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...
A real horse race, with five players in contention for first place right up until the last round. Tartakower was the pace-setter with four straight wins to start the tournament. Spielmann took over at the halfway point and never fully relinquish...
A few nice puzzles: 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 at...
#fourknights #scotch #openingtactics The Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4) is a pretty good opening for White. I had the Black pieces in this game and played against it, and this was a reasonable...
Please write in the comments which puzzle you liked the most! 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Would you like to improve your chess? You can read about my coaching philosophy and methods at https://www.chess.com/article/view/coa...
Hello chess friends!In today's post, I will share with you the Carlsen Variation of the Exchange QGD, and how to play it as Black!You may be wondering - what exactly is the Carlsen Variation?The Carlsen Variation arises after the following moves: ...
Before I begin this blog, I just wanted to take a moment to thank Chess.com so very much for gifting me the role of Top Blogger! I have been blogging on Chess.com for a little over a year now and Top Blogger is truly a dream come true for me. I'm ...
Afternoon everyone, and welcome along to another bit of self indulgence! I hope you get as much pleasure reading it as I did putting it together. ( As usual, I was having so much fun with the games that I got into time trouble and had to throw the...
A few checkmate and tactics puzzles: 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 l...
Hello, my fellow tactic lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do. As always, the tactics h...
MVP_Chess is my daily Twitch stream where I play in the 10-minute pool, solve puzzles, battle viewers, and analyze games. Here is a highlight from today's stream! If you enjoy this content, please subscribe and follow below. You can also learn mor...
#italian #twoknights #fritzvariation #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 sh...
Today I finished to study the chessable course Typical Tactical Tricks: 500 Ways To Win I think this is a good review of the basic patterns, I recommend to all of my students to go over these puzzles! https://www.chessable.com/typical-tact...
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 les...
On Feb 15, we turned 6. Six years... Madre mia! To say it was a perfect and smooth journey would be a big lie. We had ups and downs, survived clinical deaths a few times, and had many good and bad days. But every time we went through it, we...
#sicilian #smithmorragambit #philidorsmate #smotheredmate #brilliant Another day, another Sicilian Defense, another fiery game of the Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted (1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3)! In this game, I found a smothered checkm...
Hey, it's a brand new year and we're all looking forward to new beginnings! Today, I want to talk about my journey towards becoming a National Master in chess. I'm pretty excited about the future and all the cool chess stuff I'll get to do. Yeah, ...
It was more of a guess, driven by curiosity. Or, to put it simply, I wanted to avoid the usual theory and dive into a raw, hands-on battle. The game took place in the European Youth Chess Championship in 1999, held in Litochoro, Greece, in a com...
MVP_Chess is my daily Twitch stream where I play in the 10-minute pool, solve puzzles, battle viewers, and analyze games. Here is a highlight from today's stream. If you enjoy this content, please subscribe and follow below. Thanks for your suppor...
In the morning I had a meeting with a friend to discuss ideas about a book I want to write. I am very interested about the connection of chess, spirituality and self improvement. I am exploring it and gathering materials. If you have know any arti...
Valentine's Day is a day some people either love or hate. Some people get a date and have a joyful day, while others have no "rizz", and remain single. But we are not here to talk about how nobody went out with me at school prom, we are here to lo...
I played today in the Titled Tuesday. You can watch the games with my commentary: round 4-11: I share my best game: Then I solved 10 checkmate and tactics puzzles on the stream at https://www.twitch.tv/attilaturzo ...
#chesschats #software #chessdiagrams I've recently started writing my next book (it'll be on the best chess opening attacks in the Romantic style) and one of the things I learnt from my first book, is that I needed a better way to insert c...
𝐀 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐛, 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 While working with a student, I discovered a sophisticated opening bomb in the London System, which I'd like to share with you. Our position arises after 𝟏.𝐝𝟒 𝐝𝟓 𝟐.𝐍𝐟𝟑 𝐍𝐟𝟔 𝟑.𝐁𝐟𝟒 𝐜𝟓 𝟒.𝐞𝟑 𝐍𝐜𝟔 𝟓.𝐍𝐛𝐝𝟐 ...
