FINAL IM NORM!
I got my final norm in the Southwest Class Open I got 5.5/9 points and played 5 GMS 3 IMS and One 1900 (ALL FIDE RATINGS) All I need now is 2400 Fide Rating for the International Master Title Win Draw Loss Grandmaster 2...
Stop making blunders!
Hey there! I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my new series, "Stop Making Blunders!" The first five episodes are already on my YouTube channel! Join me https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRvADDu6xjmngaGTnQIfd8l-akr6kCshD for practical ...
Queen Sacrifice! | AMAZING Englund Gambit Line! 🤪
#queenspawnopening #englundgambit #queensac Now, I love the Englund Gambit and entering the Englund Complex Trap Line! In fact, in my Quick Wins series, the Englund Gambit features more than any other opening! However, there is a clear ...
Week 8 Of Solving Puzzles EVERYDAY
Week 8 of solving chess puzzles everyday. A fun selection this week from the daily puzzle (I had solved the Monday puzzle already in another of my blogs). I think I prefer solving all the puzzles and uploading them on the Sunday with my work sched...
What is it like to play online chess with kids around?
A few people have asked me: "How do you manage to play chess when you have kids?" Well, here is how it goes on good days ... Stay strong mamas!! We'll get there ... eventually ...
Bled 1961 Revisited. A Book, A Famous Game, And Some Lesser Known Ones
Afternoon everyone, and welcome along to another of my 'My Week In Chess' kind of offerings.My Friend Victor Ciobanu has a new book out in electronic format on Amazon. A translation of one version of the Tournament Book of Bled 1961. ( I hav...
The Daily Chess Champs: Fighting a FIDE Master
Hello, my fellow daily players, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. January 1st saw the coming of a hallowed yearly tradition...that's right, the 2024 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship, this year's edition included more than 63,00...
Ennis round 2-3 with James Naughton and Mihnea Costachi - puzzles day 55
The round 2 of the Ennis tourney started at 10:00 am. Last night my game and the analysis with my opponent finished past midnight and later I had a dinner and wrote for the blog. The night was short James Naughton was my opponent. He play...
Vienna Game Main Line | BLACK ATTACK SMASH! ⚡ Quick Wins #74
#vienna #mainline #quickwins 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 show up in real games...
The Rise Of The Caro-Kane Variation
Hello chess friends, Three years ago I got a dangerous but unsound sacrifice, that virtually no one besides me played, recognized as the Caro-Kane Variation. Since then, I kept playing it in online games, but no one knew about it and it remained...
Ennis round 1 with Kieran O'brien - puzzles - day 54
I arrived from Budapest to Shannon. I was able to sleep on the plane and read a book and prayers before landing. It went well and one of the players of Ennis pick me up on the airport and I arrived to the hotel around 1:00 pm. I had a long walk to...
Chessable Research Awards - Talent Identification in Youth Chess Players
The Chessable Research Awards for the Fall 2023 cycle had two winners, undergraduate student Aditya Gupta and graduate student Denise Trippold. In this guest blog post, Woman FIDE Master Denise Trippold writes about her research, which was...
2024 ChessKid National Festival Highlights
That's a wrap! The inaugural ChessKid National Festival concluded President's Day weekend, February 16-19, 2024, in Charlotte, NC. The four-day chess celebration was ChessKid's first-ever over-the-board tournament event for kids and families. ...
CHESS @ HUELO | BEST BAR in Sydney! Chillaxing on a Summer's Evening ♟️🍸😄
#OTB #queenspawnopening #englundgambit #chillax I live in the inner city suburb of Newtown, and just under a year ago, one of the best small bars (if not THE best) in Sydney Australia opened. If you're ever in town, you should definitel...
The simplest setup for White in the English opening
The setup resembles that of the Dragon Sicilian (with Black), and what White should do is simply check their pawn chain and follow the well-known guideline: play on the side where you have more space, where your pawn chain directs you, which, in t...
Four Knights Italian | WIN WITH BLACK!
#fourknights #italian #openingtactics Very recently I played against the Four Knights Scotch. Today's game is against the Four Knights Italian! The thing to know about the Four Knights Italian (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4) i...
Ennis Tourney, Puzzles - day 53
Tomorrow, on Friday morning I travel to Ennis, Ireland to play in an international tourney. Ennis won the tidiest city of Ireland award several. You can watch 2 short videos about the town: In the tourney around 100 people will play in 3 gro...
9 Rules You NEED to Know to Win Won Games
How often do you get a winning position, but then you’re unable to win it? When at the end of the game, you’re like, “Ah… I was so close to winning…” Familiar feeling? Well, you’re not alone. Many...
Rook Endgames in Chess: Practical Guide
Rook Endgames: OK, I know they are important. But it's so annoying, I mean, how do you get better at them? It takes so long to master them, and probably I don't even get into endgames so often. But, wait, they are Rook Endgames, I mean, they ha...
Checkmate and tactics puzzles - day 52
A few puzzles for today: Would you like to improve your chess? You can read about my coaching philosophy and methods at https://www.chess.com/article/view/coach-of-the-month-im-attila-turzo You can email me about lessons at ...
An Epic Queen Sacrifice!! | MVP Chess Twitch Highlight
MVP_Chess is my daily Twitch stream where you can join me on my road from USCF Expert to National Master. I hope you enjoy this highlight from today's stream! Click the button below to follow my Twitch channel and learn more about private chess le...
Checkmate and tactics puzzles - day 51 - Monday Night tourney
Yesterday 12 players competed in the Monday night tourney. The winner was Gabor Knisch a 77 years young player! The final standings: Gabor played with the black pieces. Today we got easier checkmate puzzles: Would yo...
🔥 FREE! MASSIVE Chess database! Get LumbrasGigabase with 13 million games | Chess Chats #6
#chesschats #chesstools #software #lumbrasgigabase With writing my new book, I needed to do some research on historical games, especially some of the chess masters of the Romantic era from the 18th and 19th centuries. Although both ches...
Make Black RESIGN! Day 50 of Solving Chess Puzzles EVERYDAY
Day 50! I am sure a lot of my regular viewers have wondered to themselves the following... Where have you been?! Well I did put a comment on my community tab on Youtube about my whereabouts. Nothing sinister of course, just been away on hol...