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Robert_New_Alekhine

Hi Chess Fans!

I am a 2100 rated USCF player (that's 100 points away from master). My blog (https://www.chess.com/blog/Robert_New_Alekhine) is the best read blog on chess.com with over 32,000 reads in the past 9 weeks! 

I am currently looking for some suggestions regarding topics for my blog. If you have any questions related to chess about openings, endgames, general strategy, tactics, improving as a chessplayer, or basically anything chess-related, please ask me here in this forum!

Some of the best questions will be answered in my blog. Thanks! 

MarcoBR444

I suggest:

"How much chess addicts does it take to change a light-bulb?".

You can write a long text to explain this old and important question.

 

"How never lose in chess: I have the solution".

You will write a definitive system that guarantee wins in all games.

 

"How a male pawn is promoted to a queen (female) in chess?"

You will answer this very very very  complicated and delicate question

Chicken_Monster

I would suggest middlegame tactics, strategy, and calucation. I would also suggest more opening studies (expanding further on openings you have already touched upon, as well as new openings). You could make recommendations for various levels (e.g., perhaps a beginner/intermediate would want to learn the QGD, Slav, and parts of 1...e5 before moving to Nimzo, QID/Bogo Complex, Semi-Slav, Ruy Lopez, and Najdorf). Tricks and traps could also be covered (you may have already covered some). Thanks.

MarcoBR444
MarcoBR444 wrote:

I suggest:

"How much chess addicts does it take to change a light-bulb?".

You can write a long text to explain this old and important question.

 

"How never lose in chess: I have the solution".

You will write a definitive system that guarantee wins in all games.

 

"How a male pawn is promoted to a queen (female) in chess?"

You will answer this very very very  complicated and delicate question

More suggestions:

"The Brain Fry Attack: the wonderful attacking game created by The King of Patzers".

You will describe and analyse this system. I can help you if you need.

ozzie_c_cobblepot

How about 5.a3 against the 3...c5 Advance Caro-Kann?

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.a3

Robert_New_Alekhine
MarcoBR444 wrote:

I suggest:

"How much chess addicts does it take to change a light-bulb?".

You can write a long text to explain this old and important question.

 

"How never lose in chess: I have the solution".

You will write a definitive system that guarantee wins in all games.

 

"How a male pawn is promoted to a queen (female) in chess?"

You will answer this very very very  complicated and delicate question 

 

 

As I've mentioned, I will be accepting only serious questions. 

Robert_New_Alekhine
Chicken_Monster wrote:

I would suggest middlegame tactics, strategy, and calucation. I would also suggest more opening studies (expanding further on openings you have already touched upon, as well as new openings). You could make recommendations for various levels (e.g., perhaps a beginner/intermediate would want to learn the QGD, Slav, and parts of 1...e5 before moving to Nimzo, QID/Bogo Complex, Semi-Slav, Ruy Lopez, and Najdorf). Tricks and traps could also be covered (you may have already covered some). Thanks.

Thanks for the ideas. Regarding middlegame tactics, strategy, and calculation, what specifically?

Robert_New_Alekhine
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:

How about 5.a3 against the 3...c5 Advance Caro-Kann?

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.a3

I don't know this line well enough to write a blog on it, but I'll try...nothing useful for an NM like you, though Wink

Tapirello

Investigate whether women really do suck at chess or not. Would recommend checking the head-to-head classical results of Yifan vs Giri and Giri vs Carlsen. You could continue that reasoning with Carlsen vs Nakamura, but please do not shame our permanent #1 bullet master. He is the last hope of men in chess.

Bilbo21

This sounds a bit stupid, and probably a much lower level than you are aiming for, but 'How to properly Blunder Check Moves' would be very helpful!  Not just obvious blunders, like moving your queen to where it can be taken, but seeing moves that your opponent will take advantage of.

Robert_New_Alekhine
Tapirello wrote:

Investigate whether women really do suck at chess or not. Would recommend checking the head-to-head classical results of Yifan vs Giri and Giri vs Carlsen. You could continue that reasoning with Carlsen vs Nakamura, but please do not shame our permanent #1 bullet master. He is the last hope of men in chess.

That's an interesting, highly-debated topic. I'll think about it. My views are in favor of the women. 

Robert_New_Alekhine
Bilbo21 wrote:

This sounds a bit stupid, and probably a much lower level than you are aiming for, but 'How to properly Blunder Check Moves' would be very helpful!  Not just obvious blunders, like moving your queen to where it can be taken, but seeing moves that your opponent will take advantage of.

Sure! That's actually quite an advanced topic, and it's a big part of having the correct thought process. I will definitely do that one! 

MarcoBR444
MarcoBR444 wrote:
MarcoBR444 wrote:

I suggest:

"How much chess addicts does it take to change a light-bulb?".

You can write a long text to explain this old and important question.

 

"How never lose in chess: I have the solution".

You will write a definitive system that guarantee wins in all games.

 

"How a male pawn is promoted to a queen (female) in chess?"

You will answer this very very very  complicated and delicate question

More suggestions:

"The Brain Fry Attack: the wonderful attacking game created by The King of Patzers".

You will describe and analyse this system. I can help you if you need.

 

Robert, these questions are serious, if you analyse them by the correct point of view.

xming

I believe it was Capablanca who said "just one" when asked how many moves ahead does he look.  Elaborate on that.  What are the strengths and weaknesses of that idea.  Was he just pulling our leg or what?

Robert_New_Alekhine

I think he was just pulling our leg. Just looking one move ahead wouldn't get you any higher than a 1300 player. 

xming

maybe he meant forced moves

superdrewe53

I tend to lose my games in the middlegame, so what to look out for would be extremely useful

DuckyMcDuckface

Is it revolting or disgusting that rna revolted inside our revolution?

Chicken_Monster
Robert_New_Alekhine wrote:
Chicken_Monster wrote:

I would suggest middlegame tactics, strategy, and calucation. I would also suggest more opening studies (expanding further on openings you have already touched upon, as well as new openings). You could make recommendations for various levels (e.g., perhaps a beginner/intermediate would want to learn the QGD, Slav, and parts of 1...e5 before moving to Nimzo, QID/Bogo Complex, Semi-Slav, Ruy Lopez, and Najdorf). Tricks and traps could also be covered (you may have already covered some). Thanks.

Thanks for the ideas. Regarding middlegame tactics, strategy, and calculation, what specifically?

I don't know a lot about these things (hence the request), but I would imagine they would include, inter alia, topics such as the use and creatiion of open and semi-open files, Rook lifts, setting up and executing various tactics that commonly occur (mating nets, attraction, deflection, tempo gain, Zugswang, etc.), analyzing candidate moves, how to calculate and think about chess, positional considerations, breaking through the pawn position, attack in general and attacking the King, breaking through a castle (or preventing the same), sacrifices, how the pieces move and castling (teasing on that part...I'm just seeing if you are actually reading this), critical squares for blocked and passed pawns, defense of the King and in general, how to analyze your own games post-mortem...

Robert_New_Alekhine
superdrewe53 wrote:

I tend to lose my games in the middlegame, so what to look out for would be extremely useful

That's such a wider topic that a 100 blogs would not do it justice. Not even a 1000.

Please specify.