https://youtu.be/PsflnJBV5Zs The FIDE Candidate Chess Tournament resumed on April 19th after a 389 day long! The winner of the tournament plays Magnus Carlsen for the World’s Chess Crown at the end of the year. When play resumed, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Ian Nepomniachtchi were in the lead with 4 and a half out of 7. Let’sContinue reading "THE FIDE CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT: ROUNDS 8 & 9"
2020-2021 FIDE Candidates Tournament: Who Are You Rooting For?
THE FIDE CANDIDATES’ TOURNAMENT RESUMES IN JUST 4 DAYS
https://youtu.be/9QVUEoXnr0c On April 19th, the FIDE Candidates' Tournament is set to resume in Yekaterinburg, Russia The first half of the tournament was held there from March 17 to 25, 2020, but FIDE was forced to call it off halfway due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So, after a 389 day long break, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), IanContinue reading "THE FIDE CANDIDATES’ TOURNAMENT RESUMES IN JUST 4 DAYS"
Chess Think
If a picture can be worth a thousand words than I suppose it’s justifiable that I used two YouTube videos to explain a single chess position. These two episodes are part of a series dedicated to describing thought processes that will lead you to making better decisions during your chess games. Episode One andContinue reading "Chess Think"
Chess Chat: Q&A with Lauren Goodkind, Chess Educator Extraordinaire
I first me Lauren around in the Spring of 2000 as I was an assistant tournament director assigned to help out in the High School room for the CalChess Scholastic Championship. Since then, we’ve crossed paths numerous times at tournaments I worked at in Fremont, California, then at the Sojourner Truth Tournaments in Menlo Park,Continue reading "Chess Chat: Q&A with Lauren Goodkind, Chess Educator Extraordinaire"
The Eade Foundation’s Spring Scholastic Chess Classic
https://youtu.be/kpixa7hCl88 I am pleased to announce that registration is now open for The Eade Foundation’s Spring Scholastic Chess Classic. Scholastic chess players are encouraged to join me for a fun filled day of chess on May 22 in order to help raise awareness for The Eade Foundation’s goals of promoting chess literacy and chess excellenceContinue reading "The Eade Foundation’s Spring Scholastic Chess Classic"
#Chess Position Worth Sharing 129
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. ThisContinue reading "#Chess Position Worth Sharing 129"
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! SoContinue 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,Continue 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 movesContinue 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 catchContinue 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 allContinue 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 anContinue reading "A Learning Moment"