#englundgambit #queensac #romanticstyle
I love the Romantic style of chess, and one of the signature tactics of the style are piece sacrifices. And there is no sacrifice more daring, more audacious, than what Spielmann categorised...
#fishingpole #tactics #romanticstyle
I only started fishing last year as a middle-aged person, and it has rapidly become one of my favourite hobbies. Mind you, I’m not especially good at it, and am not particularly successful! How...
#napoleon #quickwins #brilliant
Well, hello there! Welcome to the first chess noob Quick Wins for 2025, now #103. And for today, I’ve a rather delicious game where I won by checkmate in 11-moves with the black pieces, that was a c...
#viennagambit #brilliant #romantic #fun
Happy New Year everybody! I’ve just finished a very lovely block of annual leave of almost four weeks! Before Christmas, we had a few days away in Bundeena chilling on the beach and doing a ...
#chessnutpro #unplugged #otb #englundgambit #casual #fun
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#friedliver #traxler
Do you want to crush opponents who play the Fried Liver Attack? π«΅π€¨
I know I do! π€©
The fearsome Fried Liver Attack is commonly seen at beginner-intermediate level chess. In fact, when we examine the...
#switchsides #fourknights #otb #casualchess #fun
I’ve recently been a little less active with making new videos and articles. We’re rapidly heading towards the end of the year, and I’ve been quite busy at work, and hav...
#sicilian #smith-morra #brilliant #quickwins #romantic
Today we have another chess noob Quick Wins, and once again in the Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted against the Sicilian Defense (1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3)! Let’s go!
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#chessnut #unplugged #jazz #ruylopez #jaenischgambit #confidence
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#tactics #romanticstyle #smithmorra #englund #scandinavian
In my last article, I wrote the following summary:
The big takeaway is that playing in the Romantic style in the opening is not just about relentless aggression. It is t...
#otb #romanticstyle #french #english #englund
Last week I attended an academic conference in Perth. For those who aren’t familiar with Australia, Perth is the capital city of the state of Western Australia and is on the west coast...
#sacrifice #spielmann #tactics
I’ve recently been reading The Art of Sacrifice in Chess by Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942). He was an Austrian from Vienna, and one of the last Romantic chess masters, playing this glorious style long ...
#unplugged #jazz #italian #vienna
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I've just played these couple of games...
#waywardqueen #kiddie #countergambit #tactics #romantic #doublecheck
At the time of writing, my new book Become a Chess Assassin! has only been released for a couple of days, but I’ve been really pleased with how well it’s been...
#book #romanticism #openingattacks #chessassassinMy new book, Become a Chess Assassin! has finally been released and is now available for sale worldwide on Amazon, in both paperback and hardcover!
I'm particularly proud of the design of the co...
#sicilian #smithmorra #quickwins
Today’s chess noob Quick Win is a very lovely game sent in by long time subscriber @AndyDeco. It’s a fantastic demonstration of how things can go very wrong for the Sicilian Defense player...
#viennagambit #romantic #beautiful #checkmate #legaltrap
One of the great things about the Vienna Gambit is that when it goes well, you not only win, but there is the opportunity to get a beautiful checkmate. To quote myself from my new bo...
#unplugged #jazz #vienna #birdsopening
CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! πβοΈπ΅
Today, I played a couple of qu...
#greekgift #triplebrilliant #chessromance
The Greek Gift Sacrifice is a beautiful, devious, and Romantic tactic that I just love playing! π€©π It’s a tactical motif that typically occurs in the early middlegame and can come from many d...
#unplugged #jazz #vienna #sillychess
CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! πβοΈπ΅
Today, I played a few quick game...
#unplugged #jazz #vienna #royalfork #brilliant
CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! πβοΈπ΅
It was a stormy day...
#englundgambit #queensac #chessromance
I haven’t played a daily game in a while but enrolled in the currently running under-1500s Team New Zealand vs Team Australia (Sydney NSW) tournament. I’ve just finished this amazing...
#fourknights #scotch #tripledpawns #comeback
This might be a bit perverse, but making a reversal, a comeback, from a losing position is one of my secret joys in chess! π
Now, that doesn’t mean that I deliberately play bad openings...
#unplugged #jazz #vienna #french #steiner #timescramble #glory
CHESS UNPLUGGED | Sometimes, I just like unwind by not thinking too hard, play a couple of quick casual unrated games, while listen to some slow jazz! πβοΈπ΅
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#englundgambit #tactics #beginnertips
One of the things that I’ve learned in my chess journey (and I’m still a noob!) is that searching for and playing chess tactics, increases the likelihood of a win. What do I mean? Con...