Chess is a complicated game, there are many pieces with their own unique movements and when everything is active the field is a complete battle royale. This is why some people wonder what happens if you play chess everyday? After all, effort is needed in order to excel at something. This is a question that…
If you have been playing chess for quite some time now you would realize that you perform better at different times of the day, this is no coincidence. Statistics lead to specific time periods where people get their best results. There really is an optimal time frame where you can play chess at your maximum…
Bobby Fischer has been hailed as one of the greatest players of all time along with Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen, there is a debate around this but that is not what I will get myself into. I am here to analyze a more intriguing thing, his playing style. As someone who has studied Bobby…
Chess.com is one of the most popular chess-playing platforms along with lichess, most people who participate in the platform desire a fair game. Today we will be discussing the possibility of bot users (fake players) on chess.com, a talk that has been rising in popularity lately. As someone who has used chess.com a lot here…
If you are someone who is new to chess you might be amazed by how much chess players can calculate in general, and I must say that I am one of these people. Now that I have the experience, the topic of how many moves can chess players look at in the future is something…
There is a factor that is more discussed than others when it comes to learning chess, I am of course talking about the starting age where one gets interested in the game. Unlike in other sports the stereotype of players being so young seems to be much more observed in chess, most people that are…
Lichess is probably the most popular online chess platform right now (even more popular than chess.com) which is why a lot of people have wondered about the accuracy of its ratings. If it is the most used platform then knowing the accuracy of its numbers will surely do service to a lot of people. And…
Among all online chess platforms, chess.com is probably one of the most popular ones (the other being lichess) which spawns a debate whether its rating system is accurate? Is it accurate to over-the-board ratings or even better than them? This is an interesting question that I will provide an answer for, here is what I…
Upon seeing some of the elite games played online, one of the openings that you will see consistently is the Italian game. It hosts some of the most favored variations at the top of the rankings. A lot of really good players prefer it more than any other opening out there, which may be for…
If you have watched some of Garry Kasparov’s games then you know that the scotch game is one of his favorites to play. This actually makes sense if you know the theme of this opening. And that is the point of this article, I will be analyzing the scotch game and determine whether it is…
