Losing at chess brings concurrent feelings, thoughts and emotions. It’s important to deconstruct the different factors to manage and overcome systematically. Let’s introduce a biopsychosocial framework - this sounds complicated, but si...
#tactics #fishingpole #romance The Fishing Pole Tactic, also known as the fishing pole attack or trap, is one of my favourite tactical patterns at the beginner-intermediate level. Once above a certain level of experience, it doesn&rs...
In the year 2000, GM Vladimir Kramnik shocked the world, beating the great Garry Kasparov to become world chess champion. In 2024, GM Kramnik continues to shock the world, albeit in a very... different... way: I will keep publishing various st...
SRM-A are on a winning spree as they have won all the matches so far after week five of the 2024 India College Chess Championship! (ICCL).Their winning streak in the last three matches included heavy scores like 15-1 in round three, 16-0 in round ...
The King's Indian Defense is one of the most popular openings for Black against 1.d4. If you want to play something less common (so Black is often not an expert in it) and more strategic, systems involving g3 offer a great solution. The ideas are ...
Multi Club Arena Chessboard for chess.com Features: You can change colors, disable logos, borders, change background and more. Important: You need Stylus browser extension installed before try to download the board. *Due to recent changes be...
Dear Chess Blogging Community, I am thrilled to share that A Century of Chess: Book One: 1900-1909 is published and available for purchase on Amazon in both paperback and kindle. This really has been a labor of love and has be...
At any prestigious tournament, we are all watching for blunders to be made, particularly by the most elite players. Is there something special about a pawn on the path to promotion that makes it vulnerable to a blunder? Do you remember seeing thes...
“I’m great at finding the best move when I know there’s a good move to find.” Sound familiar? If you’ve ever thought this while tackling chess puzzles, you’re not alone. In a puzzle, there’s only one...
Hi, everyone! The following game is from the 1925 Moscow International Tournament. It is found in page 214 of the following book: I highly recommend this book. It is rich in content. Will definitely help any of us to improve our game. As ...
Fun fact: people are glued on their smartphones almost 4 hours every single day. How you want to spend those hours is entirely up to you. But if you’d love to take 30 to 45 minutes to sharpen your game and become the best play...
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As with the previous iteration of the CCC Classical Cup, the top-8 engines from the CCC23 Rapid tournament will be competing in a double-elimaination bracket, playing 16-gamae matches in the 30+5 classical format. Watch the Computer Chess Champi...
You were probably thinking: "For Real BRO?" when ya saw the title on this blog. (Un)fortunately, I am here to tell you that: YES, I did in fact play chess with hustlers. One was even CM(!). Before I show you the full video and analysis, I would ...
The year 1962 brought all sorts of thrills and excitement to the chess world as after winning the US Chess Championship four times in a row between 1957 and 1961, Robert James Fischer had now started to take over all the prestigious international ...
Yesterday I played only one game and tested the h4 variation in the Scotch Opening. My opponent suprised me with the early g6 move to prepare Bg7 to attack quickly my e5 pawn. I panicked and played the passive Nd2-f3 manover to give him time to ...
Australia's Open and Women's teams concluded their Open and Women's campaigns on Sunday after 11 grueling rounds and I'd like to take this opportunity to showcase some of the key takeaways from the event... starting with an extraordinary individua...
#unplugged #jazz #scandinavian #smithmorra #scotch Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! 😌♟️🎵 I normally have Tuesdays off and this morning...
#smith-morra #sicilian #brilliant #chessromance A question that I’ve been asked frequently by beginner players is, “what opening should I learn to play?”, often in the context that they want to branch out from playi...
Yesterday was the first day after the Olympiad Expo Classic tourney in which I participated in the last 10 days and got 4th place. I was teaching 5 hours and had only time for 1 game on my road to 2500. I fianchettoed my bishop against t...
Welcome, everyone to a special Olympiad edition of the Osaka Papers. The 45th Chess Olympiad held in Budapest, Hungary has come to an extraordinary conclusion. For team India it was a historic event, the top ranked women's team, and the highly t...
Generally, chess tournaments in Singapore are held over the weekends so that the main group of competitors - students and youngsters can unwind over the weekend after tough schooling weekdays. There are exceptions of course, like Bishan Chess Club...
Afternoon everyone. I am off on holiday in a couple of days so back more quickly than intended with this part of the series. Before I begin, let's throw in a wonderful picture I have just come across researching this - I guess it is from the Not...
Yesterday I played the 9th, the final game of the tourney against the Hungarian talent Kristof Horvath. He is from Miskolc, he city where I lived 5 years and we won the Hungarian team championship 4 times. I played the Catalan opening and got...
#unplugged #jazz #scandinavian #jaenischgambit Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! 😌♟️🎶 My regular videos usually focus on post-game ...
