Part of the beauty of chess is that no one can predict the level of greatness which the two participants might create in any given game. You may not have heard much about the chess game played between Kekhayov and Petrov in 1964 but the magnificent mating combination at the end is definitely noteworthy. ThisContinueContinue reading “#Chess Position Worth Sharing 129”
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Weekly Tournament Results March 26, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1rgallege4#2aruminchess3.5#3winnerkarthik073.5#4kermit83#4QueenAlisha3#6KingSharvil3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1GooooChess4#2chaas21783.5#3Rohitsaich3 Beginner Brunch
#Chess Position Worth Sharing 128
As chess players, we should always be trying to make improvements in our technique. For example, the player playing white in the position below should be able use good technique to win easily. Good technique may be good enough to win this endgame but with perfect technique white can checkmate in just four moves! SoContinueContinue reading “#Chess Position Worth Sharing 128”
The Importance of Setting Lofty Goals in Chess
One of my most successful coaching techniques is encouraging my chess students to set lofty goals for themselves. Together we break these goals into attainable steps and utilize achievement markers to show progress. Of course, certain levels of chess expertise are not achievable for everyone and if they were, chess would be obsolete. For instance,ContinueContinue reading “The Importance of Setting Lofty Goals in Chess”
Balancing Effective Outcomes With Efficient Results
Chess players regularly differentiate between effective outcomes and efficient results; the former means “having the desired effect,” while the latter means “having a desired effect in the fewest moves or timeframe.” Chess puzzles often require us to be more efficient in moves than effectively necessary while performance ratings only measure the effectiveness of our movesContinueContinue reading “Balancing Effective Outcomes With Efficient Results”
Weekly Tournament Results March 19, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1AnElliott4.5#1louis9484.5#3Chessllamallamallama3#4rgallege3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1diced_knights3.5#2pokemon6032.5#3denmerc2#4LavendarLlama2 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1chaas21783#2Sri_142#3KingSharvil2
Chess Club Points Session 2, 2021
Name/ Chess.comPointsGlynnton Buckley250Ethan Mei chessfor105212Estella Mei148Karthik Subramanian winnerkarthik07130Sebastien Mei chessfor107119Andrew306095krithik_r94Ethanleeethanlee81Ea218175louis94871Justin Zhao67Ea2004567aruminchess66Lorenzo Blackston64CautiousAgent60diced_knights57NivedhP57Isabella Jamka Bella032355cool_chess_kid53VibrantDiamond10047Kipling Song46Peregrine10445voldemort09345Jet Lew44KevinKim1944QueenBunny140Hellocow39Stanleyqiu41839denmerc34Andrew Garcia33nervousokra33Sammongpu33CoolBestChampion31Andrew Carter30Bshreeansh30arnavbhosale129TheKidsKid29chessdude97028Red90028Adil Khan25B1ad3z25sazhagianambi25VedantbhatiaGM25Timofei Oshurkov24chaas217824ThunderingKavin24DrakonWarrior23Rohitsaich23dkarva22XiaoMoMo22Vineel Uppada20aonofre041620AnElliott19MATHROCKSLJT19Nitikach18ppillari18Amanekitty17hummingbird0917kabibblet17King99998317DearShowyCircus16Jonofre1016LavendarLlama15RedCharmingRoad15Sunmay1215toby dy14Subiksha Shri Palanisamy Mythili14arushi271814firstorange214luckylol314Naren Raghavan13annieg00113Jojoofthejungle13Jollification13kidchess4613prajitmani13rgallege13AadhityaRavikiran2312ChessMusher12Vihaan pandit11Rishi Bhartiya11aditya465111Amazingmove411Bootramp11CastawayWill11Dark_Knight_DK1411Hwinner11LegoChessBuddy11lukelegendwalker11McnChess9911MegaWildBalloon11Nikhil1232111owlsnchess11PlayMercenary11Shuvam Dutta10Arumin Ravisankar10Kedar Kanade10Kaylee Yon10Josiah Bovey10nilesbulldog1410Kunal tayde10Alecliu1210av291610Davidluvchess10merryargyle10Abenzer Wordofa9Ian Belov9Kyle Goodpaster9Thaarak Sriram920m6D0m69bwashie9JONATHAN_ANONUEVO9kalleblanka9knightseu9marcusahn9ritztoday9soumik_maji91Nf3108Daiwen18hikaru2318jakea00278maverickfrench8Oceanwaves1008ryan_pt8TacticalFightingQuin8Gutaga Love7James Prodouz7Eayon Hsu7Andrewluvchess7GeniusHuskies7Kakker1237louaj7lucasahn7sarithapotula7Sengupta177alexchicken6Chessllamallamallama6Erene Anastopoulos6Herman Chen6KMudambi6NinjaNithin6NoSignOfTheta6Belen Wordofa5anandchess305earabian5HangLe1245KavinFunChess5KKeshav645PinkUnicorn1005raider20245SunlightForever5TopStrongGem5Aidan Reese4Khan Sakeeb4Theodore Murgulet4AxelNYCFC4bronzelegs4junioriv21064Moukthika_Mighty4nandanj6444Anika Kaul3Arushi Maheshwari3Amogh Chauhan3Eadburt3geethau3mercatorproject3shuvamdutta2183Vihaan2320113Alex W2Grace20122HotDogHD2isenbr2lm4o2Rogelioisrael2sailfish652kstao171KyletheHuman1
#Chess Position Worth Sharing 127
Oftentimes, an introduction to a specific situation that requires deep thought is just the inspiration we need to spark new developments in our chess ability. Here is a mate in two by Александр Ажусин that a student of mine found immensely satisfying to solve. Enjoy…
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 56
An equally ingenious and absurd chess puzzle by William L. Barclay from Chess Life and Review. White to move and mate in 2 (William L. Barclay, Chess Life and Review, 1972.)
