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I Beat a 3000 Rated Chess Player with a Motorbike Mindset
I recently had one of the most surprising bullet sessions I've ever played — including beating a 300…
How I got into the top 50 in the Lichess Summer Bullet Marathon 2025
"I feel the need... the need for speed," - Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun
The Complete Guide to Chess Opening Principles -"King Safety Driven Development"
An unexpected perspective on the classic golden chess opening principles
Epic Top 100 Finish in Lichess Spring Marathon!
Some hints, tips, observations from the Spring 2024 marathon which was a 5 minute time control
Supercharge Your Chess Tactics by Punishing Mistakes
Mistakes are what makes chess fun especially at lower levels. We need to be really good at punishing…
The importance of Chess Visualisation skills
Reminders abound for the importance of chess visualisation skills
An appreciation of Mir Sultan Khan - FIDE Honorary Chess Grandmaster
Called a Genius by Capablanca. An intriguing player in Chess history who was able to win tournaments…
An appreciation of Aron Nimzowitsch - one of the greatest Hypermodernists
One of the great Hypermodernists who really influenced the evolution of chess style and openings wit…
12-Hour Lichess Winter Chess Marathon: Insights, Strategies, and a Touch of Grit
Very interesting chess battles. Some hints and tips for doing well in the marathon
Fighting against the dreaded Maroczy Bind
Bobby Fischer makes use of a simplification strategy for handling the dreaded Maroczy bind
The dangerous Shabalov Attack vs the Semi-Slav gets Alphazero's seal of approval
The Semi-Slav defence is a tough nut to crack but there is an exciting early attack to use as this f…
AlphaZero shocks the world: Unbelievable Triple-Pawn Sacrifice
In the popular Two Knights defence, there is a Triple-Pawn Sacrifice For A Deadly Bishop Pair Assaul…
AlphaZero SHATTERS Chess Norms: EPIC Pawn Installations and amazing Piece sac
An amazing pawn formation is installed in this game which is worth an entire piece sacrifice
AlphaZero's Mind-Blowing Chess Strategy: Double Pawn Sacrifice and Queen Dance
Alphazero makes use of the "Polugaevsky Gambit" in the Queens Indian and adds another pawn sacrifice
Revisiting AlphaZero's out of this world chess to reveal "Installation Theory"
Revisiting Game 3 of the original 2017 match - Alphazero's "Immortal Zugzwang" game
Chess improvement tips
Some interesting chess tips which GPT comes up that seem to be great points :)
Chess "Pep" talks - inspirational talks to help lift you up after losses etc
Chat GPT makes some interesting points which may help lift players up after losing rating points or …
The Caro-Kann defence is the new Sicilian Defence
The Caro-Kann defence as well as requiring less theory to learn has great win statistics with Black
Chat GPT: Chess Love Letters :)
Fascinating love letters that most chess players never thought of :)
Kingscrusher interrogates a super intelligent AI - ChatGPT about Chess
Lots of interesting questions and answers here :)
Checking all checks is important
The habit of checking one's lucrative seemingly crushing plan for checks and tempo gainers can save …
A Treasure of British inventive Chess - IM Michael Basman
An amazing game in particular with a shocking opening but even more shocking tactics later
An out of this world chess engine game
Stockfish vs Leela - TCEC Season 23, Game 46 - 2022