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Everything You Need To Know About Chess Culture

Everything You Need To Know About Chess Culture

NathanielGreen
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If you are someone who has only started playing chess in the last year or two, you may already know about The Queen's Gambit or GM Hikaru Nakamura's stream. But if you want to understand chess culture at a deeper level, there are many more referen...

Knowledge Is Power!

Knowledge Is Power!

GM Gserper
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Francis Bacon's famous statement: "Knowledge is power" was written in big block letters on a wall of my school, so I read it more than a thousand times in my childhood and it became firmly engraved in my mind. Watching the 2022 U.S. Chess Champion...

Predicting The Future Of Chess Prodigies

Predicting The Future Of Chess Prodigies

NM SmarterChess
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Other than a world championship match, there is arguably nothing that excites the chess world more than a promising young player. From 1956, when 13-year-old future GM Bobby Fischer's "Game of the Century" was reprinted around the world and began ...

Coach Of The Month: GM Rashad Babaev

Coach Of The Month: GM Rashad Babaev

Mick
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GM Rashad Babaev is a grandmaster from Azerbaijan who works as a full-time chess coach offering online and in-person instruction. In addition to winning multiple international tournaments, he has devoted most of his career as a grandmaster to deve...

Home Page Updates And Zombies!

Home Page Updates And Zombies!

CHESScom
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October is here! Check out the latest news and updates from Chess.com as we continue to make your online chess experience as zombie-filled enjoyable and enriching as possible. Here's what this monthly update covers: Product & Engineering...

Can You Catch The Cheater?

Can You Catch The Cheater?

GM Gserper
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Note: As is always the case, but should be stated clearly in this particular context, the views expressed by GM Serper in his articles are his views alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Chess.com. Chess is in the worldwide news aga...

5 Times Chess Veterans Upset Rising Stars

5 Times Chess Veterans Upset Rising Stars

NM AnthonyLevin
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Today, the stage is set mainly for the young. Celebratory news pieces, including our own on Chess.com, often highlight the accomplishments of the next up-and-coming player. These days, there's lots of talk about GMs Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdu...

Fischer vs. Modern Elite Players

Fischer vs. Modern Elite Players

GM Gserper
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If you frequent chess forums, you are probably familiar with the never-ending debates about the strength of chess players from various eras. There will always, for example, be a person making the traditional claim that any decent master today woul...

Coach Of The Month: WGM Petra Papp

Coach Of The Month: WGM Petra Papp

Mick
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WGM Petra Papp is a skilled coach and experienced chess player who offers online instruction for students of all levels. With a FIDE rating of 2336, she's able to offer high-level insights and tactical advice to elevate her students' games to the ...

Firouzja's Opening Tricks

Firouzja's Opening Tricks

GM Gserper
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The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz event is in the history books already, providing a lot of food for thought. First and foremost, let's talk about the phenomenal performance of GM Alireza Firouzja. It immediately brings memories of the famous Herzog...

Emoji Are Back & Enjoy Our New Improvements

Emoji Are Back & Enjoy Our New Improvements

CHESScom
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Another month has passed by quickly. Check out the latest news and updates from Chess.com as we continue to make your online chess experience the best it can be! Here's what this update covers: Product & Engineering Events Community C...

Bobby Fischer Wins Match Of The Century

Bobby Fischer Wins Match Of The Century

NathanielGreen
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Today, half a century ago, was a historic day for chess, and the whole world was watching. GM Bobby Fischer had done it! He fought, almost single-handedly, against the Soviet chess machine, and emerged as the first American world champion of chess...

Club Of The Month: 4 Player Chess

Club Of The Month: 4 Player Chess

Mick
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This edition of Club of the Month celebrates one of the most unique clubs on Chess.com: 4 Player Chess. Devoted to one of the most interesting chess variants, the 4 Player Chess club has an active community of around 25,000 members who love the fo...