You’ve all heard the joke about how the first rule of CrossFit is you must talk about CrossFit. And the second rule is that you must talk about CrossFit. So let’s talk about CrossFit. And chess. There are many parallels between chess...
There's much more to play on Chess.com than just... chess! Fun "chess variants" can be a great way to mix things up and apply your chess skills in different and exciting ways. You can play: Bughouse Crazyhouse 3-Check King...
It's been a long time coming, but the new version of Chess.com is finally ready to take online chess to a new level—and take your game to new heights. This new version (v3) has been our top priority for two years, and&...
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Chess.com was able to sit down with each of the four major presidential candidates last week as they turned their attention to courting the ever-important chess demographic. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson, and Jill Stein w...
By Maret Thorpe. Photo: Tae Moon [Reprinted with permission of the author and US Chess.] “I’m so honored to have made it on to the first iteration of the Top Women Age 50 and Over! I hope these newly added lists encourage mo...
It's been a long time coming, but a brand-new version of Chess.com is finally ready to take online chess to a new level—and take your game to new heights. This new version (v3) has been our top priority for two years, and&n...
NEW: Beginning June 2, Titled Tuesday will be part of the Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix as a direct path to qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship. Titled Tuesdays will have a $50,000 prize fund spanning 20 weeks and will take pl...
1. Paragraphs Do make paragraphs clear, focused, readable, and short. Every paragraph should have its own identifiable point. If you can’t explain (to yourself) the point of a paragraph, it needs to be rewritten. Do start a ne...
Hello Chess.com Community!Today, we're happy to announce an open invitation from the Amateur Chess Organization (ACO) and Chess.com! Did you know that every chess player now has the opportunity to become a world champion? That's right! As we...
USCL 2012 Preview - East If you are interested in the rubric based on which I'm evaluating these teams; or in my predictions for the Western Division, they can be found here. If you don't know what the US Chess League is, it is an exciting, prof...
As I write this, we are just hours from the opening pawn pushes of the 8th US Chess League season. And what an exciting season it will be! One of the major innovations of the season is that the games will be shown on both ICC and Chess.com, and th...
Tonight was the first night of the 2012 season of the US Chess League, and wow were these matches close! Two out of four matches were drawn: Philadelphia Inventors v. Baltimore Kingfishers Board 1- Erenburg (Phi) v. Enkhbat (Bal): with white...
Death-Matches are grueling, all-out battles of wit, speed, skill, and endurance. For the rules governing these matches, check here. This article will maintain a list of all previous Death-Match Winners. Death-Match 1 On January 13, 2012, ...
Chess.com Blitz Death-Matches are grueling, all-out battles of wit, speed, skill, and endurance. To see a list of past winners, check here. To view recordings of past matches, go here. Here are the current rules guiding them: 1) The match ...
Getting home after Saturday's games, I ate dinner and started preparing for Yankovsky. I had a general profile of him already, but I needed to play through a bunch of his games to ascertain what variations he played against my defenses to e4 (c5, ...
[if you missed my first piece about this tournament, it is here] As day 2 began at the Western Class Championships, the two day schedule began. Separate schedules is something which may not exist outside of the U.S.-- they allow players to play ...
This is a quick guide to a video series. This series by IM Pruess, designed for intermediate (1300-1700 USCF) players, teaches about: the key opening principles how to use them to guide your opening play how to balance and compare them to ...
Target Skill Range: Intermediate (Rated 1400-1799) Put your skills into practice, and use everything you've learned to win chess games! Tasks: Play in 20 chess tournaments (100 rated games). Learn to analyze your own games. Publish you...
Target Skill Range: Intermediate (Rated 1400-1799) Arrive at your final chess destination with the knowledge you need to win! Tasks: Increase your knowledge of fundamental endgames. Improve your endgame technique. Complete these endgame ...
Target Skill Range: Intermediate (Rated 1400-1799) Tactics, tactics and more tactics! Learn what it takes to win using tactics! Tasks: Memorize every fundamental tactical pattern of chess. Do tactics, tactics, and more tactics. Develop "...
Target Skill Range: Intermediate (Rated 1400-1799) Learn to develop long-term, strategic plans and outplay your opponents! Tasks: Learn the basics of positional chess: pawn structures. Learn the basics of positional chess: weak squares....
Target Skill Range: Intermediate (Rated 1400-1799) Acquire the knowledge you need to approach the opening with confidence and achieve success! Tasks: Extend your base knowledge of "tournament openings." Aim for consistency. Learn the con...
This is a quick guide to a video series. This series shows a few different ideas that white can use to play against the Petroff, including the under-investigated Cochrane Gambit. Clearly it would not be a bad idea for a black player of the Petroff...
