Mihail Marin on the “Information Explosion”
There is an almost unanimous opinion that, in chess as in other fields, the beginning of the third Millenium features […]
A Tale of Two Mugs
Today’s coffee mug alongside yesterday’s. Fitting since today is election day here, and yesterday I was again mourning the passing
Lautier-Bologan, 1999
Speaking of Joel Lautier the other day, here’s a position where he found a nice tactic against GM Viktor Bologan
Gasiorowski-Gawronski, 1994
White found an amazing resource to save this game. Can you find it? This is one of the many excellent positions found
GM Joel Lautier on the New in Chess Podcast
Lautier has an amazing inside perspective on Fischer in his long twilight years and his own battles with Kasparov before
Korchnoi v Guevara
When Korchnoi plays chess, he forgets about everything. Tal once told me that before a simultaneous display in Havana, Viktor
McShane-Mirumian, 1999
A young Luke McShane has just made what seems like a reasonable move with 22.Rd3 … but Vigen Mirumian has
Shelby Lyman on Bobby Fischer
“When he [Fischer] was at the board playing, it was like God was playing,” says Shelby Lyman, who narrated the
The Perfect Path
There’s been a long discussion on the Chess Dojo public Discord involving, among many other topics, the perennial favorites of practice and
Tactics Training the Right Way(s)
In the grand scheme of things—even before losing the ability to visualize—I’ve never been a particularly good chess player. But
Taking Myself to the Dojo
A few days ago I joined the Chess Dojo. I’ve heard so many good things about it over the last six