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Posts by category

• Category: All About Chess
  • Cheese Life or Chess Life?
  • Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar’s Error
  • Team Chess is like a Family
  • Full-ride College Chess Scholarships
  • Is Hans Niemann the second-best classical chess player of 2022?
  • The surprising benefits of online chess for seniors
  • U.S. Women’s Chess Championships: Participants, Champions, Crosstables
  • Reimagining Chess
  • Chess Historical Literacy
  • Final Four of College Chess – and YOU could be a Winner!
  • Infographic: All World Chess Champions
  • Infographic: Chess Players Titles and Ratings in 2019
  • Infographic: Countries With Most Chess Grandmasters
  • Chess coach Elliott Neff answers your questions
  • Prizes for your questions for chess coach Elliott Neff
  • The “ask a chess celebrity” winners are…
  • Prizes for your questions for chess celebrity John Bartholomew
  • Football and Chess… YOU could be a winner!
  • 5 Best Chess Web Shops
  • Why Learning Chess is Important for Your Child
  • How we test SparkChess across platforms
  • What would you like to see next in multiplayer?
  • Chess is fun!
  • Viswanathan Anand vs. Magnus Carlsen at World Chess Championship 2013
• Category: Book Review
  • A Paul Morphy book and the 2025 Chess Journalists of America Awards
  • AlphaBetChess: Books for Chess Parents
  • Deadly Chess Puzzles: One from the 2024 Olympiad, 1001 from Rizzitano
  • Sex, Murder, and Chess: Fiction Predicts Truth?
  • The Saint Louis Chess Conference: Grandmaster Maurice Ashley
  • Accusations by World Chess Champions Bobby Fischer and Vladimir Kramnik
  • Advanced Chess Instruction: Secrets of Queen Endgames
  • David Smerdon: The Complete Chess Swindler
  • Jennifer Shahade: Play Like a Champion
  • Grind Like a Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen
  • Attacking in Chess: Rules of Thumb
  • The Human Factor in Chess – The Testbook (book review)
  • Review of The Chess Bible by Vishnu Warrier
  • Albert W. Fox: A Chess Life On and Off the Board
  • Memoir by Former UT Dallas Chess Coach Rade Milovanovic
  • Understanding Pawn Endgames (book review)
  • Problem Chess: Art and Magic on the Chess Board
  • Modern Chess Opening Repertoire for White
• Category: Chess News
  • U.S. Senior and Junior Chess Championships: Qualify in July
  • Alexandra and Andrea Botez: Chess Content Creators
  • The Second Chess Grandmaster
  • Grandmaster Susan Polgar at US Chess SuperNationals VIII (May 2025)
  • Webster University wins The President’s Cup!
  • President’s Cup Chess: Texas versus Missouri and YOU could be a winner!
  • Open and Women’s (and Men’s) in chess
  • Prague International Chess Festival: Opening Ceremony
  • Chess or Health, Play or Forfeit
  • Chess Under Pressure: New Year’s Resolutions
  • Aleksandar Indjic wins 2024 European Individual Chess Championship
  • To be determined: Chess in London, Paris, and Budapest
  • USA takes Gold, Silver, and Bronze at FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championships
  • Cairns Chess Queens Award: $100,000 for new U.S. Grandmasters
  • Dead Position and Stalemates at Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland
  • Celebrate Nebraska Chess from May 31–June 2, 2024
  • US Chess Safe Play: Real-life Examples
  • Al Capone, Norman Tweed Whitaker, Chess, and Taxes
  • Wisconsin’s newest Woman International Master
  • Over-the-Board College Chess, 2024
  • U.S. Senior Women’s Championship
  • Jennifer Shahade: Underestimating Girls Who Play Chess
  • Barbie: Chess by the Pool
  • World Cup 2023: Are the favorites winning?
  • College chess clashes at U.S. Open
  • The MUNY Solved Chess
  • Grandmasters compete at Coppell Chess Club
  • Chess Champion from China
