In this post, I will reflect on the chess books I read in 2019. You can find a similar post about non-chess books on my other blog Popsychle. The Year Of Sosonko In 2019, I…
Cheating in chess: A history
(Cover photo credit: Eneada, DeviantArt) Introduction Everyone who has ever played a game of chess on the Internet knows that there is a major problem is plaguing the chess world. Cheating in chess. Every now…
Keep It Simple: 1 d4 Chessable Course: An Honest Review
This review assumes the reader is familiar with Chessable and their concept If you don’t know what Chessable is, or you don’t know how exactly it works, I recommend reading this introductory post to Chessable…
Is Chessable all it’s cracked up to be? An honest review
Introduction In the digital era, new technological solutions and applications that shape the modern world appear on an almost daily basis. Chess as a field is no exception. Over the last couple of years, several…
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…
Educator, teacher, podcaster – Ben Johnson Interview – Part Two
This is the second part of the interview, in which we talk about Ben’s trading years, his transition back to chess teaching, about Perpetual Chess Podcast and his family. The first part of the interview,…
Educator, teacher, podcaster – Ben Johnson Interview – Part One
This is the first part of the interview, in which we talk about Ben’s early years, his adulthood and time in college and how he got into poker. The second part of the interview, in…
Ivan Sokolov Birthday
„ If I don’t kill myself tonight, I’m gonna live a thousand years!“ These immortal words were uttered on 13.01.2013. during the 2nd round of Tata Steel 2013 chess tournament by a famous grandmaster and…
Sir George Alan Thomas Birthday
I first stumbled on the name of Sir George Alan Thomas in my favorite childhood chess book, The Art Of The Checkmate. I am not even sure whether the book included his victory over an…
Nigel Short Birthday
„It will be Short and the match will be short!“ When asked about the potential challenger during the Candidates matches before the 1993 matches, Kasparov rattled this remark. The World Champion showed great insight, especially…
Richard Reti Birthday
New York. 1924. The reigning World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca who hasn’t lost a game in 8 years appears. Richard Reti uses 1 Nf3. It is super effective. Richard Reti was a born in a…
Krunoslav Hulak Birthday
Even though Croatia is a relatively small country, it is continuously producing players who manage to place themselves on the chess map of the world. In the last 20 years, the most notable examples are…