Doing a blog has become every time harder and harder. I start having drafts that I will never post. One is about my experience with keeping clubs, which I am not so good at. One about my games in a tournament, but really, who is interested i...
I am first of all a language lover, my fellow readers. I discovered a passion for chess only recently. So for me, it is normal to use means I have used for language learning to improve at chess as well. Or at least, to try! And so, in the end,...
Here is a short, controversial review of the beginning of one of the books used in the chessdojo training program. I have long flirted with the idea to join the program, have joined a couple of the chessdojo classical tournaments, and in the end...
I have a long draft almost ready to publish, but it is not so meaningful in the end, so, you know, let's restart from scratch. Blog less It has taken me quite some time. Blogging, clubs about blogging, reading other blogs, reviewing...I have ...
#1000ELO #bloglovers #blogchamps #chess-for-me #the-art-of-war #mattoscacco #blitzstream #fianchetto #winning-feeling #checkmate-or-die #suggestions #diary #my-progress Hi! I spent Saturday at home, checking blogs and stuff, and I alread...
#1000ELO #club #chessfactor #online-courses #trapped-pieces #philidor #queens-gambit #diary #my-progress #solo-chess #ambassador #topbloggers Hi all! What happened in the last days? CLUB TOURNAMENTI have been to a club last Wednesday, probab...
#1000ELO #beat-strong-opponent #resign #aim #diary #my-progress I wrote a very long post but it got lost since my connection is flaky at times. Sorry chess.com, but you could auto save drafts. I have already sent an email to support for that. Yo...
Hi everybody! I know for the most of you this is a very small number, yet I reached 32 in Puzzle Rush Survival. The puzzles I failed were not impossible at all, I also did one or two correct moves in each of them. In the post picture you can see ...
Hi all! There are at least three main topics I would like to talk about. pin videos another study method for games/positions in diagrams how I dislike that sound posts like the past one get 28 views and 0 comments I am still wondering if I sho...
Hi there! Here I am, with a more organic post, Today was an important day for my chess progress. I reached the milestone of 1000 ELO in rapid. But this is not what I want to talk about. A friend of mine suggested me a book that could have helped ...
So, when I have some time, I have already streamed on the day, cannot really play since I had already my share of beer in the afternoon and had two puzzle rush survival sessions where I performed less than 20... I will share some thoughts here! Wh...
Lately I am not advancing as usual, my rating is at a stall and I think I need to change things a bit. I mean, it was working very well before, but it is difficult to stream daily and to do long games not while streaming daily. Chess is not my pro...
Lately I have not been streaming much, since I took the decision not to stream my classical games any more. If I explain all moves and plans and people can follow the stream, you know, it becomes a bit more difficult to win, especially if I say wh...
Game analysis is often ignored by many casual chess players but vital if we want to improve! I do not mean the engine analysis, this is pretty quick to go over after a game, but how much do we retain? Can we identify the critical positions? Can we...
When you are beginning with something, the risk is you get a lot of suggestions, many of them unrequested, some requested, some connected to how you play, some generic, some... you name it. In a sparse order: Study opening principles but do not...
There are so many topics I would like to blog about but there is only so much time in a day, I have a job, friends, and I also devote quite some time to study and practice/stream chess, so it is a struggle to decide what to write about in this blo...
Yesterday I wanted to do another live on twitch, but my scarce skills with OBS did show up and I recorded the video only locally. Too bad, because I did quite some puzzles, and then won 4 rapid games out of 5. I will soon do another live, no progr...
Inspired by the video from Andras of the last blog post, I started trying to understand how OBS works, recorded some videos, checked myself, did one live that I did not store on twitch, and a second one that was stored here:https://www.twitch.tv/v...
Hi there!Since I am a little bit crazy about chess lately, I was wondering about posting about videos or series I like.This video is from Andras Toth, and it's about commenting the thought process of an amateur. Spaceamy features the first video o...
