"Your Move!" is the blog that puts YOU in the spotlight. Want me to feature you in the next episode? Submit your game in the comments or on my YouTube channel. Today, I review a game by @The_turtlepro in the Giuoco Piano. Watch my analysis and v...
#gambits #countergambits #fpawn #resource #research What do the King's Gambit, Vienna Gambit, the Jaenisch Gambit, and the Grand Prix Attack have in common? Well, they're all common and tricky openings that are potentially very...
Day 9 of solving Chess.com's puzzle of the day This puzzle features a small predictament for us. How do we break the pin on our queen? In this position we play a clever move to create a new threat:
In the morning I had a coaching session with Jan from Prague. I gave him exercises about typical sicilian tactics. You can solve a few of them: In the afternoon I solved 80 checkmate puzzles on a LIVE stream at https://www.twitch.tv/...
This year, I am participating for the second time in the "2024 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship" following my previous involvement in 2018. The first round has been "easy", and in almost all the games I found myself in a favorable position ear...
Is there any elite player in chess history as overlooked as Efim Bogoljubow? Bogoljubow quietly emerged in the mid-1910s as an elite player, playing at Mannheim and then sort of captaining the Triberg internees, had a breakthrough in 1920 when h...
Today I solved 60 checkmate puzzles as a warmup for our Chess Club. We have a tourney in every Monday in our chess club in Solymar. It usually starts at 7:00 pm. We have 5-6 rounds of 5 minutes plus 5 second increments games. Today I won...
"Your Move!" is the blog that puts YOU in the spotlight. Want me to feature you in the next episode? Submit your game in the comments or on my YouTube channel. Today, I review a game by @johnyzinho72 in the Grand Prix Attack. Watch my analysis a...
As chess has become increasingly popular in recent years, particularly online gaming, various doubts and concerns have started to intensify along with it. You can see what Erik, the CEO of Chess.com, had to say about all this. An interview...
Day 8 of solving chess puzzles everyday. The puzzle today involved an underrated chess tactic called Zwischenzug. In other languages, this tactic is also known as "intermezzo" (in Italian) and "in-between move" (in English). It is a tactic in w...
"Your Move!" is the blog that puts YOU in the spotlight. Want me to feature you in the next episode? Submit your game in the comments or on my YouTube channel. Today, I review a game by @HarrisonOReibow in the London System. Watch my analysis an...
My wife is much better. We could come home from the hospital in after an x-ray and consultation with a doctor. Thank you for your good wishes! Today morning I was cooking with my daughter and I decided to play slow games in the same time. We str...
The first Sunday Puzzle of the year is here! A very difficult endgame composition this one. Here is my solution to it: Let me know if you got the solution in the comments below: Lots of interesting lines for such a...
#tournament #gambits #ponzianisteinitzgambit #viennagambit #hamppeallgaiergambit Those of you who follow my blog series and channel will know that I love chess quick wins! Indeed, I've written a book on the topic - don't miss out on you...
Afternoon everyone. One of the great things about doing what I do in the modern world is that 'new old things' appear online all the time. Of course, sometimes that can make me look silly and mean that I have to rewrite stuff after publishing ...
Hello, In December, I had the opportunity to play the Italian Chess Final for the first time; the tournament was very tough, with every game against strong grandmasters and international masters. I made an exciting video analysis of the ...
Have you heard this joke? A man goes to a bar and orders a bottle of whiskey. After emptying it, he asks for another one and then one more. After the 3rd bottle, totally drunk, he decides to eat a sandwich. A few minutes later, the man, totall...
Whilst it was not my birthday today, I enjoyed solving this tricky chess.com puzzle. The solution was quite satisfying for an attacking player like myself: Chess.com ACM Day 6 The ACM puzzles come very late for me in the day. ...
Today my chess day started by solving 25 checkmate in 2 puzzles which I streamed on my channel at https://www.twitch.tv/attilaturzo. I missed 3 of them. I share those with you. I recorded a video where you can solve all the 25 puzzles ...
"Your Move!" is the blog that puts YOU in the spotlight. Want me to feature you in the next episode? Submit your game in the comments or on my YouTube channel. Today, I review a game by @mmoks in a Reversed King's Gambit. Watch my analysis and v...
Today was a buy day. In the morning We had a coaching session with Kim, one of my students from Norway. After lunch my wife got injured while ice skating. I needed to bring her to the hospital and I had little time for chess. I solved 20 che...
Day 5 was a day filled with deja vu. Chess.com's puzzle repeated a pattern from day 4 (or did it?) and the ACM featured a tricky puzzle theme that I have seen before from puzzles. Very, very sneaky! Day 5 Chess.com's puzzle Day 5 ACM puzz...
Following the Sinquefield Cup held in December 2023, I was able to catch up with Maxime-Vachier-Lagrave, (often referred to by his initials, MVL). Maxime was crowned the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Champion in 2021. With a peak classical rating ...
"Your Move!" is the blog that puts YOU in the spotlight. Want me to feature you in the next episode? Submit your game in the comments or on my YouTube channel. Today, I review a game by @BlackHole7625_R in the French Defense. Watch my analysis a...
