sphynx's Blog

Classical Online Tournaments
Where to play serious games online
Battle of Ideas in Endgame Studies
What I appreciate most in endgame studies: the battle of ideas between White and Black.
Endgame Studies for Fun and Profit
Sources of graded endgame studies
Engine Sparring
A review of different chess engines and how to use them for practice.
Time management explorations
Plotting time usage, assessing time trouble impact and sharing advice from professionals
On the role of confessional booths in chess
An entertaining episode from Nakamura - Pragg game
Genna Sosonko chess essays
"Portraits and Tales of a Bygone Chess Era"
ChessBook app review
ChessBook - a tool for repertoire building