Today's 10 exercises from the games of Benedetto, a student from California. He played a Benoni game and a sicilian turned to french defense game. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. You can replay the ga...
Out of everybody of the classical era, Duras is my favorite player. I really didn’t know much about him before I started the series - he’s sort of receded from chess history - but, more than any player I can think of before Tal, he had...
Today I created 10 exercises from the games of one of my students Salvador from Puerto Rico. He played the Benko-gambit with black and the King's gambit with white. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ...
Who was the first female named the youngest Grandmaster in history? You guessed it…Judit Polgar, having surpassed Bobby Fischer! That was in 1991, at a time when women were sparse in the professional chess world and commonly considered lack...
Despite having won a number of classical chess tournaments in my career, "picket fence" scores (where a player wins all their games) have escaped me. My unorthodox playing style often leaves me in what I call "coin flip" positions and a tendency t...
Hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! It's been a minute since you last heard from me. Now, as some of you following my journey know, I am doing my best to avoid playing in local Alabama tournaments, cause they aren't ideal for me. I eith...
I created 10 exercises. In a pirc defense I got strong dark squares. One of my students Sal got a strong attack in the King's gambit. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. You can replay the games: ...
Afternoon everyone. Back with some more insights into Lasker and some wonderful chess. This week I noted that a pair of books that I had mentioned quite a while ago has become available for pre-order. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emanu...
Six years ago, I put together the last money to pay the salaries of my small team and to order my first mic, camera, and a few more equipment to start recording courses. They arrived. I recorded the first videos. Deleted them. Then again, r...
Hello, my fellow tactic solvers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz & Memes. If you're a fan of tactics taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do. As always, the ...
I created 10 exercises from 2 games played in the Titled Tuesday. In the 1st game the opponent played h6-g5 early and in the 2nd game we got a classical pirc defense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8...
Very happy with this new achievement, Chaturaji is one of my favorite variants, I will continue to strive to learn more new tactics and I will continue to challenge the best on the circuit.Top Player Chaturaji Rapid and ELO 2400 in BlitzLeaderboar...
In this Titled Tuesday game my opponent shocked me with 1...h5. I decided to block it with h4 and build up a strong center and space advantage like against the King's indian defense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9...
My blog is back! So last you've heard from me (I guess unless you're one of my IRL friends or something), I posted about how hard tournament chess is. From being crushed by an IM, having to stalemate a 1600, grind out a 1400, and choke the final r...
We're doing things a little differently today. In 1898, American chess player and journalist Gustavus Reichhelm wrote an article for American Chess Magazine (and a revised version in Chess in Philadelphia) simply titled "Fifty Tourname...
I used 3 games from the Titled Tuesday to create 10 exercises. We got a very exciting sharp games in the Pirc defense. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. You ...
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There is no remorse like the remorse of chess. – H. G. Wells Hello, my fellow OTB fanatics, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. Chess is fun no matter where or how you play it, but for me nothing beats Over-The-Board ...
Happy International Chess Day, ChessKids! Come celebrate with us. 🎉♟️ ChessKid Unlocked In honor of this special day, we're unlocking all our gold features for everyone on July 20th! Spend the day solving puzzles, completing lessons, playing ...
Today I created 10 exercises from the games of one of my students Konstantinos. He recently played in a tourney where he got several great positions. I will give the exercises without any hints about who is better or is there a tactics or a stra...
Today I created 10 exercises from the games of one of my students Salvador. He likes to play the King's gambit and other sharp openings. His games are full of combinations. 1. How can White give a checkmate? 2. How can black finish the game ...
In Chess Secrets I Learned From The Masters, Edward Lasker writes: "Erich Cohn was a highly gifted young man, of a family too poor to send him to the University. However, he had found a patron who offered to pay his way through college to enable...
Today I created 10 exercises from my last round game of last week's Titled Tuesday Tourney. My opponent played the classical variation of the Pirc defense. 1. How should white react to Rxd1? 2. How can white win material? 3. How should b...
A look at some of the greatest chess players who never became World Champions: Paul Morphy Adolf Anderssen Akiva Rubinstein Samuel Reshevsky David Bronstein Paul Morphy Paul Morphy’s (1837 – 1884) chess career was bri...
