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I played a brilliant move!!!

I played a brilliant move!!!

Verne9
| May 17, 2022
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Today I played a brilliant move against another chess.com player named gusser42. It was a comeback win (with also a lot of blunders.) I am only an 1100 in rapid chess so most of the moves are not that good.  At the very end of the game, I found a ...

Top Three Chess Moments in 2021 : Chess Goals

Top Three Chess Moments in 2021 : Chess Goals

Verne9
| Jan 22, 2022
| 230
| 0

#3. ABDUSATTOROV WINS WORLD RAPID CHAMPIONSHIP. Just a few days ago Nodirbek Abdusattorov, won the World Rapid Championship. He got there by beating GMs Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, and Magnus Carlsen. Then he was tied for 1st with Nepo and ...

Am Really, Really Sorry

Am Really, Really Sorry

Verne9
| Dec 31, 2021
| 209
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My chess.com account was closed unfairly during the World Championship, so my series of blogs went unpublished. I hope you were not relying on this and think is not over . (Yes Carlsen won.) I am planning to continue my blogging soon and I hope y...

Nepo,Carlsen G3-5 Three More Draws

Nepo,Carlsen G3-5 Three More Draws

Verne9
| Dec 1, 2021
| 174
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I am sorry that these posts are overdue. I have been slightly busy lately but anyway here is the abriged version of my posts for everyone. Here are the games annotated by Sam Shankland. And with that bye and see you on Friday.                ...

Nepo,Carlsen G2 Repeat Story Nepo draws with Black

Nepo,Carlsen G2 Repeat Story Nepo draws with Black

Verne9
| Nov 27, 2021
| 233
| 0

Again we have another very interesting draw with Nepo as black and Magnus as white. Yesterday neither of the players were very excited about the outcome. So today everybody was hoping that we would have a win or a loss today. Spectators were again...

Nepo,Carlsen G1 Nepo Surprises Draws with White.

Nepo,Carlsen G1 Nepo Surprises Draws with White.

Verne9
| Nov 26, 2021
| 361
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I am back for the first game of the Nepo-Carlsen match. In this first game Nepo was doing quite well but then got the heat turned on under him, still he did quite well and surprised everyone with his wonderful play under pressure. The two players ...

World Chess Championship and some updates

World Chess Championship and some updates

Verne9
| Nov 25, 2021
| 126
| 1

Here is just a quick update on what I am planning to do regarding blogging during the World Chess Championship. I know all of you have been hoping and waiting for tommorow when the FIDE World Chess Championship starts. I am planning to do a quick ...

The Immortal Draw

The Immortal Draw

Verne9
| Nov 19, 2021
| 1,196
| 1

Probably not many of you of you who are reading this have heard of this immortal game. Lets without any dillydallying dive right in. We start with just a few typical moves. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 This next move is just slightly lame. White plays,...

No Castling Chess

No Castling Chess

Verne9
| Sep 8, 2021
| 589
| 4

Hi this is Verne9 back again with another blog this time on No Castling Chess. Most of you probably did not know that Vladimir Kramnik was the first person to suggest it saying that we need a bigger challenge in chess. "For chess to flourish we ...

What to do when your losing: Puzzles  Part 2

What to do when your losing: Puzzles Part 2

Verne9
| Jul 27, 2021
| 165
| 1

                                                So this is part 2 in my series about What To Do When Your Losing. In my first blog I talked about what to do. In this one I am going to show you a few puzzles which will help you practice what you j...

What to do when your losing: Tips Part 1

What to do when your losing: Tips Part 1

Verne9
| Jul 27, 2021
| 123
| 1

What to do when You're Losing. This is going to be the first in a two part series. This is the first one with the rules and the second one will be puzzles. Here is something to remember when you think about resigning.                             ...

Young Rising Stars: Part 3  Abhimanyu Mishra

Young Rising Stars: Part 3 Abhimanyu Mishra

Verne9
| Jun 30, 2021
| 245
| 0

Prodigy, Youngest IM ever, first place in ChessKid National Invitational, Trained with Gary Kasparov, Youngest American Expert/Master. Who is this you are definintly asking, Abhimanyu Mishra. Oh and that's not it YOUNGEST GM EVER. Abhimanyu Mishra...