  • FIDE World Championship 2023: Decisive Chess Games
  • Free Chess Content, Spring 2023
  • A Chess Boom and a Viral Video
  • Interviewing Chess Grandmasters Hans Niemann and Vasyl Ivanchuk
  • Chess Move Order Mystery
  • Fighting Draws in Texas Chess Games
  • Do favorites win World Chess Championship qualifiers?
  • Greatest World Chess Champion of All Time?
  • FIDE Candidates Tournament and a new Norway Chess sweater
  • An Earful of Chess
  • 2022 American Cup: Double Elimination Chess
  • Chess, the number 1,000, and Carlsen’s social media
  • FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships: A Christmas Miracle
  • Carlsen wins 2021 World Chess Championship
  • 2021 World Chess Championship: Playing for Two Results
  • Chess Christmas Gifts
  • Family Day Chess
  • Gift Horse or Trojan Horse in Chess
  • Winning! At chess, with Nigel Short
  • Leo Tolstoy, Anish Giri, and Chess
  • Chess and Weight Loss: In-Between Moves
  • Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Series: Gibraltar
  • April Fools’ Day: Chess Miniatures and GothamChess
  • In Online Chess, Don’t Turn Draws into Losses
  • Exclusive: Free eBook from Forward Chess
  • Chess: U.S. Amateur Team West
  • 600 Modern Chess Puzzles
  • Sherlock Holmes and Chess
  • Online Chess: ChessTech and BotezLive
  • COVID-19 survivor Irina Krush wins U.S. Women’s Championship
  • The Queen’s Gambit and Critical Thinking
  • Air Hockey and Chess
  • Chess Prizes in 2020: Who leads?
  • In-person Chess Teaching in the Time of Pandemic
  • Chess Respect
  • You can be the hero (part 2)
  • Chess Story Explains Exponential Growth (COVID-19)
  • Almost heaven, West Virginia
  • From Chess Player to Chess Advocate
  • Svetozar Gligorić Transatlantic Cup: UT Dallas wins for second year in a row
  • London Chess Conference
  • Learning from the Texas Chess Association
  • All the Wrong Moves
  • Teaching Chess in Africa
  • International Chess Day
  • July Chess Championships in Saint Louis
  • Women’s Chess Tournaments
  • The FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament
  • Chess Vacation of the Year! Contest
  • Girls, Chess, Money, and Careers
  • Final Four of College Chess won by UTRGV
  • U.S. Senior Women’s Championship?
  • Win a chess book from Lauren Goodkind
  • Six Degrees of Separation and One Day More at the World Chess Championship
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Tiebreaks
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Game 12
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana – Game 11
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Game 10
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Game 9
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Game 8
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana – Game 7
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana – Game 6
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Game 5
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana – Game 4
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Game 3
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana – Game 2
  • World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen – Game 1
  • Svetozar Gligorić Transatlantic Cup: UT Dallas wins!
  • Myths and unknowns about chess and the contenders for the World Chess Championship
  • Overloading at the Chess Olympiad
  • Judit Polgar: Chess Connects Us
  • Queen of Katwe visits California
  • Final Four of College Chess 2018 – The Winner is…
  • Multiplayer Score Adjustment
  • Old vs New: The SparkChess board redesign
• Category: Learning Chess
  • No Praise, No Scorn—Just Chess
  • Sunrise in the Bronx: Chess and Life Lessons
  • Chess Books and Autographs
  • Documenting Hopes, Dreams, and Chess
  • Recent Examples of Plagiarism in Chess Writing
