I met David in 1978 and enjoyed watching his chess career unfold. He has played some of the best players in the USA and held his own with them! His new book, My Joyous Battles With Chess Villains was just released and is for sale on Amazon.co...
I am offering a free simulations to members of my video lessons club (Third largest club on chess.com!) Details here: https://www.chess.com/news/view/play-coach-bill-sunday-march-29 Questions? Please ask!
How to improve your play? I offered this question in my free video lessons course on YouTube nearly 4 years ago. My group rose to be the 2nd largest on chess.com. Anyway, my theory is if you ask 10 chess masters how to improve you're going to get ...
Memorial Day Weekend, May 23 to 25, I traveled to Tucson, Arizona to compete in the US Amateur West chess championship. The year before, I had won the senior prize. I blundered a Rook in round 2 and couldn't recover to play the eventual winner....
I thought I would share a game of mine in parts. Let you predict my moves. This game was played in the US Amateur Championship in Tucson, AZ last May. My opponent is a young teen who was rated 1700 and is already over 1900 to date. I'm hoping he ...
No matter how much you study chess, you wil not reach your goals of improvement unless you get out and play. The following groups fill this need, and two of them provide proven and free coaching resources from myself and NM Dan Heisman, one of Ame...
Sorry I took so long following up to my last blog. I got sick with the flu right after I said I would update and once I recovered, I have been teaching chess pretty much non-stop. Meanwhile, my video lessons groups is quickly approaching 10,0...
Today I will discuss opening preparation. If you study a lot of theory, you can gain often get a comfortable game. If you're willing to try a less popular variation, you could catch an opponent by surprise. I have more examples of this in blogs to...
Sorry for delay ingetting the next part posted. Been extremely busy with a flock of new online students, etc. Before I show the solution to the last puzzle I gave, I just want to remind everyone about my video lessons group. For nearly 3 years...
As my video lesson 001 points out, you can immprove your game by analyzing it afterwards. I have several hundred game analysis videos on my playlists, you will learn a lot by watching those. I was digging through my old games and found one from 1...
For those new to this series, feel free to check out my blog and see the first 8 parts. My mission for the last 2.5 years has been to teach you to teach yourself how to become a chess master. My YouTube videos show you how. This blog series is to ...
Last time, I left of with this position, and I offer the concluding moves as the game was quickly drawn. The draw helped my team win the match, but there were some potential winning chances here for me. My video lesson 001 teaches you impr...
Today I want to discuss instinct in chess, at least how I apply it. This example will endeavor to show how I applied it in a given postion back in 1987. I'll let you in on a little secret. I rarely calculate continuations in positions beyond keepi...
I left off in part 5 with this position: Both sides were oblivious to the mating combination Black has with 36....Qxg2+ 37. Rxg2 Rf1#. It was there next move as well as White was trying to clear the Queening square a8, and Black was trying to ...
I left off part 4 with this position: http://www.chess.com/blog/aww-rats/yes-you-can-become-a-chess-master-heres-how-part-4 White has a forced mate and over the next few moves, misses 31. Ne7+ Kb6 32. a5#. Granted, it's still a 15 1 game with p...
I left off part 3 with a postion which did not occur in the game. There is a puzzle if you would like to solve it before you read on. http://www.chess.com/blog/aww-rats/yes-you-can-become-a-chess-master-heres-how-part-3 Here is the position, wh...
Continuing from part 2 of this series, we left off with the following position, where Black is threatening mate in one in two ways on g2, with both the Queen and the Bishop. First, let me explain a thinking deficiency with an example. A few day...
Welcome back to part 2 of this series! Thanks to all who posted in part 1. http://www.chess.com/blog/aww-rats/yes-you-can-become-a-chess-master-heres-how-part-1 This blog series is dedicated to backing up my free video lessons course on YouTube, a...
I've been touting how to become a chess master it for 2.5 years on YouTube, summarized in 37 minutes. There are many ways players become chess masters, I teach how I did it. Best part, it's all for free! My YouTube channel is here, look for my...
March 14, 1982, Labate's Chess Centre, Downey, CA. I posted a video of this game a couple years ago, but was recently given photographs by a friend. Sadly, Tigran passed away just two years later. He caught me in a line he knew and I didn't and I ...
This game didn't win a prize, but it is one of my favorites for the material imbalance by giving up my Queen and a Pawn for three minor pieces. Notes are mine from the September-October issue of Rank and File. I know there were other ways to win ...
Back in February 1990, I briefly had a 2300+ rating and was drafted into a team with a high average rating, 2195 for the US Amateur Team Championship West.. We also had a gimmick to try for the best promotional prize, we would dress up as the Fo...
What is your rating and how strong do you think you are? Read on and I'll show you how to decide this. We know ratings measure your playing strength, but do you belong at your current rating or are you underrated? For USCF members, your rating...
My video lessons group is the 3rd largest on chess.com with over 8,300 members. One nice feature we offer is a number of titled players who graciously offer to give simuls to our members. We are looking for more! It's a great way to get more expos...
Would you like to play a long game, 90 30, against a titled player, and see a video where I explain exactly what I was thinking about when I selected my moves? Well, you can, and it's all free. Long games are a great way to improve your play and y...
