Today I created 10 exercises from 5 games which I played in the Titled Tuesday Tourney. 1. What is the quickest way for white to finish the game? 2. How can black get an advantage? 3. How can white keep his edge? 4. How can white win...
I hope everyone is having a great summer! I started mine releasing "Hammer's Nimzo-Indian", an opening course on the Chessable platform and an endeavor three years in the making. Naturally I've spent quite a lot of time looking through the databas...
Good afternoon everyone. LOTS of reading here today ( lots of my one finger typing as well, so advance apologies for the inevitable typos!) but it is time I posted some material that I have meant to present for a while. Recently a blog by ...
Today I created 10 exercises from my 4 games of the Titled Tuesday Tourney. 3 King's indian and 1 Catalan game. I got a quick victory in the 1st King's indian with black. 1. How can black finish the attack? 2. I missed this little tactic ...
welcome back everyone where today we will be recapping yesterdays blitz event held OTB at the Bobby Fischer chess club. Blitz has been popular all over the world in the new generation of online chess being regarded as one of the most exciting ways...
As the strongest chess engine of today, Stockfish is unsurprisingly capable of solving most forced-mate problems of reasonable length. Indeed, it generally cracks even complex composed problems that are under 10 moves in mere seconds. That’s...
For several years, we have hosted Untitled Tuesday events in the Untitled Tuesday club. We have had almost 300 tournaments since our first event in May 2017, which was won by @LonerDruid. We have seen a number of our regulars earn titles a...
I created 10 new exercises. I analyzed 2 games from this week's Titled Tuesday Tourney, a sharp Pirc game and a Catalan with an interesting rook endgame. 1. How can white react to the pawn advance? 2. How should black react to the aggres...
Today is the 100th day when I created calculation exercises. These 10 exercises are created from a King's indian game where we got an interesting endgame. 1. How to checkmate white? 2. How can white defend? 3. How should black keep his a...
This Sunday, July 16, up to 15,000 Londoners and visitors are expected to crowd on to the British capital’s iconic Trafalgar Square for the world’s biggest outdoor chess carnival: ChessFest 2023! Entry to ChessFest Is Free for Everyo...
I created 13 exercises from the game I played against International Master Slavin. He played the Be3, Qd2 setup against the Pirc defense. I got favourable exchanges and a better position. 1. How can white finish the attack? 2. How should...
Today I created 11 exercises from 3 games. I got a great position against the Dutch Defense and the English opening. In the 3rd game I faced the Polish opening. 1. How can we give a checkmate? 2. How can black save the game? 3. How can b...
Get ready for a fun-filled chess experience! Enjoy in-person events, play in thrilling competitions, and advance your chess skills this summer with the London ChessFest, King of Puzzles Contest, and the best summer chess camps. Read on to explor...
As @Flatfish writes in the comments to this blog, “The more I read about this era, the more it seems that David Janowski was somehow the true hero.” That’s putting it a bit strongly but is consistent with the impression that I&...
Chess Fans, We will be officially kicking off one of the most important and quite possibly last chess trips of our career. We will be attempting to play chess once in each of the 50 states. I have high hopes for this trip bug...
I created 10 exercises from the game where, He played the Classical Nc3, Nf3 setup against the Pirc Defense. He sacrificed the b2 pawn and got counterplay. 1. How could he checkmate me? 2. How can white win material? 3. What is the...
Today I created 12 exercises from a game where my opponent played the Tarrasch defense against the Catalan opening. Activity or better pawn structure? The evergreen question. 1. How can black finish the attack? 2. Checkmate! 3. What is t...
Afternoon Everyone. Something simple today. July 8th was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Grandmaster Janosevic. The fact that it was noted made me smile! Not exactly a household name, but it is possible that he was the first grandmaster wh...
The famous scientist, Albert Einstein, is associated with smartness and unique intellectual abilities which the majority of us consider nearly impossible to achieve. Einstein’s role in developing the field of physics is much bigger than th...
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...
Today's 10 exercises were created from the game I played against the German Grandmaster Dennis Wagner. It was a nice example how to use the pawn storm against the Pirc Defense. 1. This could be a spectacular finish 2. Another checkmate 3...
Argentinian Woman Grandmaster Carolina Lujan played the Grünfeld defense against me. I got winning chances in the middlegame and created 10 exercises for you. 1. What is the fastest win? 2. I missed this one 3. How can white win ma...
Today I analyzed 2 games to create 10 exercises. In the Pirc I played a beautiful move, but missed the continuation. In the King's indian I saved a lost position. 1. How can black win? 2. How should black react to Qxg5? 3. White protecte...
GM Ding Liren is the new World Champion—but still a bit of an enigma. How to better discover his chess than by reading his own game notes? Ding has annotated a dozen games for New In Chess magazine in the past decade. This post is the second...
