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Chessable Author Three new books are in development in collaboration with IM@AttilaTurzo: KIMPLODES! Human Analysis. The goal is to provide a way to analyze your games before asking a silicon chess god to provide incomprehensible answers. Volume 1 will be for Beginner to Intermediate level players. Volume 2 is tentatively aimed at Intermediate to Advanced, and Volume 3 at Advanced to Expert. You can expect to see Volume 1 by June 2026, with the other volumes following shortly thereafter.

Prior Books: Secrets of Trapping Pieces: Fundamentals and Secrets of Trapping Pieces.

Blogger:
KevinChessSmith’s Blog - Chess.com
Surprise winner of Season 6 on BlogChamps. (I was surprised!)
Judge for subsequent competitions on BlogChamps. Judge for The Blogger Awards v2.0.

My Clubs:
The Blogger Awards v 2.0 Reincarnation of the original TBA. Bloggers contest monthly for ten awards, including Best Blog.

Me Tomar. Me blog. Me read blogs. "Me Tomar" is not spanish...in this instance. Basically, this club is a holding spot for various tidbits of info about blogging. Closing it would discomfit absolutely no one.

Favorite openings: Ruy Lopez, both sides. I simply resign if White plays 1 d2-d4, and offer a draw if White plays c2-c4. What I like in chess: weak squares Favorite players: Bent Larsen.

Who am I? Basically, just some yahoo who makes inexplicable blunders, whether OTB or online (mouse slips are explicable, but annoying).

Some key blogs:

Monthly Posts About Chess Player Birthdays

February Babies: A Chess Zodiac

Secrets of Trapping Pieces: One Blog to Link Them All
A series about trapping knights, bishops, rooks, and queens...maybe even a king.👑

KIMPLODES! Explosive Analysis Approach--Break it up, baby!
A how-to-analyze series based on the acronym KIMPLODES!

Secrets of Trapping Pieces: Anastasia's Mate
An entire series dedicated to mating configurations.

My Experiences Writing a Second Book – "Secrets of Trapping Pieces: Foundations"

How to Cheat at Chess: Today's Tawdry Tricks to Tomorrow's Taunting Truths
Some satire for those who choose to indulge.

All 101 Reasons I Hate Chess A bit more satire for those who enjoy such.

Blog below has links to #45 - 50

HoF #44: Leko–"The Cement Meister"

The chess personalities with the greatest quotes

Chess QuoteMaster #10: GM Andrew Soltis