Can you spot white’s path to an edge?

Gave up my bishop and held the draw many moves later. Could you win it for white?

Screwed up this blitz game by not seeing the second move of this combo. Black to play.

Bullet tactic. Black to play.

Landed the perfect trap for online blitz. Opponent must have thought I mouse slipped the bishop on the way to e3. What happened after Bxd2??

Fun Trompbava trap.

Weighing in on the latest rating controversies.

We should shorten the time control to deal with the draw problem in football.

Bullet move of the day!

Chess is brutal!

Making friends

The kid is good but he’s not scoring on the best pitcher since Koufax.

Bullet tactic of the day. White to play.

A cool thing about Chessable is that you can keep adding to courses after they're out. Just posted a fun new model game in Starting Out: Trompowsky- www.chessable.com/variation/57...

White, who had never read The Next To Last Mistake, lost quickly here. Can you do better?

What’s this one called?

Oh no, my queen! Black to play.

Followed my Tarrasch course for 24 moves to beat a 3000+ opponent.

Move of the day.

Back in my OTB days.

Hit 2900 blitz for the first time while listening to the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack. New chess hack unlocked?

Progress in chess rarely feels like you’re getting better. Mostly you start to notice how many mistakes opponents at your old level make. I hit a peak blitz rating yesterday. White to play and win material.

I guess you would call this one the Reversed Reversed Grunfeld.

Tromp tactic number 823: white to play.

If it’s a Mickey Mouse tournament, why can’t I stream it on Disney Plus?

Can you spot the mate in four?

He let me do the Puzzle Rush thing.

Thanos voice: Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

White took a poisoned pawn and is suddenly lost. Can you see why?

This is so sad.

Turns out that there a lot of big Karpov fans over on Twitter.

By the time you’re 30, you really ought to have a passed pawn on at least the fifth rank.

In years past I was a crazy attacker, sacrificing rooks on f7. Now I’m a slow positional player sacrificing rooks on f6.

Can you spot the move that gives black a small edge?

I stole this one yesterday, but White to play and win.

Hope she’s having a great 20th birthday today.

I think my opponent resigned a bit early here. What’s your winning plan with black after Qxf3?

Puzzle Rush style finish. Black to play.

Sometimes I write chess news. Sometimes I am chess news.

Who needs rooks?

This Bc5 gambit line that I developed for Starting Out The Tarrasch keeps racking up the points.

Doing a Stranger Things rewatch and I forgot how terrible the chess in this scene is.

Dan has been studying the Tromp and his rating has been going up. Be like Dan.

That’s seven brilliant moves in the Tromp. It’s all about those little advantages apparently.

Blitz tactic of the day

Same opponent walked into the same position again today. Some people never learn.

It's designed to be short enough to learn in a day and play immediately. Good luck in your game!

Missed this idea in bullet. White to play.

Wild times in a Reversed Nimzo: black to play.