Everyone likes to look at the new calendar year as a clean slate. There's an uptick in gym memberships as fitness becomes a priority, a drop-off in the sales of tobacco and alcohol with health and wellness in mind and then ther...
Hello, everyone.....just a few random thoughts. I have been inspired to do this particular blog post by two games.....one by Arjun Erigaisi, from the last Olympiad, and the second one by Praggnanandhaa..... Now, Arjun played the Steinitz Deferre...
“Is the Universe Friendly?” At first, I didn’t get the question. Is the Universe what? Friendly? What does that even mean? I dismissed it… until I learned it came from Einstein. Then I paused. Not a theory. No...
On the night March 25th, I was approached by a stranger on my discord server. He offered to giveaway his MacBook for free. Now, anyone with some sort of life experience will easily tell you that this is probably a scam. However, I was always a fan...
Welcome everybody, to another super difficult edition of Blitz 'n' Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do. As always, the tactics have bee...
It’s official—every single game from Bobby Fischer’s My 60 Memorable Games has been analyzed and uploaded! This series has been an incredible deep dive into Fischer’s brilliance, and now you can experience all 60 games, fro...
In Division 1, SRM-A and Jeppiaar University topped the regular season of 2025 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) Spring Season with scores of 6/7. The top six teams qualified for the Playoffs stage. SRM Institute of Science and Technology wi...
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As with the previous iteration of the CCC Classical Cup, the top-8 engines from the CCC24 Rapid tournament will be competing in a double-elimination bracket, playing 16-game matches in the 30+5 classical format. Watch the Computer Chess Champion...
Hey Impressive Chessers! How many of you have played a great game, maybe it ended with a beautiful Queen sac for mate, but somewhere in the game, you played an inaccurate move in the opening or had a non-ideal strategy? What does our brain usual...
Vasily Smyslov was born on March 24, 1921, in Moscow. His father, a strong amateur chess player, was his first teacher, laying the foundation for his deep positional understanding. Smyslov’s meteoric rise in the chess world saw him become on...
Let’s get back to the heart of this blog—bringing you the latest chess updates from Andorra! March has been packed with action, with two major highlights: Women’s tournaments and the conclusion of the Catalan league. Part 1 &nd...
Afternoon everyone! I'm back with a big bag of goodies - should have been two blogs, but I wanted to get the material on the page while it is in my head. So grab a beer - pack of Guinness here! - and enjoy the journey. So, the project I mentione...
Viktor Korchnoi: The Uncrowned King of Chess Few players in chess history have fought as fiercely, endured as much, and come as close to the World Chess Championship title as Viktor Korchnoi. Known as "The Terrible Viktor", he was a warrior at t...
The meaning of development seems clear. Get the pieces out into good positions. What moves are entailed by this? And which moves are unadvisable? Let's look at some basic structures. Don't worry too much about move orders and tactics yet...
কিছুদিন আগেই সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে, অর্থাৎ মাত্র ১৫ বছর বয়সে, আন্তর্জাতিক মাস্টার হয়ে নিয়াজ মোরশেদের সবচেয়ে কম বয়সে আন্তর্জাতিক মাস্টার হওয়ার রেকর্ড ভেঙেছেন নীড়। জাতীয় দাবায় অনায়াসে চ্যাম্পিয়ন হওয়ার পর, ২৪৩১ রেটিং নিয়ে তিনি এখন বাংলাদেশের ১ নম্বর...
Hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! Last you heard from me I had made my return to chess after a bit of a break and, slowly but surely, I've dragged my rating up to 2113. That's good... but not good enough since I'm workin hard to get t...
Have you ever stared at your screen, completely shocked by the move you just made? You're not alone. Blunders happen at every level. The 3 Most Common Types of Blunders 1. You blunder a piece, hang your queen in a winning position, or mis...
Marshall was very much yesterday’s man by the 1920s, but was still a world class player, something like the permanent US champion, and placed surprisingly highly in international events — above all, coming close to the winner’s c...
বাংলাদেশে দাবার রানী বলতে বোঝায় রানী হামিদকেই। দেশে অনেক মহিলা প্রতিভাবান খেলোয়াড় - শামিমা আক্তার লিজা, শাবানা পারভিন, শারমিন শিরিন কিংবা তনিমা পারভিন—সবাই কোন না কোন সময় দাবায় তাদের সাফল্য গাঁথা লিখেছিল, কিন্তু এক সময় বৈবাহিক জীবন...
When you close your eyes, can you visualize the chessboard and its pieces? Of course, if you are like 95% of people, you can. But a notable segment of the population cannot! And if they cannot, what do they do instead? What can we learn from them ...
20 Blitz is the new format on Twitch where streamers compete for the title of the ultimate blitz player. The format is designed to allow players with different Elo ratings to compete fairly and make the challenges balanced. How does it work? Reg...
We recently announced the release of Proctor, our fair play software that helps to monitor players and create a safer playing environment. This software is part of our efforts to keep online chess clean and address the concerns of members of our c...
Not many people are lucky enough to find a job that fulfills their sense of purpose — a job that doesn't really feel like work. The path to these is rarely direct. As was the case for Andras Toth, one of our most successful authors, whose...
This blog post is based on my video called Tiviakov's Smooth Alapins. In the video I mention that it serves as a follow-up to my earlier analysis of the Alapin Sicilian from White’s perspective, in which I gave a complete repertoire with t...
The position below is from the Fischer-Panno game (a strong Argentine Grandmaster), played in 1970. White is attacking on the kingside, but how should they continue? Join my newsletter! Every Friday, you'll receive a collection of useful links...
