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…
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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…
Tata Steel, Chess Boom and Pro Chess League || Month In Chess(entials) #1
INTRODUCTION Given that literally every article I have ever read about blogging – especially back in 2016 – recommended implementing and maintaining your own mailing list, ever since I first founded chessentials.com, I have included…
Best Chess Books 2022: 7 Great Chess Books I Read in 2022 (And Another 13 Books Reviews)
Disclaimer 1: The following article contains several affiliate links to Amazon.com, meaning that if you go to Amazon and buy the recommended product (or some other product in an allotted period of time), the author…
Best Chess Books 2020
This post is an annual “chess-book-I-have-read” recap, featuring a list of my favourite books I have read in 2020. You can check the best chess books I read in 2019 here. Introduction 2020 has been…
Chess Player, Youtuber, Vast Knowledge Seeker: Agadmator Interview
Note: The cover photo for this interview was made by an amazingly talented artist, musician and chess enthusiast Adam Genesis. You can follow him on Twitter or go to his Youtube and check out the…
Chess and Mental Illness: 12 Chess Player Who Suffered From Severe Mental Problems
CHESS AND MENTAL ILLNESS “Chess doesn’t drive people mad – in fact, it keeps mad people sane” Bill Hartston A couple of weeks ago, on 23rd June 2019., popular chess streamer and content creator, International…
Is Chess A Sport? I Think Not, And Here’s Why!
Is Chess A Sport? „B-b-b-but chess is not a sport!“ Every chess player has heard these words. The debate whether our ancient game should count as a sport is probably as ancient as… our ancient…
Is Mikhail Botvinnik the “bad guy” of modern chess?
Warning: Long post incoming! Leave all hope ye who enter! Last week, a very intriguing question, titled: Is it fair to say that Mikhail Botvinnik is the “bad guy” of modern chess? appeared on the Q&A website…
Carlsen – Caruana World Chess Championship – Tiebreak
Featured image credit: Niki Riga One King To Rule Them All After 12 games of the Carlsen and Caruana made history by drawing all games of the classical portion of the match, a rapid tiebreak…
Best Chess Sets – The Ultimate Guide To Buying A Chess Set
A CHESS SET? There are many advantages of being a chess player. Apart from high intelligence, fantastic sense of humour, humbleness and distorted outlook on reality, the main one is probably the amount of equipment…
Croatian Chess Cup 2018 – Highlights
THE VENUE, PARTICIPANTS AND REGULATIONS Less than a month after the finish of the Croatian Chess Championship 2018, from 15th-20th May 2018, another chess tournament involving creme de la creme of the Croatian Chess was…