Breaking 1700+ on Chess.com Rapid was a challenging project for me. As an irregular chess player, my practice schedule, routine, and gaming patterns lacked consistency. However, I tried to loosely follow four general principles. I believe that any...
Imagine you’ve been released from prison. What is the first thing you would do? Most people would stay as far away from the place where they were incarcerated. But upon release, a former inmate in a prison in Catalonia, Spain,...
Dear Chess Friends! Like life, not everything in chess goes as planned. A well-thought-out strategic plan may abruptly become obsolete, forcing you to make swift adjustments. For any player hoping to achieve mastery, this tactical flexibility &m...
Probably my favorite player. Tartakower was born in 1887 in Rostov, then part of the Russian Empire. His father owned a textile factory and Tartakower remembered his childhood as one long holiday — the family vacationing all across Russia....
Dear chess friends, Let me start with a challenge. Can you guess the time control of these three thrilling games played at the very top level? Your task: Can you figure out which was played in classical, which was rapid, and which was in blitz? ...
After four intense rounds of regional chess battles, the second season of the Balkan League has reached its epic conclusion! With national pride on the line, clubs from across the Balkans clashed in a test of skill, endurance, and teamwork &mdas...
The Balkan League Season 2 has officially come to a close! After four rounds of intense regional competition, Round 4 served as the grand finale – the last opportunity for clubs to fight for their final placements on the leaderboard. While...
Good afternoon everyone. A big bag of games and some pictures to enjoy. In 1949 Moscow and Budapest contested a team match in two parts - one in each city. It produced an absolute mass of wonderful chess! I have games in at least a dozen books. ...
The more I practice, the luckier I get. -Garry Kasparov Welcome Everybody, to a Ghiblified edition of the Osaka Papers. On Sunday March 30th, the Kobe Chess Championship 2025 took place here in Kobe, Osaka. For many this would be the fin...
Swarnava Biswas, a chess player with an 1854 FIDE rating, has recently secured AIR #1 in the 2025 GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam, which is considered one of the toughest in the country. We caught up with him to understand his th...
My favorite chess book of all time has to be Bobby Fischer's "My 60 Memorable Games." I was given a copy as a gift when I was about 9 years old or so, and I've read and re-read it too many times to count since then. I know players who are more ser...
Are you ready for a tournament full of competition and entertainment?The 1° Torneo Internazionale Città di Vigevano promises to be a one of a kind event, an unmissable opportunity for chess enthusiasts and the streaming community! Fro...
Lajos Portisch: The Hungarian Lion of Chess Lajos Portisch, born on April 4, 1937, in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, stands as one of the most formidable chess players of the second half of the 20th century. Often nicknamed the "Hungarian Lion" for his ...
I kid you not, the day after I started writing my preliminary notes for this post, I got hit with a flu that has stayed in my system for weeks. This tournament is cursed and I hate it. In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th...
This past weekend, the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn played host to one of the CCC's flagship events: the Charlotte Spring Open! This tournament, consisting of five rounds from March 28 to 30, saw a grand total of 154 participants across four sect...
Hey Impressive Chessers! So, you want to be an impressive chess player? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Follow these five foolproof strategies, and I guarantee you’ll stay on the path to greatness. These are battle-tested techni...
Dear Chess Friends! Multi-planned play is an important strategic technique that allows a player to convert a strategic advantage into a tangible one. To break down a strong defensive setup, it is often necessary to methodically undermine the opp...
¡Hola, ChessKids, entrenadores y padres! Este es un calendario actualizado mensualmente con los shows de ChessKid en Español. Aquí puedes informarte de los horarios y el contenido que tenemos disponible para ti, conoce todas ...
Hello again, everyone! After a few posts that were either informational or entertaining, I decided to share some personal experiences with you guys again. The reason for this decision was that if this is my blog, it should also be about me, righ...
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...
