The second part of *October tournaments* in Novi Sad, Serbia retrospective is dedicated to the tournaments that been the 4th, the 5th and the 6th in a row. Three tournaments that yet again brought City Of Novi Sad into the focus of atten...
Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, etc. We recognize these chess players almost immediately, similar to recognizing our own names. But what about the lesser-known chess players? They never were able to secure their names in our hearts....
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"To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people." ~ Charlie Munger I was inspired by this quote and by the book "Poor Charlie's Almanack", to ...
#tactics #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 | AU ...
In a thrilling encounter during the Titled Tuesday international online chess event, Alireza Firouzja unleashed the rarely-seen Hillbilly Attack against Petros Trimitzios' Caro-Kann Defense. The game, played on February 4, 2020, displayed Firouzja...
There seems to be a plethora of articles about chess styles on the major chess websites. If you read those articles, you get an embarrassingly long list of different styles to pick from. Just to name a few, you could be: tactical, position...
The Chessable Research Awards for the Summer 2023 cycle had four winners, undergraduate student Michael Martins and graduate students Jordan von Hippel, Jérôme Genzling, and Jane Zhang. In this guest post, Jérôme Genzli...
Ajedrez de Silicio In the world of chess, taking the King into the heart of the middlegame is often seen as reckless, an invitation to disaster. Imagine, if you will, a King advancing bravely into the battlefield, not in the calm endgame, but...
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...
#sicilian #smithmorra #greekgift A week ago, I published a video and article on how I had lost some confidence in my chess, having gone through a losing streak. I'd like to give thanks to all of you who connected with my content and gav...
Afternoon everyone. I have very rarely posted any of my own chess, or personal stuff, but I had the chance to look back at a couple of my old c.c games this week, and decided to share them. If nothing else, they will show that before I had...
Hello Fellow Chess Players! Today I will mostly be talking to the players under 1200 chess.com rating, but if you are higher rated, it can still be interesting for you, so you are welcome to stay as well. Have you been wondering what is wrong ...
Hello, my fellow history lovers, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. Basketball has the "Buzzer Beater", Golf has its "Hole-In-One", and in Soccer nothing is better than a perfectly struck "Bicycle Kick". But in our Great Game, t...
#vienna #maxlange #quickwins My sub had the white pieces, and the game began with a stock standard Vienna Game: Max Lange Defense (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4). However, on move 4, Black decided to play creatively with a bold REVERSE Vie...
“Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.” — Pema Chödrön A week ago, IM Eric Rosen and I were discussing (the episode comes out soon) the crucial impact of early fans and supporters. While...
Hello everyone, it's been a while since my last post. In my previous post, I shared my experience of a blitz event at a local club in Florida. Since then, I celebrated my birthday in September and Halloween in October. As we enter November, which ...
A bit dry, but I still think this is good material for a player who doesn't want to devote a lot of time to this specific opening variation. Nevertheless, the content offers good ideas and main motives for Black in the Advanse Caro-Kann. Questio...
Hi everyone, Here is the third episode of the Rook Reflections podcast! The main interviews will happen on my Twitch channel, every few weeks, but the video of it will be uploaded to my YouTube channel! Most likely this will be the...
If you are like me, playing a few (okay several) games of chess each day is one of your favorite ways to pass the time. But is there more to the game than just a glorious means for spending your downtime? Can chess actually be used to teach kids a...
Lasker’s career can be thought of in three distinct stages. In the 1890s, he was the usurper — vaulting ahead of other rivals to win his match with Steinitz and never completely convincing the chess world that he was the rightful world...
#tactics #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...
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In one of the most recent 'State of chess.com' addresses, Chief Chess Officer Danny Rensch was speaking about the upcoming slate of chess tournaments and the dense schedule it embodies. In a rather matter of fact manner he resp...
