Chess.co...
As part of this new way to document all the fun stuff I'm doing as a chess arbitress, I would like to discuss some of the cases and rulings that happened at the event.This will be the last part of the series I posted about the 2025 PanAms that hap...
When you think about chess in 2024, who comes to mind? Several players were in chess news very prominently last year. This is a test to see how many you know by just looking at their photos. Who are these chess players? (Photo credits below.) ...
King against King and Rook, King and Bishops against King and Queen and King against King. When You start to study chess, the first thing you should do, is to familiarize yourself with the power of the pieces. This can best bedone by le...
