Best Openings for Bullet Chess
Bullet chess is all about speed. You only get 1 minute on the clock. That means every move has to be quick and powerful. If you waste time thinking too […]
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Book Review: Rock Solid Chess – Volume 1: Pawn Structures
Authors: Sergei Tiviakov and Yulia GökbulutPublisher: New In Chess (2023)Pages: 263 What This Book Is About This book is all about one of the most important parts of chess: pawn
Adult Chess Improvement
Creating a Personalized Chess Training Routine as an Adult Chess Improver
Many adults love chess and want to get better. But it can be hard to know what to study, how much time to spend, or where to even start. Work,
Chess Psychology
How to Be More Confident as a Chess Player?
Have you ever felt nervous before a chess game? Maybe you think your opponent is better than you, or you worry about making a mistake. That’s normal! Even great chess
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How to Get Better at Bullet Chess: 6 Simple Tips
Bullet chess is a very fast type of chess. Each player usually has only one minute to play all their moves. Because the game is so fast, it’s easy to
Book Review
Book Review: Mastering Chess Exchanges by Jacob Aagaard and Renier Castellanos
In chess, the decision to exchange pieces is often the quiet moment before the storm—the split-second where a game’s fate is sealed not by bold tactics, but by deep positional
Chess Events
🏆 Oskemen Open 2025 – International Chess Championship
📅 20–30 July 2025📍 Oskemen, Kazakhstan💰 $100,000 Prize Fund🌍 FIDE-Rated Swiss System About the Tournament The Oskemen Open 2025 is the 2nd stage of the Kazakhstan Chess Cup 2025, organized
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Book Review: Chess Imbalances by Mauricio Flores Rios
Chess Imbalances is a deep and detailed book about how different pieces in chess can give players an advantage or disadvantage, depending on how they are used. It was written
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Tournament Review: Cannes Open 2025
I played two chess tournaments, and this post is about the Cannes Open, which was the second tournament. Read the previous blog by clicking here. From Graz, we took a
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Tournament Review: Graz Open 2025
This is the first classical tournament I played in 2025. Graz, a beautiful city in Austria, has been organizing this tournament for decades. I met some nice people there, we