  • Different Awards for the Same Chess Results
  • Play chess better on a team? USA Senior Chess
  • Fischer Era Chess Prodigy Headlines Caveman Chess Festival
  • Three Bob Fergusons, Two Chess Masters, and One State of Confusion
  • Chess Endgames: Pawn Principles
  • The London System Compared to the c3 Colle
  • Chess Research: Monetary Awards for University Students
  • The $10,000 Puzzler Hunt, Chess, and Thank You Notes
  • Suitcases, war, chess, and the d5-square
  • From Wild Card to Candidate: Hikaru Nakamura
  • Emotions in chess: Let it Go
  • Chess book review: Defending Under Pressure
  • Like Cats and Dogs: A Chess Fight
  • Chess Fundamentals on Forward Chess
  • You versus Bobby Fischer
  • Queen Sacrifices by Top-Level Chess Players
  • Turning Chess Wins into Draws
  • International Chess Day: The Caro-Kann
  • How to learn chess
  • Chess question from a celebrity fitness trainer
  • Chess and Weight Loss (part 3)
  • Learning from Endgame Chess Errors
  • Chess Excuses and Weight Loss
  • Chess Ideas for Losing Weight
  • Clubs turn to online chess
  • Hand & Brain Chess
  • The Cunning Cavalry of Chess
  • Joys and sorrows of over-the-board and online chess
  • This is why we play chess: Gata Kamsky
  • Anish Giri: Grandmaster, Comedian, Lyricist
  • From Teenage Chess Students to Exemplary Adults
  • Discovered Attack With Check
  • Stay home. Stay safe. Play chess!
  • You can be the hero
  • Chess on the red carpet
  • Heart in San Francisco
  • Simultaneous Chess Exhibition
  • Better than Others
  • Day of the Dead: Post-Mortems and Newspaper Chess Columns
  • Where to host a chess club?
  • Summer Chess Camps – Contest
  • Money for Love
  • The Knight’s Tour
  • Instructional Chess Books for Christmas 2018
  • Stop those pawns!
  • Unexpected Opening Moves: Petroff’s Defense
  • Chess Children
  • How to teach chess (part four) and the Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation
  • World Cup
  • Learn a basic endgame checkmate from Elliott Neff
• Category: Learning Chess Endings
  • The Russian Endgame: Don’t Turn Chess Wins into Draws
  • How to teach chess (part three)
• Category: Learning Chess Openings
  • Best Seven Chess Openings for Beginners (Part Two)
  • Best Seven Chess Openings for Beginners (Part One)
  • Mastering-Chess-Classic Sicilian Counterplay
  • Mastering Chess – Pawn Structures
  • Mastering Chess – The Unexpected Gambit
  • Mastering Chess – Time, Space, and Force
  • Mastering Chess – The Joy of Sacrificing Your Queen
  • Mastering Chess – Target Weaknesses to Exploit Opening Inaccuracies
  • Mastering Chess – The Art of Heroic Defense
  • Mastering Chess – Why Grandmasters Love the Sicilian
  • Mastering Chess – Scotch Opening: Blumenfeld Variation
  • Mastering Chess – Psychology in the Opening Repertoire
• Category: Teaching Chess
  • How to teach chess (part two)
  • How to teach chess (part one)
• Category: The Chess Master Series
  • Mastering Chess – Positional Pawn Sacrifice Buries Black’s Bishop
  • Mastering Chess – The Value of an Exchange
  • Mastering Chess – Play on both sides of the board
  • Mastering Chess- Chaos and an overextended knight
  • Mastering Chess – All-out Struggle for a Key Square
  • Mastering Chess – Long Term Problems in Chess
  • Mastering Chess – The Bishop Pair Needs Space
  • Mastering Chess – Exploit opening inaccuracies by finding a good plan
  • Mastering Chess – Bad Things Happen to Knights without Posts
  • Mastering Chess – How to Build Solid Posts for Knights
  • Mastering Chess – Mysterious Powers of the Knight
  • Mastering Chess – Lines and Focal Points: The Heart and Soul of a Combination
  • Mastering Chess – Choose Chess Openings that Fit Your Style
  • Mastering Chess – Dark Square Domination
  • How to Manage Your Mind in Online Chess

