Warm greetings fellow chess players! Since I have seen numerous players complain about the unpleasant queen moves coming from Nelson I thought it is about time to show how to neutralize them; not only as white, but also as black! *The nelson bot...
Numerous players in chess.com forums and in their discord have been very frustrated by Nelson´s aggressive playing style. For those who do not know he is a chess.com bot with a rating of 1300. So I thought why not create an article and a video on ...
Hello dear chess players! Today I will share with you an example to display the power of the bishop pair. The bishop pair often gains its power in endgames when there are pawns on both sides of the board as in the 23rd game in the world champions...
Warm greetings dear chess players! Today I uncovered a chess treasure that I am sure you will enjoy! In this game from 1923 Frank Marshall was playing white against AJ McClure. Unfortunately the previous moves of the game remain undocumented a...
Greetings dear chess players! This game played in 1851 in London by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky begun with 1.e4 e5 and then 2.f4 is played by Adolf Anderssen. This is the Kings gambit which is objectively considered inaccurate and ...
Rook endgames video title Today you will learn about the most important endgame of them all!As put by none other than Mark Dvorestky, legendary chess coach of the soviet and later Russian chess school. They arise the most often as the minor pie...
To checkmate with a knight and bishop is not easy; unless you know how! Today you will learn how to checkmate with a knight and bishop against a lone king. While this endgame is relatively rare it helps us understand how the knight and bishop coo...
There are many fascinating features on chess.com. Today I will talk about my favorite. #5 Puzzle Rush This feature was introduced to chess.com in 2017 and was a big hit ever since. To find it just press the puzzle icon on the left hand side whe...
Tata steel master. One of the first elite over the board chess tournament in months. Nils Grandelius was playing against Pentala Harikrishna from India with the white pieces. At this point in time Nils Grandelius had a fantastic start to the tourn...
Hello dear chess fans! After solving chess studies for 3-4 hours daily for a week I have found one chess study that I in particular wanted to share. The aforementioned training mechanisms was proposed by none other than Praggnanandhaa´s coach Ram...
This Tuesday I was dreaming that I was playing an over the board game against an opponent I know quite well who is also a fide master. We were playing the game in OSS which is a chess club in Oslo. I happen to remember the first moves of our game ...
Greetings fellow chess players! Let me talk about something in chess that most players and coaches tend to omit. How to not get distracted by your opponents in chess. Have you ever played against a stunningly gorgeous lady, an opponent who would...
Greetings fellow lovers of the chess game! It was the final round of the Russian chess championship. Sergey Karjakin was leading the tournament alongside Ian Nepomniatchi. The tension was in the air when Karjakin sat down to play Daniil Dubov whi...
Hello everyone! Now with the corona virus we all sit at home and have little access to tournaments. However I recently played for my club in the nordic chess championship which chess.com organized online (big thanks to them for making this event p...
