#quickwins #scandinavian #icelandicgambit #perfect 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...
In this blog we will discuss 10 different opening systems for black: The video explaining all of these different chess systems in practice. Check it out and let me know what you think One of my most popular blogs was from nearly 2 yea...
I find 5.Nbd2 to be the critical line against the Albin Countergambit. Every once in a while, I like to re-check this line, quietly hoping for some new miracle attempt for Black. I wanted to make this post because finally, I'm more optimistic a...
Afternoon everyone. This was started as a Christmas blog, but I got distracted, so Happy New Year! First things first, for those who are scratching their heads. Just what is a Morphy Number?. All explained here:- https://chesscafe.com/the-skit...
Mittens the Chess Bot will make you quit chess - attributed to one of the many victims of Mittens. Hello, my fellow tactic lovers, and welcome to the year-end edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online...
IntroductionWhat is the most annoying system for Caro-Kann players to face?The easiest answer would be 'The line that scores best for White', but we can't purely rely on the statistics to determine this. For instance, White's best scoring lin...
#openingtactics #quickwins 50+2 Chess Quick Wins: Tactical ideas for exciting chess for beginner players. Buy on Amazon! US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | NL |&n...
The Albin Countergambit has always been an opening I've had a soft spot for. I've since moved onto other sounder openings for Black, but back then it was my favorite opening. Around 2015, I was convinced I had revived it, discovering a collecti...
One of the good things about Blitz is that you can try virtually anything in the openings. You don't have to be particularly afraid of your opponent playing the absolutely precise lines (although there are no guarantees of course). In my ca...
I had watched the games of the FIDE world cup 2023 in real time via chess.com/events, having a really great time. Magnus Carlsen & Vincent Keymer played against each other on the 4th round and their chess battle seemed to me perhaps the most f...
#fourknights #scotch #continuity This was a very fun game against a new friend on chess.com. As they also use a cat avatar, I know that they are a man of good taste and style! They had White and they initially led with the Vienna (1. ...
Do you want to retain much more of what you learn in your study for the day? Allow me to share a short story. When I resumed coaching privately in April 2023, I had a lot of new experiences from the last few years: - Selling low-tic...
The middlegame is one of the three fundamental parts of every chess game, including the opening and the endgame. Once the initial moves are completed and the players' positions are established, the middlegame begins. Similar to the other parts of ...
Last time round I mentioned that I really should do something on Dückstein. Still with us at 96 years old. Usually I get to do these things when such guys have left us, so it's a bit of a Christmas treat for me to be able to put this togeth...
In this video, for the first time, I got the opportunity to say something about Magnus's attitude towards his opponents, for which he is generally perceived either as a true gentleman or justified as a genius. While I can agree that he certainly p...
#yearinreview #2023 #happynewyear Chess.com has recently released a fantastic new feature, the 2023 Year in Review. This provides some summarised data regarding your year playing chess on the platform, and can be accessed by cli...
Sometimes an idea or pattern will strike your mind like lightning. You see it and do a double-take: "What was that?" And then you realize you saw it before, but in a different way. Position 1: Position 2: So, this is the m...
Dear Chess Friends! How about spending this pre-Christmas Sunday surrounded by the chess family? I am hosting a Secret Christmas Chess Party, and you're invited! It's going to be a fun and festive evening filled with chess, puzzles a...
#vangeet #quickwins #smotheredmate 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...
I'll admit it... I love puzzle rush! In this video I tried to push my puzzle rush survival streak above 50: Ever since listening to James Canty III on the "Perpetual Chess Podcast" I really wanted to try and get 50+ on Chess.com's Puzzle R...
It's the end of the year! That means it's time to reflect on 2023 and set goals for the new year. That's why today we are releasing two features to help you with both: your 2023 Chessable Year in Review and some new badges to hunt in 2024! Year ...
#openingtactics #quickwins 50+2 Chess Quick Wins: Tactical ideas for exciting chess for beginner players. Buy on Amazon! US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | NL&nb...
#christmas #bots #chess I'm currently on some annual leave and one of the things that I sometimes do to relax is to play a "gauntlet" of all 15 of the beginner bots on chess.com! This is something that I do as relaxation and I'm hoping that y...
If you are an intermediate chess player, the first few moves in a chess game are considered the most crucial moves that most likely predict the middle game quickly as chances of making mistakes get limited. Over the last hundred years, thousands o...
