New years day is the beginning of a brand new 12 months. For some, it is the day to party hard, or it could be the time to make resolutions that break quicker then Elon Musk's ego. But to me, January first was the day that the 2023 chess.com daily...
Greg Shahade is the founder and commissioner of the Pro Chess League, a tournament pitting 16 teams from around the world. He is also the founder of the U.S. Chess School which is dedicated to providing free, intensive training to the most promisi...
The first meeting of Alekhine and Capablanca - and à humiliation for Alekhine. Having secured a sinecure-for-life from the Cuban government, Capablanca was dispatched to St Petersburg and played, essentially, a high-level 'simultaneous matc...
In Love I have been in absolute love. That is in love with duck chess. Who can resist adding ducks to the chessboard? Recently, I played my highest rated opponent in this variation. The time control was blitz 1 minute with 1 second bonus. I had ...
Round 5 of the Winter Swiss OTB event. A win in this final round secures at least a tie for first place in the event with 4.5/5 points. I'm playing the White pieces against Kevin Gaustad, who is rated about 1800 and always plays exciting chess. He...
Very often I am asked: “How to keep concentration?”, “How to have more energy?”, “How to overcome blunders or painful defeats?” or “How to stay motivated and continue working, when I’m lazy?”&n...
I find the Dutch Defense a fun opening to study from the white side. Black's first move is so provocative, and there are so many aggressive options for white. Recently, I found a brand-new approach against the Dutch after 1.Nf3. Let's take a look!...
Another year, another Daily Chess Champs! 2023 marks the fourth year in a row that I’ve entered the Chess.com Daily Chess Championship event, a chaotic 1-day/move tournament that begins with 22 simultaneous games on the 1st of January every ...
We have competitions against 24 clubs at the moment, join these daily meetings where every move you make is 100% thought out. You receive notifications from your opponent directly on your profile. This is your chance to improve your long-term memo...
A strong title!? Probably. But it reflects my feelings. Sometimes things make me angry – that is part of being human. Some time ago I wrote this article https://www.chess.com/blog/simaginfan/romanovsky-revisited-tragic-scenes-from-a-won...
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934) was “one of the best four players in the world for about 20 years” [David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess, New Edition (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), 411]. His fame bega...
We all chase different goals and dreams.What stands between us and where we want to go? It’s often not what we think it is.It’s not the economy, it’s not the government, it’s not somebody who dominates the industry where ...
Hello, my fellow daily chess lovers, and welcome to my report on the first round of the Chess.com 2023 Daily Chess Championship. In the 1st round of the Daily Chess Champs you feel like Paul Morphy, in the 2nd round you feel like NN. ~ Sheldon...
Dear Chess.com community, On January 23rd, we shared an update regarding how much and how quickly chess has grown and how challenging that has been for our company, especially our "Live Server" on which games are played. Growth has only increase...
It’s a surprise to me, playing over games from this period, to realize how much Capablanca and Alekhine developed in tandem. Both had their first successes in 1909. Both emerged as international stars in 1911. But Capablanca arrived in inter...
It's a battle of chess generations! ChessKid is bringing in eight talented titled players to join forces and face off in the epic "ChessKid Stars vs. Streamers" event on Sunday, February 12 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. EST. Four top ChessKid stars...
Afternoon everyone. Back with more from The Encyclopedia Of Latvian Chess Players. A big bag of goodies to browse through and take your pick from. In the 1930s Latvia was one of the better teams in the Chess Olympiads - you can look it all up on...
In the previous article, we talked about biological rhythms, about the importance of listening to our bodies and not playing chess when our body doesn’t want to. That was one of the main reasons why sometimes our results are very bad...
Dear Canadians, What an exciting time for all of us! How many of you would love to see our favourite game of chess supported by the Canadian Government? We can now make this happen … with a bit of YOUR help! When it comes to chess, for ...
Dear Chess Friends! Imagine a situation when you do your best during the chess game, but the position is still equal and you don’t know what you can do to play for a win. Is this situation familiar to you? For me too!Once in 2019 I was pla...
Benjamin Franklin was a premier figure in the early history of the United States. In addition to all else, Franklin was an avid chess player. He wrote a famous essay: 'The Morals of Chess' (1786) which has become a 'classic.' Franklin looked beyon...
There isn’t much more time left. Ageing from a personal view, sure, time’s there but it still holds it’s distance comfortably. Ages on the other hand has started to inflict itself into intimate grounds, that personal sphere, t...
Dear all, I'm pleased to announce that a couple days ago, part 1 of my new Neo-Catalan Repertoire was released on Chessable! I'm really happy with the final product. The premise of the Neo-Catalan is to open with 1.c4 and 2.g3, aiming to quick...
In 1913, Capablanca, with his new post in the Cuban Foreign Office, was dispatched to Europe as an emissary-at-large. His titular post was as consul in St Petersburg, but, really, his task was to be a professional chess player, playing as widely a...
