Below is a short presentation video to show how to assemble the 2021 Chess Calendar:
2021 Chess Calendar – FREE Lecture
The 2021 Chess Calendar is ready for purchase – the perfect holiday gift!
On Monday 11/16 at 5:30-6pm (Eastern Time) I will present the 2021 Chess Calendar. The lecture is FREE and aimed at all players rated 500+. The level of the puzzles rises throughout the week, with special focus on endgames on Fridays.
Join the Zoom meeting and check the level for yourself as I present 2 weeks of puzzles from this year’s Chess Calendar!
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2021 Chess Calendar out now!
Order your 2021 Chess Calendar from the blog and get a FREE 100 Game Scorebook!
Click on this link to read all about the 2021 Chess Calendar
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Inspired by The Secret Life of Bad Bishops
I received the following game from an admirer of The Secret Life of Bad Bishops. Below is the position after move 20:
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New Online Chess Classes
Endgame Studies 13-16 starts/continues tomorrow 7/26 at 7-9pm with class no. 13. It runs for 4 weeks, 8 hours of chess training for only $75!
If you are already a participant in one of my other programs, the discount price is $65. Sign up here.
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2021 Chess Calendar
I have finalized all material for the 2021 Chess Calendar – 365 chess positions taken from FIDE world championship matches in the period 1993-2005 when the title was split and there was both a FIDE and a classical world champion. In 2006, the title was unified with the infamous match Kramnik – Topalov.
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Endgame Studies 5-8 on Sunday
The online program Endgame Studies continues on Sunday!
Sign up by going to the shop.
Upcoming Classes Tomorrow
The first 4 classes of Endgame Studies ended today, the next 4-week cycle of new classes 5-8 will start next Sunday, May 31.
Complex Middlegames 5-8: Starts tomorrow! Class 5 will be about Nimzowitsch and his treatment of the Nimzo-Indian in his famous book My System.
Interesting Endgames 9-12: Starts on Thursday, June 4.
Single Online Classes & Video Streaming
I have added the option of following one specific of my online classes only.
You can find a complete list of my online classes so far, the planned ones included.
You can also check out the Event Calendar.
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FIDE Trainer
I participated in a FIDE online seminar earlier this month (German language), and will become FIDE Trainer next month.
The seminar was great with presentations from the GM’s Thomas Luther, Uwe Boensch and Artur Jussupow.
Check out all the details here, as well as the approved participants.