Whether you’re a beginner learning the ropes or an advanced player sharpening your tactics, chess apps have revolutionized how we study and play chess. With powerful engines, interactive lessons, and global online communities, these apps mak...
Welcome back to another blog post, and today I will be sharing ten tactics that can help you achieve some wins. So without further ado, let's dive straight in. 1. Fool’s MateFool’s Mate is the shortest possible checkmate, complete...
In a recent game I playedhttps://www.chess.com/game/live/141851014640How I Made My Brilliant Move If you visit the game and review it, you'll see that my opponent blundered a lot of pieces, giving me the advantage. But he held up solid defense a...
I have officially started to play chess again! I played this game https://www.chess.com/game/live/141766798168We played and Guioco Piano Main Line Opening, and my opponent played Ng5 and tried to fork my queen and rook. I was ready, though, becaus...
Hello and welcome back to another Amazing_Plane Blog!!! I have not posted since early 2025(Sorry to all my chess fans). Due to sports tournaments and other reasons, I have not made any chess blogs for a while. This blog marks my return to chess fo...
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For nearly one year, I have not played chess. But recently, I have decided to start to play again. So with some preparation, I went to the state chess championship. Since I have not played in a long time, I thought maybe 2 or 3 games out of 6. Did...
Hi! Today I will be showing the craziest game I've ever played. In the game, I was down a queen and somehow survived 40+ moves. Here's the game: I lost my queen on move 18, and survived to 62. So after some mental math, I got a grand total of ...
So, welcome to the 35th tourney blog. I played 3 games, and lost all due to inactivity on chess. Without further ado, let's get started. Game 1: I was relived after my opponent missed an opportunity to capture my bishop, but I made man...
Welcome to The Tourney Blog 34!! Firstly, sorry for not posting in about 3 months. I was busy with other activities. And second, I decided to change the name of the blog to The Tourney Blog. Since I haven't played in a few months, I wasn't expecti...
Welcome to the 33rd Tourney Blog! Today I'll be talking and walking you through my 3 games I played OTB. There's nice weather today, so I decided to do the blog outside. Ok, lets get started with game 1 out of 3: And of course, my notation i...
Hi and welcome to the special edition of the Weekly Tournament Blog. Today I'll share my 6 games played in the NC State Championship. So we left on Friday, which was one day early. But I figured it would be better to leave in advance than leave a ...
Welcome back to the tourney blog! Today I'll be showing my 3 games I played. Oh, and the next week, I'll post my games at the NC Regional Tournament. But anyways, I played my first game as black, and here's what happened: This is as much as my n...
Hello and welcome back to the 30th tourney blog! Today I'll share my 3 games at my tourney, so let's get started. So my first and second games notation both got messed up, and I'll tell you how in a few moments. So according to what I have for ga...
Hi, Happy Chinese New Year, and welcome back to the tourney blog. Today, I have 3 game to show and explain. Things got off to a rough start when I lost the first game as I lost as black. My notation was messed up for all 3 games, so I can only e...
Hello and welcome back to the 28th blog of the Weekly Tournament Blog! Today I will be showing the 3 games at my tourney. I unfortunately lost my notation for the 1st game, so I'll describe the game. So I started off with the Italian Game, and I...
Hi! It's @Amazing_Plane and today I will be showing the 3 games I played in a tournament. Here is all I notated for game 1 So after that, both players' notation messed up and disagreed. But the opponent kept me under pressure, putting a solid p...
Hi, it's @Amazing_Plane and I wanted to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I found out that you get a summary of the year and I got my results a few days ago. I beat an 1876-rated player. And I also solved (got correct) 419 puzzles, ranking m...
Hello guys and welcome back! Today I'll be discussing my games at my chess tourney. I messed up the notation by accident so I'll explain it. I played the Italian Game and went up a pawn. But a few moves later, my opponent won the pawn back. Then, ...
Hello and welcome back to the tournament blog! Today I'll be talking about my 4/5 game score in my tournament. My first opponent forfeited unexpectedly, and I had to play a 560. Unfortunately, I messed up the notation, so I'll explain the game. W...
Welcome back to the tourney blog!! Today I'll be showing you my 3 games in a tournament. For game #1, I was taking on a girl 10 rating points higher than me. I sat down and began playing as black. I messed up on the notation, so I'll explain. My o...
In this blog, I'll be talking about how I managed to raise my rating. Since June of 2023, 6 months ago, my rating went on a steady descent from 1200-750 USCF. No matter how much Chess.com puzzles or lessons I took, I couldn't overcome my rating lo...
Hi!!!! Welcome back to the tourney blog! I'll be going through my 3 games. I got a result of 2.5/3, winning me 1st place, my first trophy in about 5 months. My opponent was over 150 rating points higher than me (899). But I still outplayed him w...
Hello guys! Welcome back to the Tourney blog! Sorry for not posting in a few weeks, since I had a rough time in chess. Alright, let's get started! I lost Game 1, and here's how: I blundered the exchange in the opening, so I was already on thin i...
Hi! Today I'll be walking through my 4 games at Duke. I'm not using my notation, so I'll explain. I played e4, and we did an intense middlegame. He won many pawns, leading to promotion, and I had to resign. I took a short break and walked around ...
