I am noting down some of the suggestion on Fide events so that one could enter them in the Fide suggestions form (which seems to non-functional for some time now), or to write an open letter to FIDE. Candidates TournamentThe following are ...
Fide Candidates 2026 finished with Sindarov and Vaishali winning in the open and women's sections, respectively. Women's section was very competitive with five of the eight players being sole or shared leaders in various rounds (even without count...
In a previous blog, I seriously discuss about ways to fix Candidates tournament qualification paths. This time around, we take a casual look into a what if scenario of different lineups in Candidates tournament 2026 open section (without changing ...
Chess world is moving to faster time controls, probably for the worse. But hey, live and let live. For players who are at beginners or intermediate stage, my advice is to avoid playing bullet, and also avoid blitz. True, blitz can be used to prope...
TLDR: How important is it for a coach to stay in shape as a player? And what practices help to this end other than staying active as a player? One method is to revise their material and/or syllabus more than re-using existing material or the mater...
Recently, the chess world has seen the phenomenon of calling the world champion to be underserving of the position (e.g.: Ding and Gukesh). Does this mean that the strength in chess is more volatile than in the past? While this theory cannot be di...
Hi, just a question. Is there a way to see major changes in chess.com? I see that the interface to play game has changed (is it from chess.com beta by the way?). I am so sad to see that challenge lobby is removed. Why does chess.com not even notif...
It is easy to get 100% accuracy (according to chess.com game review) when you play a miniature, (e.g., the opponent is checkmated or resigns or timeouts within 20 moves). This is often possible when one side made some blunders. I have seen games w...
Game review is a popular feature here. Is it becoming bad in quality? If yes, then that should mean a change in the algorithm probably to cater to a different range more, or simply to give out more 'brilliant moves', 'great moves' and 'mista...
I believe that world championship for a chess variant is fair, provided that it is clear in the title that it is the world championship for a variant, not chess. There is bughouse world championship, four-player chess world championship, and wait ...
I find it very strange that rating of the puzzles that are featured in puzzle rush tend to become completely off the mark recently. Earlier, the human feedback of whether the puzzle rating fits was there, and the puzzle ratings made sense at that ...
This is a very simple mate in 2 puzzle:
These are a few of my compositions. I hope the solutions are quite surprising to average chess players. The puzzles are interesting for endgame play with knights on. All problems (except the last) are white to play and win My solution to th...
This one is just for fun. I think average players can enjoy it. This is my composition, not from a game just as you can guess. Give it a try White to play and mate (spot the winning combination)
