Chess Camp Assignments & Tournaments

First go to DailyChessMusings.com Camp Page. Scroll down to the date. It will not be active until an hour before the camp starts. After you go to the correct day scroll down to your group. To watch the opening livestream for the day click on Opening Message. To join the tournament for the day clickContinue reading "Chess Camp Assignments & Tournaments"

Free Chess Camp with Highly Acclaimed Coaches

Give your son or daughter the gift of chess this Holiday Break by having them train with some of the best chess coaches money can buy... without paying a dime. Whether your child is new to chess, a tournament player, getting ready for international competition, or just looking for the best possible training environment andContinue reading "Free Chess Camp with Highly Acclaimed Coaches"

Free Thanksgiving Break Chess Camp Awards

Watch Here Thank you to all of our participants. I was so thrilled to see how well you did. I am posting the point totals below. Some of them we did not have a name or Chess.com Username for. If you think your points are wrong because we do not have your name or UsernameContinue reading "Free Thanksgiving Break Chess Camp Awards"

10 Completely Free Chess Activities in December

Dear Chess Families, It’s often far too easy to get caught up in everyday stress and forget about the great escape that is the chessboard and the wonderful friendships the chess community fosters. During these unprecedented times, I know that it is especially important that our scholastic chess community members have access to a structuredContinue reading "10 Completely Free Chess Activities in December"

Special Guest FM James Eade

November 28, 2020 https://youtu.be/y6t1sSjNOho [Event "Correspondence game 1986 US vs. East Germany"][Date "1986"][White "Heinz Engl"][Black "James Eade"][Result "0-1"] Correspondence game 1986 US vs. East Germany match. Engl was White. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.h4 Qe7 12.h5 g5 13.Nh3 Bd7Continue reading "Special Guest FM James Eade"

Free Thanksgiving Chess Camp Instructions

The start of DailyChessMusings.com Free Thanksgiving Chess Camp is now just days away! Your child will find their assignments in the group they selected as their experience level. Please have him or her join me live on our YouTube page at 11:00 am Pacific for our Welcome Meeting each day of the camp. Immediately after the meeting, students should check their group’s dailyContinue reading "Free Thanksgiving Chess Camp Instructions"

Analyze That! November 13 Games

Here is the notation to go with the games covered in the Analyze That! for November 13 https://youtu.be/-G9JG8EEgAQ Halloween Blitz Extravaganza 1 Chess.com 2020.10.31 Round 4 White Jollification Black royalknight101 0-1 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ 3...cxd5 4.Qb3 dxe4 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d3 exd3 8.Be3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rxd3Continue reading "Analyze That! November 13 Games"

Alex Trebek (July 22, 1940 – Nov. 8, 2020)

Today, we lost the beloved host of the television game show Jeopardy to cancer. I have many fond memories of watching Jeopardy during his thirty-seven years as the host. However, I thought it would be particularly fitting for this blog to share the Double Jeopardy category from Show # 5651 - Monday, March 16th, 2009.Continue reading "Alex Trebek (July 22, 1940 – Nov. 8, 2020)"

Reuters Calculations vs Kornacki’s

In 2000, Kornacki was more accurate than Reuter. [Event "WCCF"][Site "email"][Date "2000"][Round "?"][White "Reuter, Alfred J"][Black "Kornacki, Alexander "][Result "0-1"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Nc3 Qf6 7.Be3 Qxd4 8.Bxd4Be6 9.Bd3 Ne7 10.Nb5 Kd7 11.Bc3 a6 12.Nd4 Nc6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.O-O e5 15.f4 Re816.Rad1 Kc8 17.g3 Be7 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 dxe5Continue reading "Reuters Calculations vs Kornacki’s"

Winners of the Halloween Blitz Chess Extravaganza!