Young Rising Stars: Part 1 Tani

Young Rising Stars: Part 1 Tani

Verne9
| Jun 16, 2021
| 495
| 5

          Tanitowula Adewumi Biography:  Tani is a ten year old boy who now lives in New York. But he did not always live their. He was born in Nigeria in a Christian family. After experiencing persecution by the Boko Haram they moved to New Yor...

Young Rising Stars: Part 1 Brewington

Young Rising Stars: Part 1 Brewington

Verne9
| May 13, 2021
| 173
| 0

Brewington Hardaway Biography: Brewington Hardaway is an awesome chess player who first learned how to play chess in kindergarten because his parents wanted to pick him and his sister who went to to chess club. Since then he has become one of th...

Young Rising Stars Series

Young Rising Stars Series

Verne9
| May 11, 2021
| 132
| 1

I am starting another series on Young Rising Stars. This will have a short biography and if possible a short interview. The first one will be about Brewington who is a real superstar (pun intended, a super nova maybe?)! Brewington Blog Tani will...

The Immortal Game

The Immortal Game

Verne9
| May 6, 2021
| 493
| 3

               The Immortal Game Today I will be starting a new series. The new series will be called...                                  The Immortal ____________ This series will be on different chess games, swindles, draws and more! I hope y...

Immortal ______ series guide

Immortal ______ series guide

Verne9
| Apr 17, 2021
| 238
| 3

In this new series we will have a lot of  Immortal games, draws, swindles, and meme games. There will be 4 different sections in these blogs.  What is The Immortal ________ In this first section we explain where the game was played. Who the pl...

To Play or not to Play? Bullet Chess the ups and downs

To Play or not to Play? Bullet Chess the ups and downs

Verne9
| Apr 10, 2021
| 448
| 2

As the bullet championship wraps up people are even more asking whether or not you should play bullet. Is bullet bad for your chess skills? This blog is not to provide the ultimate answer but instead to explain what I think about it. Bullet Cham...

Grandmaster Draws???!!!

Grandmaster Draws???!!!

Verne9
| Apr 1, 2021
| 300
| 3

Did anyone see the game with Firouzja playing Hikaru in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational? I sure did. After 14 moves they drawed by threefold repetition! Here is the game. And oh yes, this  happened eight times in that one tournament. And it jus...

15 Great Chess Quotes

15 Great Chess Quotes

Verne9
| Feb 20, 2021
| 636
| 1

Hi there, I am back to show you some really inspirational chess quotes that I hope will inspire you like they did me. Here you will find quotes by the best chess players of all time such as Bobby Fisher, Kramnik, Lasker, Morphy, and many others. L...

You can't spell Chess without spelling Hess

You can't spell Chess without spelling Hess

Verne9
| Feb 10, 2021
| 319
| 5

Robert Hess is a GM who went to Yale and now has joined the Chess.com staff team he often streams with Rensch and other famous streamers. For a while while it still existed he would explain games on ChessCenter the show where we all learn what is ...

Controversy about Firouzja and Tata Steel

Controversy about Firouzja and Tata Steel

Verne9
| Feb 4, 2021
| 545
| 6

Two days ago on Monday in the last round of Tata Steel while  GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek were playing there epic battle, where Alireza Firoujza was in a better posisition chief arbiter Pavel Votruba interfered with them and aske...

A cool Bughouse Game I played

A cool Bughouse Game I played

Verne9
| Jan 16, 2021
| 133
| 4

                    Never Resign How many times has someone told you never to resign. This game I played shows you why many times during this game I felt like resigning but I kept on going and won the game.

Ryo Chen Superstar

Ryo Chen Superstar

Verne9
| Jan 14, 2021
| 1,116
| 0

Ryo Chen the 10 year old superstar has been climbing through the ranks and getting a lot better. Here is one of his games from the Chesskid Youth Speed Chess Championship, which he won. This is the last game of the finals. Ryo lives in Texas and...

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