Cover photo taken from the official FIDE Website Introduction The upcoming Candidates Tournament 2024 is not only notable due to the fact it will be the first Candidates tournament to be held on North American…
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When I am not writing about chess, I make bad positional moves and display horrendous endgame technique.
Everything You Need To Know About Candidates Tournament 2024
(Cover photo taken from the official FIDE Website) Introduction On April 3rd, 2024, one of the most anticipated, exciting, and important chess tournaments of the year – will begin. The Candidates Tournament 2024, in which…
An Ethical Guide For Chess Players
The following article is a guest post by Nikolaos Ntirlis. Nikolaos is a strong correspondence player and a renowned book author and some of you might know him from his opening theory threads he regularly…
I Published A Course With Jan Gustafsson!
Introduction On February 26th, 2024, one of the biggest, proudest moments of my professional life (so far) happened – the publication of the Chessable course Gustafsson’s Aggressive 1.e4 – Part 1, which I co-authored with…
Norm Factories Or: The Problem(s) With Round-Robin Norm Events
Note 1: This article was written in collaboration with Benjamin Porthault who did all the statistical analysis. When he is not running Python Scripts, Benjamin works as a performance/mental coach specializing in coaching chess players….
Women’s World Chess Championship 1930
Cover Photo: Vera Menchik (Left), Paula Wolf-Kalmar, Wally Henschel (top), Katarina Beskow and Agnes Stevenson (bottom), Sources: Various, but mostly the fantastic website BritBase by John Saunders and the following Chessbase article Women’s World Chess…
1927 Women’s World Chess Championship
Cover Photo: Vera Menchik (Left), Edith Price, Martha Daunke (top), Paula Kalmar, Edith Holloway, Edith Michell (bottom), Sources: Various, but mostly the fantastic website BritBase by John Saunders In order to track the origin of…
Everything You Need To Know About Chess Coaching: How (And Why) To Find A Chess Coach
Disclaimer: This article was written primarily with chess coaching for adults in mind. While some of the concepts/topics discussed are relevant for chess coaching for kids, not all of them are. Likewise, some matters highly…
Materialism in Chess Or: How To Make Money In Chess In An Ethical Way
Introduction The Motivation For This Article Throughout the 20th century, it was very tough to make a living within the chess world. Unless you were an absolute top player – preferably from a country like…
How (and Why) To Analyze Your Chess Games: A Step-By-Step Guide to Analyzing Your Chess Games
Introduction Analyzing your chess games is often recommended as one of the best ways to improve your chess game. Everyone in the chess world, from the sixth World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, famous Soviet trainers…
How To Use Chess Engines: The Method of Comparison
Introduction Even though chess engines are a very powerful tool for analyzing chess positions, many people are struggling with their use. In this article, aptly titled How To Use Chess Engines, I am going to…
Burn Variation of the French Defence
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction After covering the Alekhine-Chatard variation of the French…