#bookreview #gothamchess Last week, my signed copy of "How to Win At Chess: the ultimate guide for beginners and beyond", written by Levy Rozman, aka GothamChess, arrived in the post! This will be a quick review of the book wit...
An upset in a competition occurs when the favorite (or the team/competitor expected to win) loses to the underdog. In chess this is no different, since of course, the higher rated player doesn't always win in a chess match. In fact, we saw living ...
#italian #twoknights #chessnut #chessnutair #travelchess Recently, I travelled to Canberra, the capital city of Australia for work for a few days. I brought along my Chessnut Air and on a day off, played some chess on Red Hill, a lovely...
A blog for my dear friend @Terlito - a thank you for all his help and support. A few days ago the inimitable Douglass Griffin posted an article about a neglected Soviet Grandmaster, Alexei Suetin. A wonderful piece of work. https://dgriffinche...
As an intermediate chess player, you may have already mastered the basics of tactics and have a good understanding of chess openings. However, there is always room for improvement and further development of your chess skills. This study plan is de...
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, but I will highlight a few questions...
My investor asked me: “You have about 100 articles on the blog. Why have you never written about chess improvement directly? All your articles are around it, covering a specific topic. But why don’t you have the main article - How to...
The last vacation I took was 4 years ago and this time round, we decided to visit Perth, especially to check out how the Swan River waterfront area has been revamped. We were very impressed...and from our hotel windows...we really can't complain a...
Tal, Ribli, Andrej Sokolov, Hort... It was in 1985, a highschool youngster was asked by his coach to give contribution of his own to chess tournament in Novi Sad, the second most populated city in Serbia, Country in Europe. The 9th...
The final event in the CCC21 series, after the Blitz and Rapid events, is the Bullet event. CCC21 will once again pit an incredibly diverse selection of engines against one another in the 1+1 time control. The event is expected to begin on Novembe...
In fact a quick visit to the https://lecafedelaregence.blogspot.com/ website!! For chess history lovers like me, it is a little goldmine. Full of fascinating bits and pieces and a lot of great pictures One example is a great picture of the famou...
Dear Chess Friends! Do you already use Modern Benoni Defense in your chess games? If yes - great! Let's revise and learn new tricks in this opening. If not - it's your chess to expand your repertoire and surprise your opponent n...
Sometimes we play chess at a level much lower than our actual ability.Or we play a tournament, where everything goes so badly that we think all the chess gods are against us.What should one do in these cases? I’ll tell you a story, which c...
Today the post is somewhat different, it's a .html page to use with OBS as a browsersource. It displays the wins, losses, draws, current winstreak and the highest winstreak played under a streaming session. My thought is that maybe I sh...
When chess takes centerstage in comics and cartoons, you know that the appeal of the game is broadly recognized and our favorite pastime has entered the main stage of just about everyone’s life. Comic Strips And Chess Just this week, the ...
One of the initiatives of the Chessable science team is “Featured Projects.” Separate from the Chessable Research Awards, which are for undergraduate and graduate students and their faculty research sponsors, featured projects may be l...
I broke my leg a week before Moscow Open, 2012. You know…The combination of snow, mountains, my love for skiing, and my extreme character… I had no chance 😊 So, I traveled to cold Moscow with a cane, and I was like Al Pacino f...
It's been a while, partly due to how long this post is, partly due to real-life nonsense. But we're back, and what a tournament to return to. Ahem... In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that all...
Hi! I have exciting news to share. I've been working with GM Cyrus Lakdawala and FM Carsten Hansen on a book based on A Century of Chess. The book covers chess from 1900-1909 and is a great way to have the series (plus Cyrus' annotati...
A chess game played perfectly is a draw. And there are no doubts about the above quote. We are a witness of top chess engines battling it out to a draw in their colossal struggles. Not only engines but even the highest quality of pla...
This is just a quick post is about one of the most common mistakes chessplayers make when calculating variations. I see it happening all the time while doing calculation exercises with my students; and of course, I used to make it a lot myself whe...
Earlier this week a much valued chess friend of mine said that he was studying a game between Petrosian and Gligoric. My instant reply was that they contested many wonderful games! Indeed, some players seem to bring out the fighting qualities in e...
Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation. – Max Euwe. Hello, my fellow tactic lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you h...
Trick or treat! Are you ready for Halloween? 🎃👻 ChessKid and Chess.com are teaming up this spooky season with a pumpkin decorating contest! From October 24 to October 31, 2023, create a fun chess-themed pumpkin for a chance at some sweet cross-o...
