This match has, to be honest, probably less of a storyline than just about any other world championship match. Alekhine was supposed to quickly dispense with Euwe in 1935. When he didn’t that led to a rivalry of three years, two matches, and...
I mean, most of modern chess is his offering. Myself and the rest had those moves ready for us when we started out, but it had to take someone to discover them first. Bobby Fischer was that person. He was that person for entire generations of che...
Team Nepal got their third win in the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 where they beat Timor-Leste with score of 4-0 and Antigua and Barbuda with score of 3.5-0.5. They team lost on Round 5 against Panama with score of 3.5-0.5. Open Results Round ...
Back on December 3, 2025 I posted a note about a position where White has two tempting captures, 1. Nxf7 and 1. Nxe6. Look at the position below and try figuring out yourself which move is correct: Both look strong. Both look like they win some...
Dear Chess Friends! Last Sunday I played a simul instead of the usual workshop — eight boards, all of them serious games at 30 minutes plus 30 seconds. Seven of them went the way a simul normally goes for me. One ended in a draw, and my opp...
Hi everyone! Here is an update for the month of August. Fair Play Stats for August 2026 1,251,149 reports created 135,344 Fair Play closures (including 8 titled players: 1 FM, 2 CM, 2 NM, 3 IM) Automated closures: 94% 42,195,601 rating points ...
Good afternoon everyone. O.K. I am making this up as I go along with what comes out of my head!! Yes, I really am! I see lots of blogs these days which are planned out to the last comma. Back in the day I used to spend 50 or 60 hours putting a b...
How studying endgames changed my middlegame without me trying Most chess players have an area they avoid. Often, you aren't consciously ignoring it but you never quite get around to it. You study it occasionally, give yourself a pat on the back an...
On August 30, 2026, the MVP Chess K-12 Quads were held at The Link in Old Town with 22 players from Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia competing over the 64 squares. The event used a three-round G/25 d5 quad format, providing competitive games...
The young and inexperienced Doc Threepawns lands on the island of Échecs with one fixed dream: becoming a chess blogger pirate. Échecs island Will our hero succeed? To make it, he will have to overcome some extremely difficult tri...
The 2026 India College Chess Championship (ICCC) Autumn began on September 8 with 304 teams featuring 1,557 players across 38 divisions with 164 unique colleges. Shri Ram College of Commerce and Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation are leading w...
Day Two of the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad brought the first win for Team Nepal. The Open and Women team bounced back from their first-round loss with a convincing result. After a difficult opening day, the result was an important response from...
Dear chess lovers, I will say something controversial: For me, Lasker is the real G.O.A.T., and not Carlsen, or any other modern "Super GM".... In an era when players had to come up with their own ideas, rather than memorize some "computer prep"...
Did you know? A federally funded study found chess outperforms most enrichment programs for developing critical thinking, the #1 skill experts say AI can't replace. ๐ Will AI replace your child's future job? The worry every parent has now Every p...
You blundered again. You ended up in a tilting losing session and it’s just getting worse. Now you contemplate quitting chess, because it clearly can’t be for you. You lost 728 rating points. FIDE considers taking your title, even if ...
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In September of 2026 in Novi Sad, Serbia over the *Atlantic* arrived Mr. Joe Franchetti from the United States. Student of mine for years, travelling all around Europe, decided to drop by in my hometown. These kind of meetings are always th...
Ahoy, mateys! September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and we were challenged by Captain @VOB96 to write a blog about this special occasion. Those who refuse will probably be made to walk the plank. Not that we fear the threats of t...
(I'm posting this in the 10 minute break between lectures. Follow me for peak efficiency tips) Before reading this, I recommend going through part 1 (see here) and, if you want some bonus entertainment, the Halftime show (see here). As usual, th...
I’ve been coaching chess full-time since March 2014 and over that time I’ve taught more than 6,000 1-on-1 lessons (just crossed it recently with 6,023 at the time of writing) to players all throughout the rating spectrum. After that ma...
His fantasy was a torrent which could not be dammed. I remember our games and the analysis afterwards. I regarded with disbelief the variations which Bronstein considered during play. It was a fantastic world into which my cold reason, even had I...
I spent the last few months pulling apart eleven years of FIDE rating data to answer one question: why are there so few women at the top of chess? In 2009 Merim Bilaliฤ and his colleagues asked how much of the Elo gap in chess was down to partici...
Day One is in history books as it had 400 teams form around the globe playing chess. Team Nepal lost both its matches on open section with 3.5 to 0.5 and 4 to 0 in the women section respectively. Round Open Open Section Results Round O...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm happy to share the highlights from my recent workshop "Why You Blunder Pieces (And It's Not Your Calculation)". I started the session with one question: think of the last piece you dropped – did you calculate a line ...
A year ago I started ChessEver because following live chess on a phone was painful. Boards on one site, commentary on another, standings on a third. None of them built for a screen you hold in your hand. It started as a phone app for serious playe...