Hey folks, long time, no see!I'm very happy to announce that Chessable has released my 5th course "The Battle-tested Scandinavian Defense" with 3...Qa5. Once again, I joined forces with GM Igor Kovalenko and I believe, we've created something trul...
I'm pleased to announce that Chessable has released my 4th course: Leningrad Dutch: Simplified! It's been my pet weapon since my childhood, I've used it about 1000 games for good 25 years both online and over the board, including against some of t...
Hi all! In case you're interested to attend a 3-day online seminar from May 6-8 for better calculation techniques in chess, this event might be interesting for you! I will be one of the lecturers. https://www.modern-chess.com/calculate-like-a-gr...
With great pride, I announce that my 2nd Chessable course: "Lifetime Repertoires: Kan Sicilian" was just released! I was working on it together with my friend GM Igor Kovalenko for about 5 months. If you're looking for a sharp repertoire for Blac...
Hello!If you're Latvian or can speak it, I have founded online masterclass course, which involves the leading Latvian grandmasters. It starts this Thursday! All of the information - in the poster.
Hello dear friends! I'm very pleased to announce that today Chessable released my very first lesson course: Lifetime Repertoires: Reversed Sicilian! It offers a complete repertoire for Black against the English opening 1.c4, answering with 1...e...
Hey folks!Chess.com has announced the 3rd season of the Club League - how many of you would be interested to participate, playing for GM Neiksans Chess Club? If there's enough interest, I'll apply for participation!All of the information about th...
Hello everyone, long time, no see! Yesterday I celebrated my one-year anniversary on Twitch - it's been a wild year! Regular streams, participation in online tournaments, our own Arenas, collabs with other streamers. I can't wait to see what the f...
Hey folks! If you haven't seen it already, relive the best moments from the super exciting sub battle against WGM Dina Belenkaya! Plus, last Friday we beat ChessDojo quite convincingly with a score of 8:5! I'd like to thank to everybody who s...
Hello everyone! (and no, I'm not related to Agadmator It's been a while now so let's make a round-up of what happened lately. Do you remember that announcement almost 2 weeks ago that I was going to play a sub battle against WGM Dina Belenkaya? ...
Hey folks!The time has come for a proper sub battle and Friday is the day. I will have a sub battle against WGM Dina Belenkaya and her Dinasaurs! Our subs will play in 15 different rating categories, each a single game of 3 minutes + 2 seconds in...
Hello folks!I want to let you know that this Friday at 20:00 CET (11:00 Pacific) I will do sort of a Boot Camp, but this time for Modern Chess. The topic will be Italian Game - Basic Repertoire for White! The webinar will last for about 1.5 hours...
Hello everyone! I hope you had great holidays, celebrating both Christmas and New Year's Eve! As you can see in the picture, my stream has new looks so I'd like to mention the biggest changes so far! 1) Green screen! I'm moving forward to a more ...
Greetings everyone! As I already mentioned in the club's note, the last few days have been quite busy for me, prepping for Christmas, searching for proper presents and at the same time - enjoying a little but well deserved vacation! I hope that a...
Greetings, folks! I wanted to let you know that one of the best VPNs out there (virtual private network) Surfshark has decided to sponsor my Twitch channel! From other chess streamers I've seen GothamChess partnering with them, and also - me! Wel...
Hello, folks! Remember Kimmy Liu? The girl who crushed everybody in the Ultimate Sensei reality show where I was one of the Senseis? The Ultimate Senpai?! Well, we're playing against her and her Crew this Saturday, 19:30 CET (10:30 Pacific)! Sorr...
Hello folks!I just wanted to let you know that today is a special day because of Chess.com Bot Battles solely for the streamers, and of course - Truly Yours will participate! It will start at 19:00 CET.The event will be a race of 5 hours between ...
Greetings! It's a shiny new week and more club battles are coming - two matches to go to conclude the first season of the Streamer Battle League! This Wednesday (December 2) we're playing against ChessDojo club - the very same trio who were org...
Greetings everyone! I'll keep you posted about the upcoming event this weekend - either it's going to be Streamer Battle League against ChessDojo (David is not answering me!) or the Club's 5th Arena. Either way, we're going to have something! In t...
Hello there, how is everybody doing? In case you are wondering, what's Stroopwafels, this time I'm not referring to the delicious Dutch snacks! Stroopwafels A big fan, BTW! However, it's also the title of Anna Maja Kazarian's Chess Club that we'...
UPDATED with tournament links! Greetings everyone! This Saturday the next match in the Streamer Battle League is on! At 18:00 GMT+2 (08:00 Pacific, 17:00 CET) we're playing against the charming Hashtag Chess duo from South Africa! Don't be foole...
Greetings everyone!Today we have quite a busy evening ahead! At 18:10 GMT+2 I will start the 4th Arena of GM Neiksans Chess Club which will run for 90 minutes with a time control of 3 minutes each. The winner will get a subscription to my channe...
Hello everyone! Previous Saturday we had our very first match in the Streamer Battle League vs San Francisco Mechanics and as it happened, we were victorious by 2-1!The lowest rating division up to rating 1400 unfortunately got cancelled as none o...
Greetings everyone! As you may have already heard, our club is participating in the Streamer Battle League where you get to play against other streamer chess clubs! The format is simple - you play, we observe and commentate! This Saturday (October...
Hello, folks!I just wanted to let you know that the 3rd Arena of my Chess Club here will happen today, as planned! I will start it at 17:30 GMT+2 (17:30 CEST, 08:30 Pacific). There is a slight weirdness with the time zone as Latvia tonight moved b...
