Hi all,During my recent games, there has been a very much reoccurring tactical theme; a pseudo knight sacrifice. During the last two weeks, I've played two classical games in my local chess club. In those two games in total I've made three (!) pse...
A Norwegian partysinger and partysongwriter wrote a song to honor Magnus Carlsen during the World Championships. Just recently he has completed the music video, and he got GM Simen Agdestein and GM Aryan Tari, among other chess celebrities with hi...
From time to time you will find yourself in a lost position. Most of those times you will also lose the game, but there are often ways to try and fight back and swindle your opponent. Let's look at an example: White could have played much bet...
Puzzle 1 (Easy) White to move (Actual game line)After playing a horrible endgame the exchange up I was finally given the opportunity to play out a tactical move to end the game by resignation. Puzzle 2 (Medium) White to move (Actual game line...
It's time for the third post of my new series.Three new puzzles for you to enjoy. Have fun.Puzzle 1 (Easy) White to move (Actual game line)Black is in a really bad shape already, but how did I convince him to finally resign? Puzzle 2 (Medium) Wh...
Are you ready for day 2 of my new series?Here are three new puzzles based on games of mine. We will start off with a simple puzzlePuzzle 1 (Easy) Black to move: (Actual game line) Give yourself a pat on the back if you found the alternate solut...
Hello and welcome. From this day on I will be starting a new series here on my chess.com blog. I will be posting three puzzles each day. Most of them will be tactical puzzles, but occasionally there might be a few strategical ones aswell. The puzz...
I was playing a game on chess.com yesterday, and while I thought I found a quite strong move during the game, it was only afterwards I realized how beautiful it actually is. The game started off with the following moves; White asks the bishop to...
PonzianiA very underestimated opening, at least amongs beginners. The play gets really sharp and knowing the lines are very essential in order to get a good position and not fall for any tactical tricks. I'll probably post more on the Ponziani lat...
