Sagar Shah posted a video on the new chess books in the Chessbase India shop. I like these videos of chess books reviews/walkthroughs. I have posted a couple by IM Saravanan on this podcast. Book reviews, in general, are great! But chess book reviews are special! They motivate me to resume chess study. I have... Continue Reading →
Semi-classical Chess Tournament and My Renewed Interest In Training
I played a semi-classical chess tournament over the weekend and did reasonably well. I won 5 games, drew one and lost 2 games thus scoring 5.5 out of 8. Even the two games I lost were not bad. No blunders or easy loss. Since it was a semi-classical event (30 mins + 30 sec increment... Continue Reading →
Vishy Anand on Prakhar Gupta’s podcast
Vishy Anand's long interview on Prakhar Gupta's podcast just dropped. It's some interesting perspectives. Do watch this... https://youtu.be/ADPAgRdSV_g?si=qCym0AZMOuQoLBnv
Chess Puzzle
White to play and win
Chess Puzzle
White to play and win...
The Rarest Move In Chess
This is one of the most awesome videos about Chess! Simply loved the idea and further analysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDnW0WiCqNc
Chess Puzzle
White to play and mate in 4
Chess Puzzle
White to play, mate in 2 moves
Chess Puzzle, A Lesson About Human Mind And Framing Bias
Humans are innately lazy. A recent study established that too. Our brain is not optimised. There is enough empirical evidence to support this observation. You must have read about Parkinson's Law which states that “work expands to fill the time available for its completion. Here is an example I thought of to demonstrate the same using... Continue Reading →

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