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Going Above and Beyond: Yuriy Krykun

Going Above and Beyond: Yuriy Krykun

Chessable
| 14 days ago

Welcome back to Going Above & Beyond — where we celebrate 5-stars authors who walk the extra mile or two for their students. This time, we showcase an OG of Chessable. One who’s carved a name for outstanding support and near-ins...

Kasparov’s Simul with National Teams

Kasparov’s Simul with National Teams

Chessable
| 19 days ago

Grandmasters are… good at chess. This is a modest description, of course. The title of Grandmaster is the highest one you can achieve in chess. If you’ve ever faced a Grandmaster on the chess board, you’ll know how extraordina...

Chess and Neurodegenerative Disease

Chess and Neurodegenerative Disease

Chessable
| 20 days ago

This is a guest blog post by Nithin Ramasamy, a junior at Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago. To learn more about his project, and to participate in research on chess and neurodegenerative disease, please visit https://icond.azurewebsites...

Human vs. Machine: Kasparov’s Legacy

Human vs. Machine: Kasparov’s Legacy

Chessable
| 23 days ago

“It’s a machine. At the end of the day, it’s stupid.” Garry Kasparov, 1997 Do you ever worry that you could be replaced by a machine? With ChatGPT and other tools on the rise, concerns like these seem more rele...

Going Above and Beyond: Kamil Plichta

Going Above and Beyond: Kamil Plichta

Chessable
| 23 days ago

Welcome back to our Going Above & Beyond series, where we celebrate authors who go the extra mile to keep their Chessable courses new and fresh. Chessable courses are living things.  Theory gets updated, mistakes get amended and ...

PRO Week is Back!

PRO Week is Back!

Chessable
| Sep 30, 2024

From September 30th to October 6th, it’s Chessable PRO week.  That means we’re giving away a free week of PRO membership to every single one of you - even if you’ve previously had a free week! It’s completely free...

Olympiad Spotlight: Hungary

Olympiad Spotlight: Hungary

Chessable
| Sep 12, 2024

This year’s Olympiad is hosted by the beautiful city of Budapest. And since Hungary is the host country, it’s only fitting that we take some time to discuss Hungarian chess. Hungary has an impressive record in the Olympiad - w...

Going Above and Beyond: Sam Shankland

Going Above and Beyond: Sam Shankland

Chessable
| Sep 10, 2024

Welcome to the latest installment of “Going Above & Beyond,” where we celebrate the authors who go the extra mile to update their courses. So that their students have the best information available, especially in their openings....

Olympiad Spotlight: United States

Olympiad Spotlight: United States

Chessable
| Sep 4, 2024

With the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest drawing closer, we are continuing our Olympiad Spotlight features. This time we are celebrating another prominent chess nation - the United States. Home to some of the best players in the world and...

Olympiad Spotlight: Germany

Olympiad Spotlight: Germany

Chessable
| Aug 29, 2024

In the weeks leading up to the Chess Olympiad (10-23 September in Budapest), we at Chessable are on a mission to spotlight some of the most prominent participating countries and their Chessable representatives. And of course, Germany can’...

Olympiad Spotlight: Spain

Olympiad Spotlight: Spain

Chessable
| Aug 29, 2024

The 45th Chess Olympiad will take place in Budapest, Hungary from September 10-23, and to commemorate the event, we are highlighting some of the teams taking part, alongside a sale on the authors of these teams' courses. In this Olympiad ...

Olympiad Spotlight: Netherlands

Olympiad Spotlight: Netherlands

Chessable
| Aug 22, 2024

The Olympics is over and the world will now focus its full attention on the main event - the Chess Olympiad! If one team could truly be described as the Chessable team, it would be the Netherlands. The Dutch connection at Chessable is ver...

Olympiad Spotlight: India

Olympiad Spotlight: India

Chessable
| Aug 15, 2024

It is the Chess Olympiad season! Taking place from the 10th to the 23rd of September in Budapest, thousands of players will be representing their countries in the battle to win one of the most prestigious tournaments in the chess world and see ...

Going Above & Beyond: Nils Grandelius

Going Above & Beyond: Nils Grandelius

Chessable
| Aug 13, 2024

There's a big part about Chessable courses that we sometimes forget - they're living things. They’re like books, in that they contain a lot of similar information to chess books. Theory gets updated, mistakes get amended and authors react...

Chess at Colleges and Universities

Chess at Colleges and Universities

Chessable
| Aug 12, 2024

Chess at Colleges and Universities Students and faculty members have many chess opportunities at colleges and universities. Besides playing in over-the-board chess championships, undergraduate and graduate students may participate in the Collegia...

Olympiad Spotlight: Nordic Countries

Olympiad Spotlight: Nordic Countries

Chessable
| Aug 8, 2024

Welcome back to the 45th Chess Olympiad showcase — where we give you a sneak peek into the countries participating in the event, their chess history, and other bits the chess enthusiast in you would love to know! This time, we take ...

Olympiad Spotlight: UK

Olympiad Spotlight: UK

Chessable
| Aug 1, 2024

In just over 1 month, nearly one thousand of the world’s strongest chess players will descend upon Budapest, Hungary to battle it out in the 45th Chess Olympiad.  193 countries are each sending a team of 5 of their best players to fig...

Get ahead with the Chessable app

Get ahead with the Chessable app

Chessable
| Jul 18, 2024

This blog is a post by Pavel Lint, a Developer at Chessable. I love the Chessable app! That is why I spend my time developing it, otherwise I would definitely be the next world chess champion and also a supermodel scientist rockstar. I wi...

Interview of GM Stefan Kindermann by Karel van Delft

Interview of GM Stefan Kindermann by Karel van Delft

Chessable
| Jul 10, 2024

The following is a post by Karel van Delft. It is an interview on "Social chess is a fascinating paradox" with GM Stefan Kindermann. Kindermann is an Austrian chess Grandmaster who has represented Germany and Austria in various olympiads. In this ...

Online Cheating and Human Rights

Online Cheating and Human Rights

Chessable
| Jun 30, 2024

This guest blog post is by Salomėja Zaksaitė, Professor of Sports Law at the Institute of Management and Political Science at the Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania. Salomėja Zaksaitė has the WGM title. This blog post will undertake an ana...

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