The Best Chess Analysis
Chess games are a lot like feature movies. For instance, the chess moves can be thought of as the dialogue, strategic themes are the plot, and tactics are the fight scenes. Sometimes endgames are the final battle and other times just an epilogue. The average movie goer, much like an amateur chess player, often catchContinueContinue reading “The Best Chess Analysis”
Weekly Tournament Results March 5, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1Hellocow5#2aruminchess4#3Ea200453#4krithik_r3#5VibrantDiamond1003#6QueenBunny13 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1luckylol34.5#2rgallege4#3CautiousAgent3#4diced_knights3#5nervousokra3#6lukelegendwalker3 Beginner Brunch PlacePlayerPoints#1VibrantDiamond1003#2TheKidsKid2#3dkarva2
Happy Birthday Bobby Fischer
https://youtu.be/dTW72fjRUmM Greetings Chess Players. My name is Chris Torres and this is my daily chess musing for Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Today is March ninth and therefore it is Bobby Fischer’s birthday. Fischer, who died in 2008, would have turned 78-years-old today. Bobby Fischer, whom many believe to be the greatest chess player of allContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday Bobby Fischer”
So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened! 41
Here’s a fun tactic from a training game I played against a student last Wednesday. What is white’s winning idea?
A Learning Moment
Chess is full of opportunities to learn from mistakes. There may be no take-backs in chess and also life for that matter. But as chess players, it is critically important to be honest with ourselves when we make mistakes so that we can improve both as a player and a person. Yesterday I published anContinueContinue reading “A Learning Moment”
Daily Chess Musings: Chess Chat with Sofia
https://youtu.be/Zj7g709lQ0Q Greetings Chess Players. My name is Chris Torres and this is my daily chess musing for Tuesday, March 2, 2021. On The Daily Chess Musings Blog I have a running series of articles called Chess Chats where I conduct written interviews with interesting members of the chess community. Today, I posted a new ChessContinueContinue reading “Daily Chess Musings: Chess Chat with Sofia”
Chess Chat: Q&A with Sofia, Female Captain of the Leyden Chess Team in Illinois
Daily Chess Club Member Sofia hails from Chicago and is currently an 18-year-old senior in high school who hopes to major in English. Sofia plans to achieve a Woman Candidate Master title to help increase outreach in under-resourced communities and further the movement to improve chess literacy and excellence amongst women. This title will putContinueContinue reading “Chess Chat: Q&A with Sofia, Female Captain of the Leyden Chess Team in Illinois”
Giving Back to the Eade Foundation Has Never Been Easier
Go to : https://fbds.dollarstore.com/ discount code “chess” https://youtu.be/EY6qV_e-dv4 Greetings Chess Players. My name is Chris Torres and this is my daily chess musing for Monday, March 1, 2021. Anyone who has followed this channel for a while has seen how FIDE Master James Eade has contributed so much to the success of many of ourContinueContinue reading “Giving Back to the Eade Foundation Has Never Been Easier”
Trans Atlantic Chess Cooperative Online Training Series Scholarship Winners
https://youtu.be/Dc3HVDlN6EU Greetings Chess Players. My name is Chris Torres and this is my daily chess musing for Sunday, February 28, 2021. The Eade Foundation considers chess to be a social good and thus strives to improve society through the promotion of chess literacy and chess excellence. To further this goal, FIDE Master James Eade askedContinueContinue reading “Trans Atlantic Chess Cooperative Online Training Series Scholarship Winners”
Weekly Tournament Results February 26, 2021
Friday Frenzy PlacePlayerPoints#1krithik_r4#2Hellocow4#3Ethanleeethanlee4#4chessdude9703#5DearShowyCircus3 Super Saturday Swiss PlacePlayerPoints#1knightseu3#2chaas21782#2aonofre04162#4Jonofre101 Beginner Brunch I do not know why the Beginner Brunch had no results. I think there was an error when I made it earlier this week.
LEVON ARONIAN TO REPRESENT THE USA IN CHESS
https://youtu.be/hpm7ec6WLhc Greetings Chess Players. My name is Chris Torres and this is my daily chess musing for Saturday, February 27, 2021. Chess grandmaster Levon Aronian announced that he is leaving Armenia and will represent the United States for chess, citing what he said was Armenian officials’ indifference to chess as one of the reasons. “The pastContinueContinue reading “LEVON ARONIAN TO REPRESENT THE USA IN CHESS”