Hello, dear readers! As you can imagine, my last article about the Chess Prodigies Who Flopped was very research intensive. It was also a heavy topic, especially some of the stories. So, to bring some joy back to my blog, this time, I decided to...
For quite a while now, my blog page has been filled with tragic and inspiring stories from the chess world. Some very sad, some very encouraging, writing these blogs has become my forte. Whether it be the story of Peter Winston whose sudden disapp...
Many of us would think that parenting three kids and working as an elementary school teacher doesn’t leave much time for pursuing another career. Not NM Laura Smith! The Brooklynite manages to be both a chess coach and Chessable author. I...
As you probably know, real improvement in chess requires studying all key aspects of the game: strategy, opening, tactics, and endgame. Among our latest releases from the last two weeks, you'll find a course for each one of them...
Dear Chess Friends, I am pleased to invite you to the Kan Sicilian Rapid Arena, which I will be hosting TODAY, March 13th at 10 AM EDT, on Chess.com in the Chesslance Club. Here are some tournament details:Duration: 1 hourTime Control: 10 minu...
Are some chess positions more critical than others? This guest blog post by Dr. Marc Barthelemy answers this question, using a "fragility score" which quantifies the tension in chess positions. Dr. Barthelemy is a French theoretical physicist b...
How many blunders can you find? https://youtu.be/0V-a4fCC3EY?si=kFyqduMvm-EQLnjG
Last year was amazing for surprising chess events, but not all the drama happened over the board at a tournament. Fortunately, chess photographers were ready to record the action. Do you remember these dramatic chess scenes? Photo Index Guk...
Why Aussie GMs Love The Scandinavian Dear chess friends,Today I will share with you why Australian Grandmasters (especially, Rogers, Smerdon and myself) love the Scandinavian Defence against 1.e4! We'll see a lot of fun example...
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.”– Mikhail Tal Welcome everybody, to another "Can I qualify for the Japan Championship", edition of the Osaka Papers. In Japan ...
Last year my blog AI chess images examined a free online tool that employs AI to generate high-quality pictures, based on descriptions given in natural language. I used the application to create a set of 32 chess-themed images which can be downloa...
Hi there! It’s been a while, sorry for the break! I’ve been busy playing in the Madrid league, and since I was out of practice for a few years, rebuilding my repertoire has taken a lot of effort. Preparing for my classical games has k...
Endgames can have surprising tricks, even in positions that look lost. That position comes from one of the games I saw in last week's tournament. White is ahead in material (by 6 points), and the pawns are not far from promotion (the 1st rank is...
Hey Impressive Chessers! You’ve heard it all before, “Don’t study openings, just develop your pieces, control the center and get your King safe by castling it to a safe side” - A ton of content creating titled ...
Richard Réti was born in 1889 to a Jewish Austro-Hungarian family in what's now Slovakia and was raised mostly in Vienna. As a six-year-old, he pulled the Capablanca/Smyslov trick of watching his older family members play a chess game and t...
Dear chess friends,Would you like to know how to defeat players rated below 2200, when they play 1.e4 as White?Then you have come to the right place In this blog, you'll discover:- The opening setup that is a POINT MACHINE against players below 22...
On March 9, 1943, a chess genius was born—Bobby Fischer, the man who revolutionized the game and, in my view, remains the Greatest of All Time. Fischer’s contribution to chess is unparalleled, and despite his controversial later years,...
INTRODUCTION Tigran Petrosian is one of the most influential grandmasters in chess history. He is a former world champion known as one of the greatest defensive players of all time. His exceptional defensive skills and strategy changed th...
Petrosian has been qualified by some as a "Mysterious" player. Some people classify him as a positional player with a super-cautious style. Spassky, however, who played two World Championship matches with Petrosian, considered Petrosian to be a ...
The North Carolina K-12 Chess Championship took place last weekend at the Raleigh Convention Center. Although the tournament wasn't held in Charlotte this year, that didn't stop many Charlotte Chess Center students from turning in excellent perfor...
I have an audacious vision for a chess app. Two amazing programmers with strong chess knowledge are bringing it to life. They’re adding great ideas to make it even better -that's the best part of programmers who understand chess! We're now l...
#noobvsnoob #unplugged #jazz #casual #vienna CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like to unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listening to some slow jazz! 😌♟️🎵 I haven’t been pl...
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In Division 1, SRM-A is leading the 2025 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) Spring Season with a perfect score after six rounds. Teams SRCC and Jeppiaar University are tied for second place with five wins. Standings after Round 6 | Di...
Few authors can boast about having a course on a chess opening that matches their origin. This is the case of Grandmaster Àlvar Alonso, who hails from Catalonia, Spain, and wrote the highly regarded course Lifetime Repertoires: Alonso&rs...