Chess Puzzles

• Dawid Przepiorka vs Erich Eliskases
• Frederick Yates vs. Aaron Nimzowitsch
• Paul Journoud vs. Jules Arnous de Rivière
• Siegbert Tarrasch vs. Max Kurschner
• Roberto Grau vs. Edgar Colle
• Alexander Flamberg vs. Oldrich Duras
• James Mason vs. Georg Marco
• Johannes Zukertort vs. William Norwood Potter
• Edward Lasker vs. George Alan Thomas
• Ossip Bernstein vs. Alexander Kotov
• Paul Keres vs. Arturo Pomar Salamanca
• Alexander Meek vs. Paul Morphy
• Enrico Paoli vs. Jan Foltys
• Milan Vidmar vs. Max Euwe
• Paul Vaitonis vs. Reuben Fine
• Géza Maróczy vs. Heinrich Wolf
• Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Albert Hodges
• Johannes Zukertort vs. Adolf Anderssen
• William Evans vs. Alexander MacDonnell
• Benhard Horvitz vs. Howard Staunton
• Ilya Rabinovich vs. Grigory Levenfish
• Adolf Anderssen vs. Ernst Karl Falkbeer
• Paul Morphy's problem
• Emanuel Lasker vs. Frank Marshall
• Corina-Isabela Peptan vs. Vlasta Macek
• Győző Forintos vs. Boris Spassky
• Max Walter vs. Emanuel Lasker
• Cristina Iosif vs. Almira Skripchenko
• Isaías Pleci vs. Lucius Endzelins
• Veselin Topalov vs. Garry Kasparov
• Monterinas vs. Max Euwe
• Alexander Alekhine vs. Fahardo
• Judit Polgar vs. Hakan Winfridson
• Joseph Blackburn vs. Adolf Anderssen
• Alexander Alekhine vs. Samuil Weinstein
• Viacheslav Ragozin vs. Mihkail Botvinnik
• Viktor Korchnoi vs. Lev Polugaevsky
• Paul Morphy vs. Duke of Brunswick
• Paul Keres vs. Tigran Petrosian
• Robert Thacker vs. Bobby Fischer
• Donald Byrne vs. Bobby Fischer
• Karl Gilg vs. Aaron Nimzowitsch
• Albert Pulitzer vs. Georg Marco
• Daniel Harrwitz vs. Bernhard Horwitz
• Richard Reti vs. Saviely Tartakower
• Popert vs. John Cochrane
• Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Madame de Remusat
• Nona Gaprindashvili vs. Eliška Richtrová
• Mikhail Tal vs. Pal Benko
• Jacques Schwarz vs. Samsonov
• Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Herbert Trenchard
• Wilhelm Steinitz vs. David Sands
• Viktor Korchnoi vs. Peterson
• Simen Agdestein vs. Al Qudaimi
• Boikhutso Mudongo vs. Karolina Olsarova
• Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Josif Dorfman
• Johannes Addicks vs. Mladen Gujdev
• Jo-Kai Liao vs. Colm Daly
• Tigran Petrosian vs. Tomic
• Luis Paulsen vs. Blachy
• Joseph Blackburne vs. Martin
• José Capablanca vs. Gunnar Friedemann
• Varuzhan Akobian vs. Blas Lugo
• Magnus Carlsen vs. Hans Harestad
• Alexander Alekhine vs. Frieman
• Giese vs. Alexander Alekhine
• Gregor Podkriznik vs. Mohamed Gassouma
• Li vs. Alitha
• John Emms vs. Albert Blees
• Wuisard vs. Durufle
• Laszlo Vadaz vs. Carsten Lingnau
• Pilotelle vs. Vernay
• En-Passant: How it Works
• For Beginners: Mate in Three
• Think This Is Too easy?
• Promote to Knight
• Mate in Three with a Promotion
• Mate in Two
• Kasparov Mates in 3

