Hello everyone, welcome back to another blog post. Today, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on chess—and why I’ve decided to step away from the game.Introduction: ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ First, I should st...
Happy Holidays, everyone! Welcome back to another OTB journey blog post. As many of you know, I concluded my Road to Master series earlier this year when I became a National Master in March. I needed some time off from the improvement journey si...
Hello everyone, welcome back to another blog post! Today, I will be going over what I believe to be the most straightforward study habits to improve your chess game. As I'm starting my own chess coaching journey, what better way to kick things off...
Hello everyone, welcome back to my 11th blog post! This is the 10th and final volume of my Road To Master series. As you can probably tell, I did become a National Master. Depending on when you're reading this blog, I might or might not have the...
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another blog post. Today's blog will be different from my usual content. I've decided to share my accomplishments in chess up to this point. Let's rewind to April 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. &nb...
Hi everyone, welcome back to my 9th blog post! My first blog of 2023 too. Volume 9 of the Road To Master Series. I know I haven't blogged in a while, recently I've been busy but I've still been playing OTB tournaments here and there. I was hesit...
Hi everyone, welcome to my 8th blog post! Volume 8 of the Road To Master Series and my final blog post of 2022. From September 12th to November 21st I played in the Toronto Closed hosted by the Annex Chess Club. This tournament had a...
Hi all, welcome back to another blog post! The 7th one of my Road To Master series. Last month during November 11th to the 13th I competed in the 2022 Banff Open, located in Banff, Alberta. The trip was awesome, the thumbnail of this blog ...
Hi everyone, welcome to my 6th blog post! Volume 6 of the Road To Master Series. Last month during October 7th to the 9th I competed in the 2022 Mississauga Fall Championship! Once again I was in the top section instead of the U2100 sectio...
Hi all, welcome back to another blog post! Volume 5 of the Road To Master series. During July 12th to the 17th I participated in the Canadian Open, the biggest annual Canadian chess tournament. There was only one section for this event, everyone...
Hi everyone, welcome back to my 4th blog post! Volume 4 of the Road To Master Series. This past weekend on July 2 & 3, I competed in the 2022 Mississauga Summer Championship! This tournament was a bit smaller than my last one but this tim...
Hi everyone, welcome back to another blog post! Volume 3 of the Road To Master Series. By the way you might know me by my previous username Silvermoonlight71, I changed my username to Naoki. Last weekend on May 21 - 23, I competed in the 2022 Onta...
Hi everyone, welcome back to another blog post! Volume two of the Road To Master series. Last weekend on April 2 & 3, I competed in the 2022 Golden Horseshoe Championship! This tournament was bigger than my last one so I was expecting strong...
Hi everyone, welcome to my first blog! I've decided to start blogging my OTB (over the board) chess journey, as well as uploading educational chess content since it's a good way to track my chess progress and development. My first OTB tournament h...