Winners of a $30 gift certificate to Musings Merchandise and American Chess Equipment 223ChessWizardDavid171royalknight101234sparshg138winnerkarthik075hellokns144ExoticJosh1229243NMLimelight2727174temiflakes1126beatyouanytime191Hellocow Congratulations to our winners, Coach Chris You can watch the YouTube Livestream HERE Tournament Results: Halloween Blitz Extravaganza 1 Halloween Blitz Extravaganza 2 Halloween Blitz Extravaganza 3 1rbspyro2royalknight1013bshreeansh4asimshivapur5hellokns6ExoticJosh12297ReadyForCheckmate8brhs20009Limelight272710CarlitosFrancisco11Ea218112Ea2004513winnerkarthik0714temiflakes115sparshg16Chilli_1217srithanisthebest18nextspacejl19SparkyChessTiger201220nervousokra21awesomechess172922Jay23ChillSushi24aarongom25beatyouanytime26Jollification27acm_ansh28ChessWizardDavid29jacobef30NitsBoss31MahaFireFusion32ManvithaChintha1_MCC33MahaFireFusion34neelypeely35andreas_ak4736awesomechess172937immadi_jay38ManvithaChintha1_MCC39winnerkarthik0740acm_ansh41acm_ansh42Ea2004543Ea2004544Ea218145Ea218146nervousokra47nervousokra48nextspacejl49nextspacejl50SparkyChessTiger201251WindySmart52WindySmart53brhs200054brhs200055MahaFireFusion56MahaFireFusion57ChessWizardDavid58ChessWizardDavid59ChessWizardDavid60CloudyCute61CloudyCute62CloudyCute63ExoticJosh122964ExoticJosh122965ExoticJosh122966sparshg67sparshg68sparshg69temiflakes170temiflakes171temiflakes172jacobef73jacobef74jacobef75Jollification76Jollification77Jollification78beatyouanytime79beatyouanytime80beatyouanytime81beatyouanytime82royalknight10183royalknight10184royalknight10185royalknight10186NMLimelight272787NMLimelight272788NMLimelight272789NMLimelight272790NMLimelight272791awesomechess172992immadi_jay93ManvithaChintha1_MCC94winnerkarthik0795acm_ansh96Ea2004597Ea218198nervousokra99nextspacejl100SparkyChessTiger2012101WindySmart102brhs2000103MahaFireFusion104ChessWizardDavid105CloudyCute106ExoticJosh1229107sparshg108temiflakes1109jacobef110Jollification111beatyouanytime112royalknight101113NMLimelight2727114immadi_jay115awesomechess1729116ChillSushi117ppillari118winnerkarthik07119CloudyCute120nextspacejl121brhs2000122ExoticJosh1229123nervousokra124Poochi1125SparkyChessTiger2012126beatyouanytime127ChessWizardDavid128jacobef129Jollification130sparshg131WindySmart132royalknight101133temiflakes1134NMLimelight2727135awesomechess1729136ChillSushi137ppillari138winnerkarthik07139CloudyCute140nextspacejl141brhs2000142brhs2000143ExoticJosh1229144ExoticJosh1229145nervousokra146nervousokra147Poochi1148Poochi1149SparkyChessTiger2012150SparkyChessTiger2012151beatyouanytime152beatyouanytime153beatyouanytime154ChessWizardDavid155ChessWizardDavid156ChessWizardDavid157jacobef158jacobef159jacobef160Jollification161Jollification162Jollification163sparshg164sparshg165sparshg166WindySmart167WindySmart168WindySmart169royalknight101170royalknight101171royalknight101172royalknight101173temiflakes1174temiflakes1175temiflakes1176temiflakes1177NMLimelight2727178NMLimelight2727179NMLimelight2727180NMLimelight2727181NMLimelight2727182acm_ansh183andreas_ak47184awesomechess1729185beatyouanytime186brhs2000187ChessWizardDavid188ChillSushi189CloudyCute190ExoticJosh1229191Hellocow192jacobef193Jollification194nervousokra195NMLimelight2727196ppillari197royalknight101198SparkyChessTiger2012199sparshg200temiflakes1201WindySmart202winnerkarthik07203andreas_ak47204awesomechess1729205nervousokra206acm_ansh207acm_ansh208SparkyChessTiger2012209SparkyChessTiger2012210WindySmart211WindySmart212winnerkarthik07213winnerkarthik07214brhs2000215brhs2000216CloudyCute217CloudyCute218jacobef219jacobef220beatyouanytime221beatyouanytime222beatyouanytime223ChessWizardDavid224ChessWizardDavid225ChessWizardDavid226Hellocow227Hellocow228Hellocow229Jollification230Jollification231Jollification232sparshg233sparshg234sparshg235royalknight101236royalknight101237royalknight101238royalknight101239temiflakes1240temiflakes1241temiflakes1242temiflakes1243NMLimelight2727244NMLimelight2727245NMLimelight2727246NMLimelight2727247NMLimelight2727

Thank you for registering for the Blitz Chess Extravaganza!

Our FIRST tournament will begin @ 4:00 pm Pacific Time. Our SECOND tournament will begin @ 5:00 pm Pacific Time. Our THIRD tournament will begin @ 6:00 pm Pacific Time. We will have three 5 round Blitz tournaments. Every game you win gets you an extra raffle Ticket. We will pick the winners after theContinue reading "Thank you for registering for the Blitz Chess Extravaganza!"

#Chess Position Worth Sharing! 125

Today's position is a practical tactical shot from the game GM Vladislav Artemiev vs GM Vladislav Kovalev at the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee played on 1/14/2020. Black has just played Rd8 for his 39th move. What is white's Best continuation?

How did Morphy and Alekhine get so good at chess?

Question: How did chess players like Morphy/Alekhine get good at tactics without the computers, books, and databases that we have today? Paul Morphy and Alexander Alekhine Answer: Both Morphy and Alekhine were born wealthy in a household that valued chess. Paul Morphy learned chess at an early age by watching games between his uncle andContinue reading "How did Morphy and Alekhine get so good at chess?"

Do strong chess players today possess different qualities than their predecessors in the 1800’s?

Question: Given the increase in chess theory, are different kinds of people likely to be strong chess players now than in the 1800s or earlier (e.g., people with greater memory)? Answer: It’s also important to realize that brute memorization is not a very important factor in chess success. The important factors that the 19th centuryContinue reading "Do strong chess players today possess different qualities than their predecessors in the 1800’s?"

Analyze That! October 20, 2020

Here is the notation for the games in the October 20, 2020 Analyze That! This is helpful if you want to play along. Site chess.com White KarinRibeiro Black manujlc Result 1-0 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bb4 4...Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 5.Ng5 O-O 6.Qf3 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 6...Nd4 7.Qd3 c6 7...d5 8.Bb3 8.exd5 Bf5Continue reading "Analyze That! October 20, 2020"