This is a blog post about a tournament run by the Hertfordshire Chess Association in England. If you live in Hertfordshire (or the surrounding areas) and you would like to find out more about chess in Hertfordshire, please visit this page which co...
My Dive into the World Diving Chess Championships Three weeks ago, I took a literal plunge into one of the most unusual sporting events on the planet: the World Diving Chess Championships. Chess, the game of kings, combined with diving, a sport o...
If you know nothing about Coffee Zee Chess, I suggest that you check out my original blog post here: https://www.chess.com/blog/ThePawnSlayer/the-best-place-in-london-to-play-chess We meet every Friday from 6-9pm at Coffee Zee just off Holloway ...
If you know nothing about Coffee Zee Chess I suggest that you check out my original blog post here: https://www.chess.com/blog/ThePawnSlayer/the-best-place-in-london-to-play-chess We meet every Friday from 6-9pm at Coffee Zee just off Holloway ...
Week 8 of solving chess puzzles everyday. A fun selection this week from the daily puzzle (I had solved the Monday puzzle already in another of my blogs). I think I prefer solving all the puzzles and uploading them on the Sunday with my work sched...
Day 50! I am sure a lot of my regular viewers have wondered to themselves the following... Where have you been?! Well I did put a comment on my community tab on Youtube about my whereabouts. Nothing sinister of course, just been away on hol...
Hi all, Apologies for my lack of uploads. I had a few technical issues over the past few days ( I mention in the video). I am also testing a new screen recorder - The quality of the sound and video quality is not great and needs some ironi...
Day 30 of solving puzzles everyday. In getting this blog out in a reasonable time I rushed the daily puzzle for chess.com today and got it wrong... Oops! Thankfully the ACM puzzle was a walk in the park... except it was not... Not a goo...
Sunday... Just the word stokes up many mixed messages. For maybe Sunday is seen as the day of rest, a time to relax with your families before Monday rolls along. Sadly, for most chess players on this site, Sunday is a stark reminder of the horrors...
Hi all, thanks for your continued support on my puzzle solving adventures. I have enjoyed all your continued support over these past four weeks and I have enjoyed sharing with you some of the most creative puzzles in the world. I hav...
Day 25 wasn't too bad once I found the ways to breakthrough in both. The Chess.com puzzle involved in interesting threatening idea. The ACM puzzle involved an aesthetically pleasing puzzle: Day 25 Chess.com ACM Puzzle 18#
Day 24's puzzles were a light relief as but the chess.com puzzle and the ACM puzzles weren't too bad. My solutions are quite short as a result: Day 24 Are you brave enough? Puzzle 17 Happy solving!
I was very tired yesterday after work so I did not upload anything. However, I have 3 positions to look at with you today: Chess.com Day 22 Chess.com Day 23 American Chess Magazine puzzle 16# Hope you were able to solve! Happ...
The Sunday Puzzles are reaaaaalllyyy hardddd. Scores of chess.com players often flood the chess.com comments with endless despair about how they were unable to solve or understand the Sunday Puzzle (or even how ez it was... Like whatevs.) ...
This blog details my experiences at the weekly casual chess events at Coffee Zee London off Holloway Road (266 Holloway Rd, London N7 6NE, United Kingdom) which meets every Friday from 6-9pm Coffee-House Chess is often seen as a bygone era of...
Day 20 features a very interesting endgame position that contains about 4 different endgame themes that all chess players should know: Opposition Zugzwang Philidor position Trebuchet This makes this puzzle an excellent endgame ...
I have 5 puzzles to share with you over the past few days - A real treat for the solvers. Thank you for all the positive, encouraging comments I have received on my videos and blog. They have kept me motivated to keep sharing these solutions with ...
A nice and easy day for puzzles... The Chess.com's puzzle of the day was very cute. Once you saw the motif, the solution was straightforward (in the end...): Day 17 ACM puzzle 12 Happy Solving and let me know in the comments how you...
Day 15 and 16. I had a league match yesterday so I did not have time to complete a daily upload. However, here are two daily chess.com puzzles from Monday and Tuesday - Not too hard to spot. I have been enjoying my solving of these puzzles and I h...
Hi all! Apologies if you have been waiting for my puzzle of day yesterday. As I stated at the start of the year, I would try my best to upload when I can but I can not guarantee a regular daily upload due to work and other commitments. In this ins...
Day 12 of solving a chess puzzle everyday of 2024: The daily puzzle today was surprisingly difficult: It featured a tricky zwishenzug in one of the solutions that I did not foresee in my calculations. Truly beautiful! Check it out: ...
Day 11 of solving puzzles everyday. Here is Chess.com Day 11 puzzle - An interesting puzzle from a real game by Tartakower: Happy Solving!
Day 10! Another pretty easy puzzle from Chess.com (maybe they are building up to a really difficult one for Sunday...). The title gives a big hint as to what you need to look for. See if you can solve it: Day 10 Day 7 ACM ...
Day 9 of solving Chess.com's puzzle of the day This puzzle features a small predictament for us. How do we break the pin on our queen? In this position we play a clever move to create a new threat:
Day 8 of solving chess puzzles everyday. The puzzle today involved an underrated chess tactic called Zwischenzug. In other languages, this tactic is also known as "intermezzo" (in Italian) and "in-between move" (in English). It is a tactic in w...
