#waywardqueen #bishopsopening #tactics
This was a rather fun game of 10+5 rapid that started with the Bishop's Opening, where my intermediate level opponent decided to try their luck with the Wayward Queen Attack (1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3....
Igors Rausis aka Igor Kondylev, Isa Kasimi has died. Probably (and deservedly) the most known chess cheater since Wolfgang von Kempelen, he was, at the same time, a real chess player.In the 1990s I placed a position in which he found his [EXCELLEN...
I just wanted to preface this by saying that I'm not writing this with the expectation of getting views. I also don't expect very many people to care. However, there were enough people asking about my next blog and asking why I wasn't active that ...
Without a doubt, the 'Queen's Gambit' Netflix movie has increased the popularity of chess in Singapore but to sustain it, the chess scene must be vibrant and attractive enough to retain the new players' interest subsequently. On any given we...
#openingtactics #greekgift #bishopsac #brilliancy #quickwins
50+2 Chess Quick Wins: Tactical ideas for exciting chess for beginner players. Buy on Amazon! US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT&n...
After his match loss to Capablanca in 1921, it would have been safe to assume that Emanuel Lasker would more or less retire. He was 52, he had always had a challenging relationship to chess competition, sometimes, even at his peak, going years wit...
#vienna #maxlange #viennagambit #knightsac #doublecheck #brilliancy
Those of you who follow my channel will know that I love the Vienna Game and the Vienna Gambit, and that recently, I've been playing the Vienna Gambit in the Max Lange ...
For this week, we will be taking a look at six positions that came from the first round of the Reykjavik Open that took place in Iceland. You can post your answers in the comments below. The number of the puzzle and which side is to move is in the...
...whenever during the game you find yourself in a bad mood, or you aren’t enjoying the game or your position, you straighten your back and smile.
- Kazbek Primbetov
Hello, my fellow chess lovers, and welcome to another editio...
My friend Grandmaster Noël Studer created a new course which I want to suggest you to check if you are under 1200 on chess.com
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Hey everyone! How about playing Fischer random chess?! Today, March 24th, at 6 PM (CET), there will be a blitz tournament here on chess.com, organized by the OutpostChess Platform. Among the participants: GM David Navara, FM James Canty, WIM Sandr...
Below is five trivia questions that you can use to quiz yourself and stump your friends
Thanks to everyone who answered in the comments! The answers can be found below.
Answers:1. C2. B3. C4. B5. C
The year 1978 saw one of the most controversial and heated World Chess Championships unfold between Anatoly Karpov and Victor Korchnoi, with both sides trying to knock each other down with all sorts of jabs, hooks, and uppercuts, along with throwi...
#threeknights #quickwins #openingtraps
chess noob Quick Wins! is a series of short videos, to demonstrate very quick wins! As a beginner, you become aware of the Scholar's Mate and the Fool's Mate, but neither of these show up in ...
One of the best exercises for minimizing blunders is practicing playing in extremely complicated positions. This requires intense focus on calculation, ensuring you don't miss any tactics or make any blunders.
This is the reason why I want to in...
The new Variants Games season begins, it is an award-winning competition, for this year 2024. We want to welcome all the new members of the club, with an excellent Tournament, with many membership awards 💎👑⭐. There are many chances to win, you jus...
After a clear win for Stockfish against both Leela and Torch in the CCC22 Rapid series, it is time to return to another Classical event. The 2nd Classical Cup will once again featuring the top-8 engines from CCC22 Rapid, competing in a double-elim...
#bishopsopening #giuocopianissimo #brilliant #rooksac
My last video was on a game where @Antonioax2 played a Wayward Queen Attack against me, and lost quickly. Immediately afterwards, they requested another game, and I think they were out for...
MVP_Chess is my daily Twitch stream where I play 15+10 games and Puzzle Rush survival. I slow things down so that I can explain my thought process clearly and help you improve your game. I hope you enjoy this highlight from today's stream!
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The modern chess environment is not favourable for the common chess professional, who relies on playing opens and leagues to make a living.
The general trend of sharply increased competition from the young generation (not only Indians) coupled w...
#waywardqueen #beginnertips
The Wayward Queen Attack (1. e4 e5 2. Qh5), is an opening that is commonly played by beginners. In fact, in the Lichess community database when limited only to players with an average ELO of 400, it is played...
Hello, my fellow chess lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and 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 ha...
#vienna #maxlange #viennagambit
One of the reasons that the Vienna Gambit is so good at the beginner and intermediate levels, is that most ways of playing against it, other than a single response, is bad. This means that against the unp...
Finally an English version of my best wood chessboards for chess.com. Many of them based on real chessboards.
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#kingsgambit #birdsopening #fromgambit #quickwins
chess noob Quick Wins! is a series of short videos, to demonstrate very quick wins! As a beginner, you become aware of the Scholar's Mate and the Fool's Mate, but neither of these ...