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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • yesterday
Carlsen and Nepomniatchi Share Blitz World Title
chess.com Controversy continues to hound Magnus Carlsen and the Fide Rapid and Blitz World Championship. After the Jeans Controversy in the Rapid Tournament, Magnus agreed to return to play in the Blitz
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 5 days ago
Teenage GM Volodar Murzin wins the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship
credit to chess.com Teenagers are conquering chess. After Gukesh Dommaraju recently won the classical World Chess Title, eighteen year old grandmaster Volodar Murzin just became the 2024 FIDE World Rapid
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 8 days ago
New York World Rapid and Blitz Championship Starts Today - A Great Way to Cap Chess in 2024
credit to fide.com The World Rapid and Blitz starts today until December 31, 2024, capping a successful year for chess. After the World Championship event this year won by 18 year old Gukesh Dommaraju
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 11 days ago
Black to Move and Win
In the above position, my opponent gave me an opportunity after committing a blunder, Ne5. The game started with e4 and I replied with c6, the Caro-Kann Defense. I like this against 1. e4 since it leads
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 12 days ago
Magnus Carlsen Wins CCT Again
chess.com In his 11th tournament win this year, Magnus Carlsen won the Champions Chess Tour beating Ian Nepomniatchi 4-1. The finals was sort of a rematch between the two as Ian challenged Magnus for the
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iamchessguy (57)in CineTV • 17 days ago
Searching for Bobby Fischer Movie Review
image from Rotten Tomatoes Searching for Bobby Fischer is about real life chess prodigy, Josh Waitzkin, who at a young age has a talent for chess. The movie follows his journey to winning the National
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 20 days ago
All Hail King Gukesh! 18-Year-Old Becomes Youngest-Ever Undisputed Chess World Champion
image from inquirer.net The 2024 World Chess Championship between Ding Liren and Gukesh D. was a historic event held in Singapore. It was the first time in 138 years that two Asian players competed for
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 2 months ago
Black to Move and Force Mate
The Queen and Knight combo is very effective in hunting the king. Here's one example of how they can work together to deliver mate. The position occurred in the following game: 1.d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 2 months ago
Easy Tactics from a Game
White to move and win The above position was from the following game. 1.d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. Ndf3 Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd8 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 h6
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 2 months ago
A Couple of Easy Tactics
White to move and win material The above positions were from the following game. d4 d6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. h3 a6 9. O-O…
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iamchessguy (57)in GEMS • 2 months ago
Chess Easy Puzzles
Some easy puzzles from my games. White to move and win One more positions from the same game White to move and mate in 3 (I missed this) Full game: ! Black…
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
Easy Puzzle - White to Move and Mate in 2
After black's move of Kg7, there's a mate in two that I missed. Solution: ! The answer is Be5! Rf6 Qd7++ Other positions from the same game: White to move and win a…
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
Mate in 2 - Easy Puzzle
White to mate in 2 The above position occured in the game '1. d4 e5 The Englund Gambit. Useful to surprise unsuspecting White players in blitz. '2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3…
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
Getting an Advantage in Blitz Chess
Playing 3 minute blitz is popular among chess websites like lichess and chess.com. It gives quick pleasure to chess players who want to play several games in a day. However…
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
The Rooooook!!!!
In this game I lost the exchange earlier on blunder but I was able to keep the initiative and the king side attack. Here a I found a nice rook sacrifice to continue the attack.…
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
Easy Puzzle: White to Move and Win
I'm still not in good form and lose more games than I win. My rating has dropped and close to 1800 after losing a lot of games on time and blunders. There were some wins though…
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
Playing online chess again
I started to play online chess again. The time control is 3 minute blitz as usual. The rust is evident as I struggled to find simple tactics and lost a couple of winning games on…
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iamchessguy (57)in DBuzz • 3 months ago
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
India Wins Double Gold in the Olympiad and a New Grandmaster for the Philippines
image credit Historic Double Gold for India It's official. Not only did India won the Open section, they took the gold in the Women's as well! In the Open, India beat…
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iamchessguy (57)in The Chess Community • 3 months ago
Chess Olympiad Controversy - Kramnik Files Complaint against Chessbase India
In 2019, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik trained 14 young Indian chess talents including Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh. photo from ESPN Fast forward to…
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