Month: January 2017

Jonathan Schrantz and Mike Kummer determine the order of pairings for the seasonal GM and IM Norm tournaments (2/16 –

#agadmator World #2 Fabiano Caruana gives up a pawn to enter the endgame a pawn down against the legendary Nigel

Dennis LaRue looks at smothered mates, which are picturesque checkmates where a knight delivers the mate and the king is

This is a speed chess (Crazyhouse) tournament (Hourly Crazyhouse Arena) I competed in on lichess.org while livestreaming on

It’s white’s space versus black’s bishop pair out of the Alekhine’s Defense. This opening is regarded as hypermodern as it

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Catherine Leberg and Ryan Chester show their horrible mistakes in games they’ve played online. Have you done worse? This

It’s the young Chinese super talent Wei Yi against the “Master of Defense” Sergey Karjakin in Round 11 of the

Jonathan Schrantz analyzes the Botvinnik variation if the Semi-Slav Defense, with the most popular continuation, 16. Na4. See games