A Century of Chess: London 1922

A Century of Chess: London 1922

kahns
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Capablanca at his most machine-like, the feeling of playing against a computer that won’t make a mistake. His closest call came in the game against Vidmar, a classic of sportsmanship. He had a completely won position at the adjournment. He...

Coaching exercises, Checkmate puzzles - day 43

Coaching exercises, Checkmate puzzles - day 43

IM AttilaTurzo
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Today in the morning I had a coaching session with Peter, a student from London. We studied the different elements of chess strategy. Please think about these positions who is better and what is the best move? In the afternoon I solved check...

From Triumph to Tragedy

From Triumph to Tragedy

sleepyporcyy
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Throughout history, there have been numerous chess players who have met tragic ends to their lives. From accidents to mental illnesses, the reasons behind these tragic endings are varied and often intertwined with the intense mental and emotional ...

Coaching exercises, Checkmate puzzles - day 41

Coaching exercises, Checkmate puzzles - day 41

IM AttilaTurzo
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Today I had a very short chess day. On the stream I solved 3 tactics puzzles and 5 checkmate puzzles and I worked on the London system in chessable. You can watch the video with the puzzles: A few puzzles: Would you like to improve ...

Coaching exercises, Checkmate puzzles - day 40

Coaching exercises, Checkmate puzzles - day 40

IM AttilaTurzo
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I started to run again. It is a very good news. I think everybody should take care on his body by some kind of physical activity. I like running, playing soccer, table tennis.  In the morning I had a coaching session with Daniel one of my s...

Solymar Chess Club checkmate and tactics puzzles

Solymar Chess Club checkmate and tactics puzzles

IM AttilaTurzo
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We have a meeting in the Solymar Chess Sport Club in every Thursday from 9:00 am to noon. Some of our top players played over the board, in the same time I went online and streamed checkmate puzzles at https://www.twitch.tv/attilaturzo  You...

Coach University

Coach University

JapaneseTutor
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Hi all, JapaneseTutor here. As confusing as it may be, yes, I am a chess coach. I have taught chess for over 13 years and to over 5000 students worldwide. One of the things that I love seeing is that face/sound people make when they finally get...

Checkmate puzzles - day 38, tactics puzzles day 7

Checkmate puzzles - day 38, tactics puzzles day 7

IM AttilaTurzo
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Today in the morning I solved checkmate puzzles amd tactics puzzles on my LIVE stream at https://www.twitch.tv/attilaturzo Many players were watching, in some moments close to 2000 people. I was talking and helping them, so I did fewer puzzles, th...

Winner's POV: London 1883 Part 2

Winner's POV: London 1883 Part 2

Steakanator
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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...

A Spectacular Checkmate!

A Spectacular Checkmate!

ThePawnSlayer
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Hi all,  Apologies for my lack of uploads. I had a few technical issues over the past few days ( I mention in the video). I am also testing a new screen recorder - The quality of the sound and video quality is not great and needs some ironi...

A Century of Chess: Bad Pistyan 1922

A Century of Chess: Bad Pistyan 1922

kahns
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This was effectively a memorial tournament for Gyula Breyer, who had died the previous year. Just before his death he’d suggested reviving the Bad Pistyan tournaments, which had been a feature of the pre-war chess landscape. Bad Pistyan wa...

Vienna Game | A MESSY BRILLIANT Game!

Vienna Game | A MESSY BRILLIANT Game!

vitualis
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#viennagambit #maxlange #brilliant  This was a game I played very recently that was a lot of fun and had some points of learning. I played this game at night - probably at around 9 PM - so was a bit tired. One of the chess.com "Insights"...

Vienna 1896. A Lost Tournament.

Vienna 1896. A Lost Tournament.

simaginfan
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Afternoon everyone. Sometimes digging around the side roads of chess history can be frustrating - even in the modern world where there is so much primary source material to be found online. A case in point for me this week! With my head back...

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