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Why Ding Liren couldn't sleep after Game 1

Why Ding Liren couldn't sleep after Game 1

CM juniortay
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Game 2 Press conference with questions posed by WGM Vivian Gu in Mandarin. WGM Vivian Gu (credit: Chessbase India) VG: Can you describe in simple terms how today's game went? D: Today we got an infrequently played line which I had prepared ...

Perfect Pollock Scores 8/8 in Belfast

Perfect Pollock Scores 8/8 in Belfast

Steakanator
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I've not had a very good time of it the past week-ish, so rather than continue my Winner's POV series, I thought I'd write about one more little thing that interests me within the context of chess history. It kinda keeps things in chronological or...

November Blitz 'n' Memes

November Blitz 'n' Memes

SheldonOfOsaka
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I know how to play chess. I just don't know how to win. -The dude that played Spassky in "Pawn Sacrifice". Welcome everybody to a pre-world championship edition of Blitz 'n' Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online bli...

Carlsen and Vancura idea

Carlsen and Vancura idea

GM LuckyTiger
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Hello, guys! All chess fans are anticipating the WC match, but in the last two days, we have all seen the battle between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Well, it was 960-chess, but it was chess!After winning the first game, Magnus needed a d...

Don't Trade Haphazardly! Keep the Tension

Don't Trade Haphazardly! Keep the Tension

NM NMChessToImpress
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Hey Impressive Chessers! After my last blog post, Simplify to Winify!, I felt the need to clarify something: I don’t advocate trading pieces in a vacuum—only after you’ve won material. There’s a huge difference between sim...

1 Month of Free ChessMood Access!

1 Month of Free ChessMood Access!

WFM AlexandraSamaganova
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Hey everyone! 😊 ChessMood is offering an amazing opportunity to dive into the world of chess improvement with 1 month of free access to all their courses. 🗓️ Offer dates: November 20 to December 20🔗 Link to join: 1 Month of Free ChessMood Acce...

How I Reached 2500!

How I Reached 2500!

NM SamCopeland
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After more than a decade of playing on Chess.com and grinding blitz, I reached 2500 blitz on Chess.com - a years-long goal of mine that I honestly long thought I might never reach! I started chess late - not playing a tournament until high school ...

A Century of Chess: Alekhine-Bogoljubow 1929 (Part 1)

A Century of Chess: Alekhine-Bogoljubow 1929 (Part 1)

kahns
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These Alekhine-Bogoljubow matches have a bad reputation — which is undeserved, at least in the case of the first match. The chess world liked the idea of having Capablanca as the world champion and got obsessed with the prospect of a rematch...

TFA - The King Slide (Lesson/Solutions)

TFA - The King Slide (Lesson/Solutions)

FM MusicCityMaster
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Every great attacker in chess possesses this vital tool — knowing exactly when to 'slide' your King out of the way, clearing new paths for your attacking pieces to join the fight. In 99% of cases, this maneuver is crucial for bringing your...

Chessable Review & Reasons to Study Endgames

Chessable Review & Reasons to Study Endgames

CMCoachQ
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Hey chess.com fam,  I just wrote a review of my good friend IM Kostya Kavutskiy's course: Endgame Studies 101. It's a great book with A LOT of amazing content. Head over to my SUBSTACK and check out the FREE review. I break down why you sho...

Winners' POV? Kinda. Nottingham 1886

Winners' POV? Kinda. Nottingham 1886

Steakanator
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I was initially going to write a proper Winner's POV post about this event, but after starting my proper research into it, it turned out to be a little disappointing. However, I said I would talk about it in the previous installment, so we'll at l...

The Art of Sacrifice in CHESS! 😌

The Art of Sacrifice in CHESS! 😌

vitualis
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#sacrifice #spielmann #tactics  I’ve recently been reading The Art of Sacrifice in Chess by Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942). He was an Austrian from Vienna, and one of the last Romantic chess masters, playing this glorious style long ...

Get the "Stop Making Blunders" course!

Get the "Stop Making Blunders" course!

IM MatBobula
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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results,” Albert Einstein once said. If you’ve been struggling to eliminate the blunders that hold you back from reaching the next level in chess, this course is ...

My book cover competition

My book cover competition

IM Witaliss
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Hello On the covers of my books, I try to combine the motifs of my passions, i.e. chess and music. The previous covers refer to the albums: Genesis Foxtrot and Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman. Since one of my musical fascinations i...

Road to FM

Road to FM

NM ParagonFighter
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Recently I played in a Norm Event which was hosted by the 1000GM organization. They have lots of strong players in event, which makes it harder to score a Norm. For the people who doesn't know what is a "Norm", here is the definition: A norm is ...

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