Conversation with newly elected Governor of Washington
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Wayward Queen Attack? | CRUSH with Kiddie Countergambit! Child's play! 😏
#waywardqueen #kiddie #countergambit #tactics #romantic #doublecheck At the time of writing, my new book Become a Chess Assassin! has only been released for a couple of days, but I’ve been really pleased with how well it’s been...
2024 ALT-Nation Invitational - ROUND 3 REPORT
In Round 3, we witnessed three thrilling matches. First, in the game between NM Altucher and NM Peatman, both players kept us guessing with their castling plans, eventually leading to an opposite-side castling position. Next, in the encounter ...
Understanding Board One In Team Chess Events
When you have been following a team chess event, have you heard the term “Board One”? Can you explain the term to someone else who plays chess? Knowing what it means helps to understand how players of one team are competing against pla...
My course launches in just one week!
If you've enjoyed my free content, get ready for the main course! On November 17th, enrollment opens for my full chess course. This course is a complete, step-by-step guide on how to avoid blunders, from start to finish. Just follow the instruct...
2024 ALT-Nation Invitational - ROUND 2 REPORT
Out of the 15 games played in the event, only one ended in a draw. It could have sparked one of the most important, contemporary theoretical debates. In Round 2, our host, NM James Altucher, once again opens with the King's Indian...
Battling My Way Through the Japan Open
Welcome, everybody to another over-the-board tournament review of the Osaka Papers. The Japan Open 2024 was held in Nagoya, Japan from November 1st through November 4th. I would love to tell you how I diligently prepared for this event, how I sp...
2024 ALT-Nation Invitational - ROUND 1 REPORT
We're always on the lookout for fresh formats and exciting ways to make chess even more thrilling. It feels like almost everything has already been tried, but we wanted to take a new approach. A group of friends and I came up with a pretty nov...
NEW BOOK | Become a Chess Assassin! Learn to play the best chess opening attacks ♟️🥷😼
#book #romanticism #openingattacks #chessassassinMy new book, Become a Chess Assassin! has finally been released and is now available for sale worldwide on Amazon, in both paperback and hardcover! I'm particularly proud of the design of the co...
Smith-Morra Gambit | CRUSHING the Sicilian Defense ⚡ Quick Wins #101
#sicilian #smithmorra #quickwins Today’s chess noob Quick Win is a very lovely game sent in by long time subscriber @AndyDeco. It’s a fantastic demonstration of how things can go very wrong for the Sicilian Defense player...
FM Nathan Solon Victorious Again at CCC's ALTO: Full Recap!
This past weekend, the Charlotte Chess Center hosted our fall 2024 ALTO tournament at the SouthPark Hilton Garden Inn. ALTO stands for At Least Twenty-One, meaning that all participants in the tournament needed to be at least twenty-one years old!...
Calculation > Feelings
#Chess #Improvement #Learn from a #ChessMaster #Calculation > #Feelings Proud Teacher Moment: When Students Take Initiative in Studying Instructive Games One of the things I find most rewarding as a chess teacher is seeing my students go...
Chess Middlegame Mastery: Attack like a PRO!
INTRODUCTION What’s the secret to launching a powerful middlegame attack? Bring more pieces into the fight! In my own game against a grandmaster, this strategy made all the difference - and today, we’ll break down how players at the ...
Vienna Gambit | Hunting for Beautiful Checkmates! 😚🤌♟️
#viennagambit #romantic #beautiful #checkmate #legaltrap One of the great things about the Vienna Gambit is that when it goes well, you not only win, but there is the opportunity to get a beautiful checkmate. To quote myself from my new bo...
Hidden Jewels From Morphy's Tactical Treasure Chest
Morphy, I think everyone agrees, was probably the greatest genius of them all. -Bobby Fischer, 1992. Welcome Everyone, to a biographical edition of the Osaka Papers. Paul Charles Morphy of New Orleans was an American chess master of the ...
The Sexiest Chess Move I've Ever Played
Every chess player is inspired by the beautiful checkmating combinations of past masters. One of the things that got me hooked on chess was Fred Reinfeld's 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (a great book if you are 1200 and don't check the solution...
Noob vs Noob UNPLUGGED #7 | Vienna Gambit and the tricky Bird's Opening | Casual chess & jazz 😌♟️🎵
#unplugged #jazz #vienna #birdsopening 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! 😌♟️🎵 Today, I played a couple of qu...
'May The Best Player Win,' A Chess Book For Young Readers (Review)
Gender inequity in chess has increasingly gained international attention, and several federations, clubs, and players are working to resolve this problem. Tackling gender bias in chess is an important goal for many but particularly for the author ...
CCC23 Bullet
CCC23 Bullet will mark the final event in the CCC23 series. Fans are expecting Stockfish to once again secure a sweeping victory in the head-to-head events to take yet another tournament victory. Due to the bullet conditions, the race for 2nd and ...
Greek Gift Sacrifice x 2 | BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT!! 🤩
#greekgift #triplebrilliant #chessromance The Greek Gift Sacrifice is a beautiful, devious, and Romantic tactic that I just love playing! 🤩👍 It’s a tactical motif that typically occurs in the early middlegame and can come from many d...
A Century of Chess: Capablanca Tournaments 1929
Starting around 1929, Capablanca’s life starts to assume the aspect of a tragedy. More than for just about anybody else, there’s a sense with Capablanca of being born with a very particular fate — to be the world champion —...
Maurizzi / Ivanchuck: An Intense Duel Between Two Chess Generations
The Capechecs tournament provided chess fans with an unforgettable spectacle, pitting two iconic figures of the game against each other: Vasyl Ivanchuk, a living chess legend, and Marc'Andria Maurizzi, a young French prodigy and rising star. This ...
Duel in Dublin - Steinitz's First International Tournament Win
In my last blog post (see here), we took a look at the first major tournament that followed the World Championship match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. While such a match is obviously of immense importance, it doesn't fall w...
"De-spookify" Gambits: By Declining Them!
Hey Impressive Chessers! Happy Halloween! 🎃 Today, we're revisiting a classic Halloween topic: the infamous Halloween Gambit! This gambit is a spooky trick that arises in the Four Knights Opening, where White sacrifices a knight with 4. Nxe5, ai...