Back to Top“Puisqu'Amour le commande et veut” is in French and it means “since love commands and wants it” in English. This line is from the poem Le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot) by Chrétien de Troyes. Today...
Back to TopHello all and welcome back to the Saxly Pirate! I have the task of writing a blog for Season 10 Week 2 qualifier for the blogging competition BlogChamps. The first step in writing a blog is to come up with a topic to talk about of cou...
Chess was the only way to survive in the Soviet Union without being a part of the system. It was a state within a state, with its own rules. And sometimes, it was more political than politics itself. - Garry Kasparov Intro Hey everyone!...
Hello all! Welcome back to another post of The Saxly Pirate. When I watch players at a tournament play chess, I often see that many listen to music while they are playing a game. Example: This made me wonder if listening to music actually h...
Hello all! Welcome to my blog. I have been really busy with school and all that good stuff, so I have been away for a while. It has been over 4 months since I have played a rapid game, so I decided to play 3 games and see how well I would do. Di...
Now before yall go crazy and report me to chess.com, I love Magnus Carlsen. He is amazing at chess and does not suck at it. Next, don't take this to heart, I mean most of yall are try hards. Ok so don't report me ok, ok. Ok now lets start ...
Is chess better than checkers, or is checkers better than chess? This debate has been around for a long time, and I see it everywhere. At my school, on clubs, and forums. So today on the Saxly Pirate, I want you to join me in finding out what game...
Chess and fishing, two different sports that are completely different, have things in common? Well, today on the Saxly Pirate, I will be examining how chess and fishing are surprisingly similar in some ways. Don't believe me? Then keep reading thi...
Hi everyone, welcome back to The Saxly Pirate (instead of weekly pirate, it is saxly). So on April 22, 2023, my school district hosted a tournament, and I decided to go, thinking that this would be easy since a lot of kids in my school aren't that...
Welcome back, and I thank you for reading my blog. Today I will be introducing a new series, chess through the states. It will feature the best grandmaster (GM), international master (IM), and FIDE master (FM) in each state and how good that state...
Hello, and welcome back to another blog of mine! I am sure that almost everyone has gotten mad at chess and wants to quit. Actually, I feel like that right now, so I thought that I should make a blog about it and do my own studies about this topic...
Welcome back! This is my second part in the series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess". This one is about openings. If you haven't checked out my last blog in this series and you just started chess, you need to read it first. This blog is about the ...
Welcome to my new series, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Chess", made by yours truly. In this series I will be talking about different things to help you at chess, like openings, traps, promotions, and most importantly, how to suck at chess like me (n...
This is a guide to having a club on Chess.com. If you own a club or want to own a club, this is for you. The Start: First things first, you need a club. In order to do so, you need to have a membership. Now that that's settled, let's begin. Cho...
There are 3 types of membership you can get on chess.com: Gold Platinum Diamond If you are thinking about getting a membership, read this first. Ask yourself "do I really need it?" In this blog I will show if it really is worth it. Gold - $6....
This is the king's gambit- It is one of the oldest documented openings of chess. Thought top players nowadays don't really use this opening at all. But that doesn't mean you can't learn it, and use it. Maybe just Maybe since it is more uncommo...
Welcome back to another opening "lesson" This time I am going to talk about the "Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation". Long isn't it. This what the "Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation" looks like: To some people i...
Here are the results for game 1 of Untitled Friday 12:30 PM, central time: Contestants: @snoopdogg0192 @Drdre9614 @spins5mE @KingMonkey400 Results: 1. @spins5mE 2. @Drdre9614 3. @KingMonkey400 4. @snoopdogg0192 UF Saturday Event at 2:00...
Game 1: Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: UF Saturday Event on Aug 6 at 2:00 PM Central Time: Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: UF Saturday Event on Aug 6 at 5:30 PM Central Time: Round 1: Round 2: Round 3:
This is the Wayward Queen Attack: This opening can also turn into a 4 move checkmate like this: This opening is used by lower rated players like me, and this opening can either be good or bad. The good part is that you can get checkmate early ...
Tournament 1 at 2:30PM Central Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Tournament 2
Once again today was Untitled Friday with many exciting games. Untitled Friday - Tournament 1 at 2:30 PM Central Time The contestants were @00mr00 - @jay_1944 - @Alberthepirate - @shalag Results #1 @00mr00 #2 @shalag @jay_1944 and @Alberth...
Hey there, welcome to my blogs! I am an average blogger hoping to compete and move up high in blog champs. I also one day want to have one of my blogs show up on the main blog tab. Although it would be cool to be a top blogger, it doesn't matter that much as long as I try my best. If you want to help support me follow my profile and read my blogs so I know that there are people out there that actually look and read my blogs.
Now I will present to you my best and worst blog (pictures are clickable)
Best Blog So Far(will be updated):
My Worst Blog so far when I started to get serious about blogging:
