First of all thank you very much Chess.com for a very beautiful "Top Blogger" badge It's an honor I truly appreciate and I like it 😊 Im also very thankful to @VOB96 Vanessa Bristow, for her guidance and advises, she is the only top blogger th...
A surprise for me in playing through the tournaments of the 1920s is how long some of the players I think of as stalwarts of the era took to arrive on the scene. Spielmann was a confirmed middle or bottom-of-the-packer until his breakout at S...
In January 2024 I hit my highest online rating ever: 3,103 on Chess.com. This put me next to chess super grandmasters and in the top 10 on the website. However, if you think it was a result of great preparation and a positive life - not at al...
Chess.com's Game Review feature has been on site for a long time, with many updates and improvements made. Especially like the coach explanation for every move you(and your opponent) makes, but this is precisely what is disappointing about the gam...
Today, we'll going to take a deep dive on how to play an offbeat chess opening with the most bizarre name possible. So, let's jump right in! What is the Głø Krüller gambit? The "Głø Krüller Gambit" is a spicy and brutal...
Afternoon everyone. Some good news - the Lasker project which I mentioned so long ago has finally been published. Some of my friends already have their copies, which is good to see. Carl Portman - who is doing amazing work for chess in prisons...
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One of the most common problems in chess is understanding the purpose behind your opponent's moves. This is also a primary cause of making blunders. There is a famous quote from 'The Art of War': 'If you know the enemy and know yourself, you nee...
#vienna #mainline #gamereview #tacticsforblack Welcome to another episode of the "chess noob Game Review" series where the focus will be on identifying in how a game, whether I win or lose, could have been improved. This gives me ...
Stoics and Zen masters would be proud of me if they saw my inner peace and the level of stillness I was in. But they would die from laughing if they saw how after a few hours I got so angry, that I threw my phone into the garbage basket. Every...
#scotch #quickwins “Out, damned spot; out I say. One, two, — why, then ‘tis time to do’t. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier and afeard? What need we fear who knows it when none can call our power to a...
We saw the blunders and we saw the Botez Gambits, but today the 8 GM finalists proved their chess genius in a series of thrilling matches. In the end, GM Vladimir Fedoseev clinched the title to become the first Chess.com Community Chess960 Champio...
Blindfold chess is when players play a game of chess without looking at the board. They remember where all the pieces are and make their moves in their minds. It's a way to challenge memory and improve strategic thinking. I have a special bonu...
Last year I published a course on my favorite opening, the Trompowsky, featuring a ton of my original analysis. Since then I've been playing it as my main weapon here on Chess.com, with good results. I recently realized that I was scoring well wit...
Hey chess community. We wanted to share an update on two recent server bugs that impacted both the Bullet Chess Championship and the Clash of Claims. In the Clash of Claims, there were two separate issues: the first was an issue where GM Kramnik...
The GM Vadim Malakhatko Chess Memorial took place in Kyiv on the second weekend of June. It was a highly notable event by the standards of these days' chess life in Ukraine. The tournament's main sponsor, TOV Artedium (Dmytro Zagorovskyi), is al...
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Recently, I have been playing some games and explaining my thought process. Can you solve the challenges I faced in my recent games? The positions are taken from these games, and you can watch the full video below. I have a special bonus ...
All applications have been reviewed, and the winners have been chosen for the 2024 Chessable Research Awards! From the 2024 applications, Chessable selected three winners in the graduate student category and two winners in the undergraduate studen...
#carokann #vonhenniggambit For a while now, my favourite approach with the white pieces against the Caro-Kann Defense is the lovely von Hennig Gambit (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Bc4!?). I first came across this opening almost two ...
INTRODUCTION Hey chess friends! IM Chessbrain here, an International Master dedicated to helping you elevate your chess game. Today, we’re diving into three critical rules for perfect queen development. By mastering these rules, you'll avo...
#quickwins #viennagambit #weirdopenings #brilliant Today’s Quick Wins article and video is a two-in-one! I played these two games back-to-back against the same Random Noob, who played an interesting idiosyncratic set up for their fir...
Hello everyone, For today's blog, I would like to show you and briefly explain a few curiosities about some of the most famous chess games that took place in fiction, whether in movies, books, TV shows, or often more than one at the same time. W...
I am finding difficulty defining this post, and that is the main reason for the title. My first intention was to center the post around the Geller-Mikadze game, and its comparison to its predecessor, the Keres-Smyslov game. But then, as I was bu...