Questions & Answers

• The game looks wrong - different from screenshots
• How can I cancel my SparkChess Premium Live subscription?
• How do the timers work in SparkChess?
• What are offline challenges?
• How do I play correspondence chess in SparkChess?
• How do I delete my multiplayer account?
• Does SparkChess multiplayer support crossplay?
• A player is cheating! What should I do?
• Can I connect to Multiplayer if I'm using Tor or a VPN?
• What is Guest Login?
• Are multiple accounts allowed in multiplayer?
• What are playing areas?
• What's the difference between the Premium Live login and the Multiplayer login?
• Why does the board look wrong, images are missing?
• How do I play with someone on my team?
• What are the time controls for my team?
• How do I join or leave a team?
• How do I add, approve or remove members on my team?
• How do I edit or delete a team?
• How do I create a team?
• How can I set an avatar (profile photo) in multiplayer?
• What do Alyx' settings mean?
• Do you have a special offer for schools or clubs?
• Why do I need the newest version to play in online multiplayer?
• Why did the game end unexpectedly?
• Can I play correspondence chess?
• How can I improve my chess skills?
• What is Claire's rating? What about Boris or Guru?
• How do I install SparkChess on Mac OS?
• How can I find what version of SparkChess I have?
• What are the browser requirements for playing SparkChess online?
• Is SparkChess Premium subscription-based? Are there recurring charges?
• My antivirus blocks SparkChess - why?
• Is the payment process secure?
• What's your refund policy?
• I purchased SparkChess but I still see the free version when I play
• How do I add or save PGN files on iOS or Android?
• How is Stalemate declared?
• How does filtering work in multiplayer?
• Did my account disappear?
• I get disconnected unexpectedly, why?
• How reliable is the multiplayer service?
• I can't connect. Help!
• Can SparkChess work behind firewalls?
• How do you handle abusive users and cheaters?
• Is it safe for a child to play SparkChess online?
• How is the multiplayer score calculated?
• Is there a difference in multiplayer between the free and premium version of SparkChess?
• Is the multiplayer service free?
• What payment methods are available?
• Do I have to upgrade when a new release is available?
• Are updates free?
• How can I upgrade to the latest version?
• I downloaded the game but I can't find it. Do I need to buy it again?
• I bought the game, but I didn't receive an email or link. What should I do?
• I'm on Linux – is SparkChess available for me?
• On what platforms does your chess game work?
• I want to play the game without opening the browser, like a normal program; is that possible?
• Why do you show ads?
• Is playing SparkChess online free?
• I see both SparkChess and flashCHESS mentioned. What's the difference between them?
• Your chess engine is too easy! Is that the best you can do?
• Your chess game is too hard! Help!
• Why can't I castle? How do I castle?
• I just moved my pawn two squares and then it disappeared!
• The enemy pawn advanced to my first row and then a second black queen appeared – Why?

How-To's

• How can I place SparkChess Premium Live on the desktop?
• How to play correspondence chess in SparkChess
• How to Whitelist SparkChess in Microsoft Defender Smartscreen
• How to redeem a Forward Chess coupon code
• How to change your Premium Live account password
• How to login to Premium Live and Multiplayer
• How to Play Chess with a Team Mate
• How to use an Invitation Code?
• How to purchase a Premium Live subscription
• How to create a team
• How to find what version of SparkChess you have

Support Areas

• Learning to play chess
• Multiplayer Chess
• Payment
• Playing Chess Online
• Premium Features
• SparkChess Premium (full version)
• Team management

Difficulty

• Easy Chess Puzzles
• Hard Chess Puzzles
• Moderate Chess Puzzles

Mate

• Mate in 2 chess puzzles
• Mate in 3 chess puzzles
• Mate in 4 chess puzzles
• Mate in 5 chess puzzles
• Mate in 7 chess puzzles

Player

• Chess puzzles for Black
• Chess puzzles for White