In this (and the next) week’s article, we will see a game by the legendary Alexander Alekhine. In this game, Alekhine begins an attack out of nowhere, in a p…
game, Alekhine begins an attack out of nowhere, in a position which at first looks bad
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Remember, once you’re matched up, it’s bad sportsmanship to not play the game.
Young masters Ryo Chen, Tani Adewumi, and Brewington Hardaway all participated in their first Norm tournaments and performed great!
An even score in your first-ever invitational is not bad at all.
I am finally back home and back to blogging. It seemed like such a great idea to take you all with me on my long road trip and update my (last) blog ev…
Not too bad after a day of traveling!
What is chess strategy, and how can it help you win more games? Learn everything about it in this article!
After all, how can you use your pieces‘ full power if they are all on bad squares
Read the title, sounds delicious right? If you said yes… I have no comment. Four things (along with the people who said yes) mig…
If you haven’t seen the video on Chess.com TV, I feel bad for you… it was very exciting
FM Tani Adewumi won his section at the 2022 New York Spring Invitational with 7.0/9. With it he earned his first IM norm, and got his rating over 2300. He now needs only two more norms and 100 rating points to become an international master.
problem is that if 1…Na4 and Black "wins" back the pawn on c3, he enters a really bad
I got my first IM Norm in the 2023 Winter NYC GM/IM Norm Invitationals, which took place from January 12-January 16, 2023 in New York City. In this article, I will analyze some of my games, as well as talk about the emotions I had during the tournament and how I felt after the tournament.
went into a position where I was up an exchange, but poor time management and some bad
of your pieces are on one side of the board, and you castle on the other, only bad
Decoys lure an opposing piece to a bad square that allows you to play a winning tactic
