Alphazero is legendary, in a world dominated by chess engines who perform brute force calculations, it shines as a beaming light. Alphazero’s games against stockfish will forever be engraved in history, it is quite remarkable. When alphazero hits the scene the players are impressed, not only by the result of the games, they are also…
Getting good at chess is an uphill battle. Not only is the field getting more competitive, it seems that the game itself is becoming more complicated. With the existence of new engine lines and theories, more knowledge is being added to the game every year. This may leave beginners hopeless, they would have to accept…
I don’t really play in many chess tournaments per year. Since they require a lot of commitment I usually just play online, it is more convenient. Of course I play in a tournament or two but I don’t do it a lot, but maybe I will start to do more in the future. I have…
When I was a kid I didn’t really like chess, it was too complicated for me. Eventually I was introduced to this world and have learned a lot of things, one of the things that I have learned is ratings. My case is definitely different, since I didn’t have much interest at first, I didn’t…
There was that time where I dreamed of participating in a chess tournament. Luckily I have the time and resources in order to participate in some, it gave me a lot of fun experience. After that, I have dreamed of becoming a chess player and making a living out of chess. I mean we can…
When I was a kid I didn’t really have much interest in chess. However, I am a pretty observant kid, I have seen many chess books being read by our neighbors and geeking about it. When I watch them play against my brother (who already likes chess since way back) they would perform like monsters….
Chess 960 is an interesting variant in chess. It is basically like regular chess, except you remove the factor of memorization and let the players decide the result by skill. It contains many random positions that might not occur in regular games, you can tell the difference just from looking. One of the things that…
On my first tournament I was quite confident, I have a good rating on my lichess account after all. My thoughts are somewhere along the line of “I will sweep the competition”. Since I have performed great online, then that must mean that I will also perform great on a real chess board. There is…
The rating system has always been weird to me, we treat it as absolute. No matter how strong you can see someone play, you wouldn’t really treat them seriously if they don’t have the rating to back it up. But what if someone is actually stronger than their rating? What if they just don’t play…
If you are new to chess then you probably have a lot of questions. One of the things that I struggled understanding when I was a beginner is the amount of hours I should put in for practicing. When I was just getting started, I didn’t really care about the hours, I just played and…
