What kids do now with engines, I did with blitz games with my friends, and weekly tournaments. My short journey in chess started in 1972, when the chess fever of the Spassky-Fischer WC Match caught on. In my country, Puerto Rico, we had that and...
Chess tournaments can be an exciting yet nerve-wracking experience for kids, especially those new to the competitive scene. As a parent or guardian, your role in making sure they have a positive experience is crucial. It’s not just about win...
One of the quirks of learning chess history is that it makes you pull out the atlas and learn these really obscure US towns. Cambridge Springs is a railroad town in western Pennsylvania that for a short time boasted a world-class hotel. Lake ...
Today, I'm thrilled to invite you to participate in a giveaway for an extraordinary book: The Immortal Game: A History of Chess by David Shenk. This book holds a special place in my heart—I stumbled upon it in a small antiquarian bookstore...
According to Wikipedia "A chess clock is a device that comprises two adjacent clocks with buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, so that the two clocks never run simultaneously. The clocks are used in games where the time is allocated...
INTRODUCTIONBlunders are a common part of every chess player's journey, but they can be reduced with some simple adjustments. If you find yourself losing games to mistakes that could have been avoided, you're not alone! In this post, we’ll l...
Hey, dear readers! Here I am again! In this article, I would like to go back to the roots of my blog, when I used to write more about my personal opinions on different aspects of chess. The aim today is to let you know who my top 5 favorite fema...
“It’s a machine. At the end of the day, it’s stupid.” Garry Kasparov, 1997 Do you ever worry that you could be replaced by a machine? With ChatGPT and other tools on the rise, concerns like these seem more rele...
Welcome back to our Going Above & Beyond series, where we celebrate authors who go the extra mile to keep their Chessable courses new and fresh. Chessable courses are living things. Theory gets updated, mistakes get amended and ...
Ding vs Gukesh; unless you've been living under a rock, you probably know something about the upcoming clash of the two titans for the ultimate crown of chess. Gukesh Dommaraju, ranked #5 in the world, will be playing against Ding Liren, ranked #2...
#unplugged #jazz #vienna #royalfork #brilliant CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! 😌♟️🎵 It was a stormy day...
The upcoming World Chess Championship between Ding Liren and Gukesh will be much more than just a title match. It will be a clash between two players who represent opposite extremes: experience and youth, fulfilled achievement and dreams yet to be...
In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that allowed the top player to prevail. Some tournaments will be known and famous, others will be more obscure - in a time period where competition is scarce, I...
#englundgambit #queensac #chessromance I haven’t played a daily game in a while but enrolled in the currently running under-1500s Team New Zealand vs Team Australia (Sydney NSW) tournament. I’ve just finished this amazing...
Simplify Chess: Backup Options Chess is a very complicated game! In my opinion, that’s what makes it so fun; though aggravating at times. A key to playing strong chess is to make the game simpler whenever possible. The stronger you are, th...
Dear all, Please do consider purchasing the first volume of the Century of Chess series from Amazon. Your purchase helps to keep the series going! - Sam The Capablanca tournaments at the end of the 1920s have exactly the asp...
Magnus Carlsen isn’t just the 16th World Chess Champion. He won the crown for all 3 formats — classical, rapid, and blitz — no less than 17 times! Carlsen’s peak FIDE rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He al...
SRM-A completed a clean sweep with 7-0 at the end of the regular season of the 2024 India College Chess Championship! (ICCL). Team St. Joseph's College of Engineering conceded just one loss and finished second in the Division I standings. ...
Are you familiar with this feeling?You look at the board. At your pieces. At your opponent.And you find yourself asking, “Okay. What’s next? What should I do? What should be my plan?” Or at the end of the game, your friend, coa...
#fourknights #scotch #tripledpawns #comeback This might be a bit perverse, but making a reversal, a comeback, from a losing position is one of my secret joys in chess! 😅 Now, that doesn’t mean that I deliberately play bad openings...
The only commonality between Chess and Chemistry is the first three letters of those words, but this year’s Nobel Prize has contributed even more to the meaning and established a deeper connection. By now, you should, as a chess player, alre...
Do you want to improve your chess, but find yourself saying, “Ugh, I just don’t have the time or energy”? Welcome to my boat and let's party! With kids, work, and action-packed social events, life feels like a chaotic obstacle co...
#unplugged #jazz #vienna #french #steiner #timescramble #glory CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! 😌♟️🎵 Tod...
Afternoon everyone. I am back with another look at a master of the art of annotating a chess game. Mark Taimanov. In passing, I must say that many Soviet players of the era were outstanding annotators - perhaps it was all to do with the training t...
