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The Noah’s Ark Trap

The Noah’s Ark Trap

GM_ThomasT2024
| Nov 19, 2025
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One of the most famous opening traps, the Noah’s Ark Trap occurs in the Ruy Lopez opening.After a couple of normal opening moves, black is able to set up a trap to win a bishop if white captures a pawn. If they do not take the pawn, then it ...

The Snail Hypothetical

The Snail Hypothetical

GM_ThomasT2024
| Nov 11, 2025
| 53
| 3

Ten million dollars is in front of you. If you take the money you spend the rest of your life being chased by a poisonous snail. It might sound like a good deal but the snail never stops moving and if it touches you, you die. It knows where you ar...

Daniel Naroditsky: rest in peace

Daniel Naroditsky: rest in peace

GM_ThomasT2024
| Oct 21, 2025
| 68
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GM Daniel Naroditsky was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He currently resides in Charlotte, NC, where he is resident GM at the Charlotte Chess Center, as well as a full-time chess coach and Twitch streamer. He learned chess at six y...

Speed Chess Championship (SCC)

Speed Chess Championship (SCC)

GM_ThomasT2024
| Oct 14, 2025
| 156
| 1

Who do you think who win the Speed Chess Championship this year? The Speed Chess Championship or SCC is an annual blitz tournament hosted by none other then chess.com. Hikaru Nakamura has won it five times in a row from 2018 to 2022 and is persona...

READ THIS PLEASE OR COMMENT

READ THIS PLEASE OR COMMENT

GM_ThomasT2024
| Apr 13, 2025
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There is a secret award on chess.com that requires a blog you made to have 100 moves. That is why I'm here. Now go try to get this badge or grind some more chess.

Cm title

Cm title

GM_ThomasT2024
| Apr 12, 2025
| 18
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If u want to be a CM or get the title you need a rating of over 2300 elo which means your addicted

Vote chess games

Vote chess games

GM_ThomasT2024
| Apr 12, 2025
| 42
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If you want to get the vote chess game badge, just go  to a club event or  go to magnus-vs-the-world in the social tab

Blog badge

Blog badge

GM_ThomasT2024
| Apr 12, 2025
| 21
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If you want to get Soapbox badge in awards you are required to be a blogger. I am trying to get it by being a blogger .

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