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...
Yesterday I held the 2nd Arena of the GM Neiksans Chess Club, which gathered a total of 20 players. Perhaps there would had been more players had I announced it before. We played it for 90 minutes, 3 minutes each without increment, and in the end,...
Hello, everybody! Sorry for the long wait, I had quite a busy past weeks!First, I should had announced here it a little earlier - my fourth database for Modern Chess “Positional repertoire against the Caro-Kann” has been released! It took me many ...
Check out my very first lesson course for Chess.com - Latvian School of Chess! Study the most exciting games by the best attacking players in Latvian chess history - Mikhail Tal, Alexei Shirov, Alexander Shabalov and Alvis Vitolinsh, including the...
Greetings, folks!I hope you didn't miss the great show "Ultimate Sensei" last Saturday, organized by ChessDojo! There was an action packed tournament of 4 rounds, provided by commentary of the selected senseis (including Truly Yours). We were foll...
Hey, everyone, here's the surprise I mentioned about yesterday - I've joined a new initiative, titled "Ultimate Sensei" which involve some LIVE coaching of 2 students and joining some tournament streams for instructive commentary for the next 1.5 ...
Greetings everyone!I hope you were enjoying the previous week's streams! I was partnering with GMs Miroshnichenko and Jobava for some proper Puzzle solving, and it felt like driving up and down from a hill, some brilliant solvings mixing with fun...
Hello, folks!I just wanted to let you know that I've partnered with GM Evgenij (Miro) Miroshnichenko (Mironiusvulgaris on Twitch) to organize our first ever sub games together! The exact date is still uncertain, but it will be September 20 or late...
Thanks to everyone who yesterday made it! A total of 32 players entered the tournament which for the first time is quite impressive. After 60 minutes of heated battles, with frequently changing the leaders, three winners emerged!1. Thematicplayer...
Hello, everyone!I just wanted to let you know that I'll attempt my first ever Arena at 19:00 GMT+3, which is in about 2.5 hours! Here's the link to the tournament - https://www.chess.com/live#r=452724. The registration, as usual, will start 1h bef...
Hello everyone!Would you be interested to participate in the first ever GM Neiksans Chess Club Arena this Sunday (30th August)? I could organize it at 19:00 GMT+3, when I'll be already 1h streaming so that people can slowly gather, and perhaps so...
Hello!I've created a new playlist in my Youtube channel which is "Duels with strong GMs". I was inspired to do this since yesterday I played a match of 10 games against GM Daniil Dubov and lost with 2.5-7.5 in the end. Those who were following it,...
Greetings folks!You might have noticed that since Wednesday's Weekly Puzzle Fix I have a new microphone thus the sound quality has increased dramatically! I've also chosen a new location for my streams so that you don't have to stare to the blank ...
Greetings to everyone!As first tidbit of news, I'd like to let you know that today I've updated my Youtube channel! I've rearranged the videos/thumbnails/titles and created various playlists for you to easier find the desired content! At the momen...
Greetings to everyone!Since yesterday I reached 1000 followers in my Twitch channel, I've decided to set a new goal to pursue - my first 20 active subscribers of the channel. Once I've reached it, I will organize a special simul with the subs who...
Greetings to everyone! I've decided to open a new club for everyone to join, where I will organize various activities, most notably, Arenas and tournaments for streaming at my Twitch channel!Here I will also repost my videos from my previous strea...