I have recently broken the 2000 rating barrier after months of work and dedication, officially marking me as a USCF expert. I crossed 1900 almost 2 years ago, and after a long journey of climbing up a steep hill with many ups and downs, my goal wa...
Day 20 features a very interesting endgame position that contains about 4 different endgame themes that all chess players should know:
Opposition
Zugzwang
Philidor position
Trebuchet
This makes this puzzle an excellent endgame ...
I have 5 puzzles to share with you over the past few days - A real treat for the solvers. Thank you for all the positive, encouraging comments I have received on my videos and blog. They have kept me motivated to keep sharing these solutions with ...
MVP Chess LIVE! is my stream where I play instructive 10-minute games on Chess.com. I explain my thought process move-by-move to have fun and help you improve your game. Here's a written recap of the instructive moments from today's stream. If you...
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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...
Dear Chess Community,
Today we made the difficult decision to discontinue the Pro Chess League. The league truly began in 2005 when commissioner Greg Shahade launched the U.S. Chess League, the first competitive online chess league with teams fr...
ChessKid officially reached a huge milestone of 10 million kids playing chess on ChessKid.com! What a great start to the new year of 2024! Let's look back on the tremendous growth of this amazing chess community and celebrate.
A brief history ...
In the morning we had a coaching session with Kim, one of my students from Norway. He is very strong in daily chess. We analysed some of his rapid games and calculated rook endgames.
After the coaching session I solved 100 checkmate puzzles LIVE...
Hello chess friends!Would you like to discover what's stopping you from getting a chess rating over 1600?Then check out my new training video, 'Potholes & Detours From The Road To 1600'! Would you like to discover what's stopping you from...
MVP Chess LIVE! is my stream where I play instructive 10-minute games on Chess.com. I explain my thought process move-by-move to have fun and help you improve your game. Here's a written recap of the instructive moments from today's stream. If you...
Today we had a chess club meeting from 9:00 am till noon, as we have it in every Thursday.
I solved there checkmate puzzles with other club mates and streamed it LIVE on my channel at https://www.twitch.tv/attilaturzo
We have a very g...
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...
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In this episode, I'm black against @ivanlicik who plays the Queen's Gambit. Enjoy!
Today's chess day started with a coaching session with a new student from Germany. We created a study plan for him and analysed one of his recent games. I created 3 puzzles from the critical moments:
After the lesson I got a hair...
A nice and easy day for puzzles... The Chess.com's puzzle of the day was very cute. Once you saw the motif, the solution was straightforward (in the end...):
Day 17
ACM puzzle 12
Happy Solving and let me know in the comments how you...
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In this episode, I'm white against @ali_rad who plays Owen's Defense. Enjoy!
Today morning I started the chess day with a coaching session with Jan, a student from Prague.
We studied typical sicilian tactics. I share a few with you:
Then I solved 60 checkmate puzzles LIVE on my channel at https://www.twitch.tv/atti...
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Day 15 and 16. I had a league match yesterday so I did not have time to complete a daily upload. However, here are two daily chess.com puzzles from Monday and Tuesday - Not too hard to spot. I have been enjoying my solving of these puzzles and I h...
Today morning I solved 100 checkmate in 2 moves puzzles LIVE on my channel at https://www.twitch.tv/attilaturzo
You can solve a few interesting ones:
You can solve all the 100 puzzles with me in this video:...
Bobby Fischer: Play The Najdorf Sicilian is a fun way to learn the "Rolls Royce" of chess openings. Fischer was not only world champion, but the player who turned the Najdorf Sicilian into the most formidable opening against 1. e4. Follow along as...
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Today, I played around with the chess.com analysis board and decided to have a look at the masters database that can be found on the opening's tab (see below). Specifically, I wondered any well-k...
Continuing with their good form in the event, Dolakha Chess Home wins the 6th Tulsi Lal Memorial National Team Club Chess Championship-2024 by beating the Team of Bhaktapur District Chess Association with a final score of 3.5 to 0.5 in the Finals....