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Inspired by a position I saw at today's Street Chess, here is a little study with White to play and win. As the winning idea is quite we...

 For a brief moment, chess.com thought it would be a good idea to organise a $1,000,000 World Championship. The problem wasn't the prize...

 Broadcasting tournament games used to rely on having your own dedicated website. These days chess platforms have realised that such broadca...

 I usually enjoy getting feedback about this blog, even more so when it is face to face. One of the more recent comments (made in person), w...

 The 2nd series of "Russian Doll" (Netflix) has just been released, and I watched all 7 episodes over 3 days. In one of the episod...

 It has been a busy week for me, but the upside is I did get to add to my collection of weird chess incidents. Todays Junior Rapidplay event...

 During the ACT Junior Rapid Championships, I witnessed not one, but two R v B endings (no pawns mind you). As the players involved were rel...