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Chess players, no matter if they're beginners, amateurs, or even Masters, are supposed to learn from their mistakes right? Figure out where you goofed, either through a post-mortem or through engine analysis, dependin...
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*blowing dust off of the furniture and breaking down the cobwebs, coughing in the process*
There, that's better. *Ahem* Greetings everyone! It's been more than four years since my last blog post, and in...
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Well it has been nearly a year since my last blog post and since I am spending more time on the site again over the past week and I am in a bit of a creative mood, why not let the thoughts flow and use my brain for...
Hello Again Readers!
It has been a long time, nearly three years now, since I have put a blog post up at Chess.com. In that time frame, many things have happened, and not many of them were good. All of that aside, afte...
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As members of this site and fans of chess, in general, chances are many of you are familiar with the name “Peter Doggers.” Born October 9, 1975 in the Netherlands, and having become enamored with chess as a teenager, Pete...
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Born in Moscow, Russia (U.S.S.R.) on January 29, 1966, Maxim Dlugy made his way to the U.S. with his parents in 1977, settling New York City. His maternal grandfather sparked his interest in chess at the tender age of six,...
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It's funny how time repeats itself. Here I am, like last week, once again drained and STILL under the weather after a very long chess day on Twitter and watching the games and our recap shows that I'm sitting here doing anoth...
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After a long day of chess with the first day of the Blitz portion of the Grand Chess Tour: Paris, and the 3rd of four days overall in the books with some very promising exciting chess tomorrow, I decided to do the second issu...
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What's up everyone on this Saturday night/Sunday morning here on the East Coast of the U.S.? While most people on this cooler June night are either sleeping or partying, I'm at home, in front of a computer, watching out for ...
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During the very beginning part of last year, I came up with this blog subject of going into LIVE Chess and following the Top Games, or other high profile games that are playing and posting some of the ones I thought were pret...
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What's up tourney addicts?
Last year I ran a set of 64-player KO tournaments throughout many ratings groups that seemed to go over well with a lot of good games. Well, it's that time again! Using the same ratings group...
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As Chess.com/TV's most notable personality, IM Danny Rensch’s broadcasts “top the charts” with fun and here we have an EXCLUSIVE Q&A with this true Chess King. The shows of wide variety that he has hosted over the l...
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First off, summarizing the picture head used for this blog entry, is that how you're supposed to feel when playing against this engine? Yes? No?? Well, honestly I felt like a human buffet table going up against this thing for...
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As some of you may know, we here at the Chess.com/TV Group have started a series of Q&As with all the talented and entertaining Hosts of Chess TV broadcasts. Our original intent was to only post them in the Group its...
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You'll FIND HIS ANSWERS HERE…
It was a little more than a decade ago that founder and CEO Erik and his friend, Jay, got together and decided the world needed a better chess site for players worldwide to play, learn, share an...
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Former student of WC Tigran Petrosian, GM Melikset Khachiyan has lots to say about chess--and life--in our exclusive Chess.com/TV Group interview!
Over the years, GM Melik has become a staple of Chess.com/TV, and for go...
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Like many others, I was looking forward to the 2016 Candidates Tournament with high hopes of being entertained by witty commentators, interviews with the players, and some really good chess games.
It was 4:30 am when I...
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The year was 1972 and American chess was on fire. In Iceland, Robert James "Bobby" Fischer had a date with destiny: to become the "King" of the Chess World (even though in his mind he already was) by defeating the World Che...
Well, if you haven't heard about the amazing programming on Marathon Monday, here's yet another chance to get in on the action! There's something for everyone, so check out the shows in our line-up today:
FIRST up: MAN vs. MACHINE at 12pm PDT...
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Hey, everyone!
So, when you look at the schedule on the Chess.com/TV page, do you find yourself rubbing your eyes? Do you feel like you’re seeing double when you look at Monday’s programming line-up? Well, I have news for you...
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Hello, everyone!
It's been a while since my Chess.com activity has flourished, but I come back bringing ideas of competition and glory to you all. When we (myself, Donna (RookedonChess), David (Pruess), & Danny (Rensc...
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Beginning on Tuesday, March 10th, starting at 8 AM Pacific, Chess.com/TV brings us opening round coverage of the 280-player filled 2015 Reykjavik Open, one which will be filled with celebration and a very special guest, 23-y...
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Chess.com/TV has come a long way over the past several years. From airing only one or two shows per week, the programming is regular and full, averaging 1-2 shows per day, with the occasional 4 shows in one day! Programming h...
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Hello again everyone and welcome to the launch blog of my new side project, something not affiliated with my Chess.com/TV daily duties as a Super Admin or TV/Chat mod. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a new page i...
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Today we got a little bit of a treat on Chess.com/TV thanks in part to IM Danny Rensch. Usually, he tapes an episode of Bullet Brawls for YouTube for everyone to watch, but today, it went LIVE!! It was a short show, about 15-...