By Rachel S. Kovacs, Professor, Arts Reviewer, Author, and Presenter at City University of New York Have no illusions. I know next to nothing about chess. I’ve occasionally watched a game, and relished how calmly its players, oblivious to other stimuli around them, contemplate their moves and graciously accept their faux pas. Recently, my know-nothingness …
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Hello, my name is Isabel! I work at Premier Chess and am a camp counselor and intern for the summer. I am from Brooklyn and am going to Adelphi University this fall. I am planning on taking up nursing to later become a nurse anesthetist. Going into the medical field and specifically the nursing …
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By Cinthia Mcdonald, Summer Youth Employment Intern Recently our CEO and National Chess Master Evan Rabin was able to participate in publishing a series of videos in which he explains the foundations and essentials of multiple chess openings and strategies as well as how each party can contribute and benefit from them. These videos are …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club Here is a sampling of famous people who played or influenced chess: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – The American founding father and Renaissance man was also an avid chess player. He is the first American known to have written a book on chess. “Morals on Chess” was published posthumously …
By Premier Chess CEO National Master Evan Rabin There are many great opening, middle game and endgame books out there; see some of my favorite ones here. However, not many books cover practical elements of the game, related to mindset, game preparation, psychology, etc. Here are ten principles that you likely would not find in …
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By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club This week we feature World Chess Champions Vasily Smyslov, Mihail Tal, and Tigran Petrosian. Smyslov, Vasily – Hjartarson, Johann, 0:1, 1995 Sicilian Defense At the age of 75 Smyslov plays in a grandmaster tournament in Iceland, but the young Icelandic player, Hjartarson, defends his home turf skillfully. …
By Victoria O’Connor, Co-Founder & Director of Undergraduate Services of Arrow Academic Consulting Plenty of moves can open a chess game—Catalan Opening, King’s Gambit, Queen’s Gambit—but what about opening moves for college? Like preparing for a chess match, it is never too early to start preparing for college. We assist with resume building, application assistance, …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club This week we embarrass the next three World Chess Champions Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, and Mikhail Botvinnik. Alekhine, Alexander – Tachtarov, 0:1, 1907 Ponziani’s Opening At the time of this game, Alekhine was an unknown 15 year old. If it were not for the two games he played …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club Two Weeks ago I presented the shortest loss ever by a World Chess Champion – a six mover by Anand. That got me to thinking, why not present the shortest loss ever by each of the sixteen World Champions? So I have selected 16 games from all World …
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 …
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