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      Author: Armand Niculescu
      Support: Liviu Niculescu
      Additional art: Mihai Radu

      Some annotated historical games courtesy of Jan van Reek

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          Best 7 chess openings

          Best Seven Chess Openings for Beginners (Part Two)

          The classical way to control the center is to occupy it with one or more pawns. The four chess openings discussed in this article establish a d-pawn in the center. The center consists of the squares e4, e5, d4, and d5. A d-pawn is defended by one’s queen, a good thing because that defense lessens the chances that beginners will emerge from their openings a pawn down. More 🡢

          King's Indian Attack

          Best Seven Chess Openings for Beginners (Part One)

          Beginners’ chess games often include blunders in the first ten moves. For example, beginners may lose to the Scholar’s Mate in just four moves. Good chess openings for beginners avoid opening traps, are easy to memorize, and follow opening principles. This “Part One” article introduces three chess openings; a “Part Two” article will give four more openings. More 🡢

          Review of The Chess Bible by Vishnu Warrier

          Thinkers Publishing’s The Chess Bible – Most Instructive Tips, Axioms, One-Liners & Mantras by Vishnu Warrier was published in 2022. Warrier is a tech consultant who loves chess. More 🡢

          Albert W. Fox: A Chess Life On and Off the Board

          Albert W. Fox: A Chess Life On and Off the Board

          Chess historians adore Albert W. Fox: A Chess Life On and Off the Board and respect its author, John S. Hilbert. International Master John Donaldson describes Hilbert as “America’s premier chess historian.” Along with Donaldson, several chess historians provided blurbs for Hilbert’s Fox book. More 🡢

          Hans Niemann

          Is Hans Niemann the second-best classical chess player of 2022?

          Imagine a ranking system in which defeating the World Chess Champion trumps other considerations. In this system, Hans Niemann would be #2 for 2022. Niemann is the only player with a classical chess win over World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. This imaginary system is more like sports rankings than chess rankings and is loosely based on the Morphy number. More 🡢

          cute rabbit

          A Chess Boom and a Viral Video

          Chess is booming in the Oklahoma City (OKC) metropolitan area. Coffeeshops, bookstores, recreation and community centers, and universities host chess clubs every day of the week. ChessMates OKC posted a chess video that, in less than two months, has over 90,000 views. More 🡢

          Senior playing chess online

          The surprising benefits of online chess for seniors

          For seniors, learning and playing chess online can bring numerous benefits, such as improved cognitive skills, more opportunities to socialize, and the ability to exercise the mind and body. More 🡢

          Hans Niemann

          Interviewing Chess Grandmasters Hans Niemann and Vasyl Ivanchuk

          At the FIDE World Team Championship 2022, in 43 one- or two-minute-long videos, I interviewed players, captains, organizers, and FIDE officials. Two of the most famous players I interviewed were Grandmasters Hans Moke Niemann and Vasyl Ivanchuk. The winning team was China,  followed by Uzbekistan, Spain, and India. More 🡢