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Chess Bot Championship (match 2) Lc0 vs. Stockfish 15

Welcome back to the CCC as Stockfish 15 hopes to clobber Leela Chess Zero, using it's higher elo. No one knows who will take the win, or if they tie. Let's see. before we do this, check our standings Komodo 25 TBA TBA TBA Leela Ch...

Chess Computer Championship

no, of course I'm not quitting blogging! or did you not read that blog? fun fact: no one did. xD Anyway the CCC has officially started. Including popular bots such as Stockfish 15 and Leela Chess Zero, some bots you'll find in chess.com like Ko...

my last blog

... blogging is kinda boring now... so uhhh me vs. me match  my last blog. spoiler alert: the game ended

Learning Chess: Lesson 2: What's Check and Checkmate?

Learning Chess: Lesson 2: What's Check and Checkmate? If you read Lesson 1, You know how to move the pieces. And you know what the king is. The style of the board i use is probably uncommon so i'll show you the basic version. So this is our ...

Learning Chess: Lesson 1: Moving the Pieces

this isn't opening tips but i'll make a new thumbnail later. Welcome to Learning Chess Series! Lesson 1: Moving the pieces Hello Everybody today let's show you how to move the pieces. first there's a pawn. Pawns can move 1 or 2 spaces the fi...

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Pawns: The Soldiers of Chess

This, is a pawn. Now you may be thinking: "It's the weakest piece on the board" "There's 8 of them, who cares if I lose them" "They're so useless" If you think any of the following, you are absolutely TRAGICALLY mistaken. Today I will show...

Chess Inside Out: Four Knights Game: Italian Variation

Have you ever played this? I'll be showing you how to make and break the Four Knights Game, Italian Variation Italian Variation: I just love this opening. The Italian Variation attacks the f-pawn. They might do the Giuoco Piano Game, which ...

Rerating Bots Series: Martin: A Chess.com Wonder

Today we will be talking about the infamous Martin. We all know Martin. Because he just can't play chess. He is rated 250 by chess.com but we will analyze some of the bulgarian's games and give him a new rating. First i played him. He is so bad ...

History of Chess.com

History of Chess.com Welcome to another blog today by sushiracer and joaquingarza2011. We’ll talk about the history of this site… Chess.com! We can’t tell you who won the advertisement wheel yet cause there are only 60 views so if you want to ent...

How move annotations work

This is how move annotations work. To get the first letter, Each piece besides a pawn has its own letter. Whatever piece moved, you use its letter. Knight: N Bishop: B Queen: Q King: K Rook: R And pawns don’t have a letter. Let’s say our m...

The Best Chess Opening Moves for White and Black Rated by Stockfish And Why They Are So Good

The Best Chess Opening Moves for White and Black Rated by Stockfish And Why They Are So Good Welcome back to another blog by joaquingarza2011 and sushiracer  and @joaquingarza2011 suggested that this edition we’re spicing things up by doing a ...

Chess Inside Out: The Scholar's Mate

Ok you know what this is right? You may, you may not. Today I will be showing you how to use, and defuse the Scholar's Mate How to do the Scholar's Mate It's not that hard really. Basically you make sure that your queen and bishop target the f-...

Chess Inside Out: Wayward Queen Attack

Have you seen this before? If you are a 100-400 rated player on chess.com, and you've played for a year, there is a 99% chance you have. Let me show you how to use and defuse the Wayward Queen Attack. Defending the Wayward Queen Attack The Wayw...

The Origin of Chess

The Origins of Chess Chapter 1: Chaturanga Legend has it that chess was invented around 200 B. C. by a commander, Hán Xin, who invented the game as a battle simulator. Soon after winning the battle, the game was forgotten, but it resurfaced as c...

CHESS INSIDE OUT: Queen's Gambit

Welcome to my blog, Chess Inside Out. Here we check out chess openings, their advantages and weaknesses. Here is one of the most common openings. Sound familiar? This is the Queen's Gambit. The Queen's Gambit is a common opening sacrificing th...

So here’s what happens when a 100-200 rated player (me) plays a NM. (Hint: the NM won)

Now when I did Qh5, looking back at that, that is OBVIOUSLY a missed opportunity. So what else would an NM do than use that? Let me give you a hint: they used that. I did the game review. It said that e6 is a “great move” but I didn’t see anythin...