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Hello Chess.com blogosphere and affiliated planets! After meeting Elshan Moradiabadi at a tournament in South Carolina, I convinced him to play a few blitz games with me. Now, I'm not a stranger to strong chess players, but I had just won a ...
A couple years ago, while working on Chess.com/tv to make some shows and dabbling in my own youtube channel, I reached out for advice from the Chess.com community and dropped a few of my own thoughts about what made commentated chess enjoyable. &n...
This is it, the last dance is fast approaching, and twinkle toes Wesley So is not about to be put in the corner. With dramatic chess on Saturday and Sunday, we will know the winner of the PCL before Monday. But, if you wanted to kno...
One thing became ultimately clear last week, and that's that having a Super GM on your team is a real advantage. Now, would this be true if their full rating was averaged into the team's stats? I don't know. But what I do know is...
Oh yeah peoples! As they say in Highlander 2 . . . wait, did anyone watch Highlander 2? I'M SO SORRY! You deserve better than that. And you know what's better than Highlander 2? LITERALLY EVERYTHING--but especially better...
Hello you beautiful people! Let's dig into the very first Play-off Season of the Future of Chess that is the PCL. It's time to put on our chess beanies and dig in! MAGNUS VS **Cough cough** I mean, GNOMES VS MOVERS: Norway has gone ...
This will be an interesting one to watch. Many teams have clinched their playoff spots, and I expect them to play with a little less fervor. However, many teams are battling to make it in, and I expect them to go ALL OUT. Here ...
Boom baby! Not only were my predictions Top Friggin' notch last week, all of my featured predictions were correct. Every. Single. One. Read it and weep, (or rejoice, you know, pending on what teams you were going for). But this week ...
Welcome back PCL lovers to another extraordinary day of futuristic explication. Some of the tastiest match-ups this whole season are happening THIS SATURDAY so put on your Chess beanies and grab that chess mug your friends gave you for Chris...
After this prolifically prodigious prestidigitator properly predicted the two biggest upsets of the last two weeks, I feel safe in saying that the next great PCL surprise is contained in the predictions below. Don't believe me? Well too bad! His...
This blog certainly had its doubters after week 1, but who has two thumbs and knew that the Towers would CRUSH the Lions? THIS GUY! With a good showing yesterday, we've come up to the middle of the crystal ball prediction pack, and we'l...
Welcome back guys to another round of predictions. As you may have noticed, I was pretty much the 3rd best crystal ball last week in our predictions competition. Since I was tied for third and there's five of us, I think it's clear tha...
Ever see that kid in the grocery line yelling at his mother because he just HAS TO HAVE THOSE PEANUT M&Ms or he’ll die. That’s me, and mamma just gave me ‘dem M&Ms. The Pro Chess League takes my two great loves, c...
I know, I know, there just aren't enough chess songs. Next to a cure for cancer, it's probably the thing humanity needs the most. Imagine my surprise, then, when I went to watch my friend perform, only to be blessed with the ultimate coffe...
Round seven day 3, still in the hunt for prize money at the World Open, I completely botched my opening as white in a Sicilian. I let the dreaded accelerated dragon accelerate like a punk. And the worst part, and let me know if you fee...
Rounds 4 and 5 of the World Open happened yesterday. Like all young strapping U1600 players, my head was filled with hopes of glory and prize money--but dreams are for the weak! After bombing a game where I was up a pawn, I came back into round ...
Rounds 2 and 3 of the World Open happened yesterday. Have you ever been minding your own business, playing good chess, when someone comes out with the stupidest, least sound opening since the orangutan? Surely that's happened to all of...
It's that time again, where some of Chess.com's finest travel to the World Open to try and make a name, a buck and a few rating points for themselves. Last year, I got to travel with National Master Sam Copeland, strong expert Matt Helfst, a...
In popular culture, the game of chess is synonymous with high intelligence. Those of us who play the game often have our quiet suspicions about the accuracy of this, but it’s clear that clock manufacturers believe that we’re geniuses. ...
I love watching chess. I know, I’m weird, but try to get past that for a second. Chess is, after all, the sport I love. When I watch people of my level or better play, I get the same thrill of competition as I do watching a soccer or baske...
. . . an 1100 player logs onto chess.com for some 3 minute blitz and ends up playing Gata friggin Kamsky. When Chess.com asked if I’d head down to Vegas to help cover a booth at the Millionaire Chess tournament, I couldn’t say ...
After a brief stop to check out the monuments, it was time to return to chess! Outgunned again by over 100 ELO points for my eighth consecutive game as I entered the final round (not sure what the odds on that were) I no longer cared about thi...
After 4 days of grueling chess, the Chess.com Team faced its first casualty. Please honor Patzer24 of the Malicious Matt’s who passed on to tournament heaven after a stirring victory over a 2350 opponent. His ghost was seen sever...
