Hey, everyone. Fortunately, I am blessed to have the opportunity to play in a tournament tomorrow! I'm super excited, especially since I did not know if I was going to be able to have the opportunity, so all thanks to the most high for...
Hey everyone. First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who have left a comment or message in support of these blogs over the past few days. It truly does mean a lot. For this edition, I'd like to highlight the importance of creatin...
Hey, everyone. I'm really stoked to write this blog, as it focuses on my favorite chess player, Alireza Firouzja! Right now, I'm studying his Caro-Kann games, as he is the greatest player who plays the Caro-Kann regularly, which, coinc...
Hey, everyone. For today's training, I decided to go back and review a game that I played over a year ago in my last tournament, in order to not repeat the same mistake twice. In my opinion, a way to improve at everything in life is to...
Hey everyone, for today's training, I went bold and decided to try out my first lesson on Chess.com. This tool has not been talked about much in the chess community, in my opinion, and I thought that it would be worth my time to try out. I...
Hey, everyone. So, today was a tough day for chess. Unfortunately, I was unable to solve my tactics in the warmup, and that led to 2 training games in which my opponent smoked me, leaving me to ask myself only one question: What are yo...
Hey, everyone. First of all, thank you so much for the kind comments. I really appreciate it. Today, I finally felt as if I began to settle into a groove with the puzzles, as I went 8/10 and am inching closer to a 2400 puzzle rat...
Hey everyone, happy start to the weekend. This morning, I came to a revelation. Personally, I felt as if I should be focusing more on getting myself into as good of tactical shape as possible in order to be my best self for the upcomin...
Hey, everyone. Today was day 3, and after a day of work, I finally got to sit down and play chess. I warmed up with a new tactical set, where again I scored 6/10, attempting to solve each one thoroughly. On one of them, I became ...
Hey, everyone. Thanks so much for all of y'all who provided great feedback on yesterday's blog. I really appreciate those who had positive words. Today was day 1 of my training, and although it was difficult, I am proud above all...
Hey, everyone. My name is Jack Connelly, and this is my return to chess.Some of you may relate to this story; I began playing chess at 15 years old, and was immediately hooked. Day and night, all I did was study and play chess. I...
Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of blog posts these past few months. With my own chess, high school graduation, and other things going on in my personal life, there hasn't been a lot of time for me to write! However, about a month ago I...
Winning at chess is fun. I’d argue that there are few other feelings better than defeating an opponent, whether it be by a swift, beautiful checkmate, or by a long, grind-it-out type of match. All of the Top Grandmasters, many of...
Road to NM: The Trials and Tribulations of Being an Improving Chess Player Hey everyone! Today I thought that I’d get a little bit more personal with my writing and talk about my chess journey. I started playing chess 3 years ago w...
“If chess is art, his creativity creates a stunning canvas. If chess is science, his original ideas and intuitive play question many hypotheses. And if chess is a sport, his fighting spirit and passion over the board brings the a...
May the chess world rejoice! Hey guys, I'm publishing a new article this coming week, but I just had to give my kudos to GM Hikaru Nakamura for being the first chess streamer/personality to make it to the holy grail of one million followers!&nbs...
I’m sure that the majority of you reading this have seen or heard of the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, released this past October. In fact, this series has become so popular that it became the number one show in 12 count...
Jorden van Foreest: An Underdog Chess Story If you are a chess fan out there, you likely watched the 2021 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, the first super-tournament of the year held in the Netherlands. I did as well, and I was very surprised ...
2020: The Year of Chess I think that all of us can agree on this statement: 2020 was a tough year. It was tough for the whole entire world, as we dealt with a pandemic that took away millions of lives and jobs. However, for the chess...
Hi everyone, Happy Holidays! Sorry for not uploading a blog last week, as I was busy with my school exams. If you are a deep thinker like myself, you may have thought about existential purpose. I was asked, “why do you play chess...
In sports, especially in the sport of basketball, debates rage on about one question: “Who is the GOAT?” GOAT is an acronym that stands for the greatest of all time. If you are a fan of professional sports like I am, you hear...
As many know, The Netflix Series The Queen’s Gambit has exploded in popularity all over the world, having amassed more than 62 million views in the first four weeks. Many have written blogs and articles about the Queen’s Gambit, but no...
How did a 16 year old kid rise to the elite levels of chess, becoming a super grandmaster and defeating the strongest players in the world, such as World Number one Magnus Carlsen? Meet Alireza Firouzja. Now 17 years old, the Iranian teenager ro...
