By Etan Boritzer, Founder of Veronica Lane Books Fixation is the way to death; fluidity is the way to life. – Miyamoto Musashi, legendary samurai, and author of The Book of Five Rings (Martial Arts Classic) Any creative chess player can benefit from this ancient chess-like board game as described in The Way of …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Do not overthink it! As no chess player could calculate every detail in a position, it is important to calculate a bit, use your prior knowledge, and trust yourself, even if you are not 100% sure that your solution is correct. After being an inactive player, focusing on the …
By Tamar Lindenfeld, Founder of Chalkdust Inc. The tools you bring to the chess table. When starting a game of chess there are some obvious things that need to be brought to the table–a chess board and chess pieces to start. Familiarity with the rules and your opponent are also important. As you pack up …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Paul Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick and Comte Issouard is one of the most instructive games of all time. The first unofficial world champion played against two royal amateurs. Ask 100 chess teachers if they have taught the game before and 99 of them will say “yes”. The game …
Analysis of the Opera Game: Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick and Comte Issouard Read More »
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin If you want to draw, go to art school! There are five ways to draw a chess game: Stalemate: When the king is not in check and the player has no legal moves. Insufficient Mating Material: When neither side has enough pieces to possibly get to checkmate. If a …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club There has been a lot of talk recently about the possibility that Diana Lanni was Walter Tevis‘ inspiration for Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit This is what is known: Lanni and Tevis were both playing chess in the same circles in New York City in the …
Diana Lanni-Was She Inspiration for Beth Harmon? Read More »
In my previous blog post “Three Ideas for a Race Against Time” , I wrote about how a player should divide a game’s time control by 40, the average number of moves in a chess game, to determine the rough amount of time he should spend per move. However, one needs to know the types of …
By Shai Hecker, Operations Intern Samuel Reshevsky was a Polish Chess prodigy who became a chess grandmaster. Although he never won the World Chess Championship Tournament he did win the US Championship eight times. Here we have a picture of a young Samuel playing against multiple opponents. Larry Evans was an American chess player. However, …
Larry Evans Versus Samuel Reshevsky: A Throwback to the Past Read More »
