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Puzzle Rush Theme Song

Puzzle Rush Theme Song

KingsBishop
| Aug 12, 2024

EwingKlipspringer frequently writes songs about my blogs and videos and various pieces of coaching advice. This kind of fueled a fire and have come up with a puzzle rush theme song I hope you enjoy it, Gotta think fast and quickClock is ticki...

Chess is a Cruel Mistress

Chess is a Cruel Mistress

KingsBishop
| Aug 9, 2024

On the board the pieces dance A game of more than fate and chance Each move a calculated glance In the grip of Chess I love to prance   Pieces in their silent stride Where joy and agony collide Her love is harsh yet dignified ...

A Draw against Archer Queen

A Draw against Archer Queen

KingsBishop
| Sep 21, 2023

After 52 consecutive losses, I finally got my favorite opening... and a Line with two very famous Games: Teimour Radjabov vs. Alexander Grischuk | 2nd ACP World Rapid Cup | Odessa UKR 01/07/2008 That game can be seen at https://www.chess.com/g...

Happy Birthday Ljubomir Ljubojević

Happy Birthday Ljubomir Ljubojević

KingsBishop
| Nov 2, 2022

Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Serbian chess grandmaster. He was born on 2 November 1950 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia (now Užice, Serbia).  He was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1971. Ljubojević was Yug...

Remembering Miroslav Filip

Remembering Miroslav Filip

KingsBishop
| Oct 26, 2022

Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955. He represented Czechoslovakia in 12 consecutive Chess Olympiads from...

Remembering Heinz Lehmann

Remembering Heinz Lehmann

KingsBishop
| Oct 20, 2022

Heinz Gerhard Lehmann (20 October 1921, Königsberg – 8 June 1995, Berlin) was a German chess grandmaster and 1956 Berlin Chess Champion. He studied law. He was a national player in the 1950s and 1960s, took part in the 13th and 14th C...

Happy Birthday Ralf Lau

Happy Birthday Ralf Lau

KingsBishop
| Oct 19, 2022

Ralf Lau was born in Bremen on Oct-19-1959. He was awarded the GM title in 1986 and in tournaments he was 1st= at Budapest 1985, 2nd= at New York 1985, 2nd= at Solingen 1986 and 1st at Budapest 1986. He also played on the German Olympiad teams of ...

Puzzle Rush Moment #5 - Greco's Checkmate

Puzzle Rush Moment #5 - Greco's Checkmate

KingsBishop
| Sep 27, 2022

Greco's checkmate is a common method of checkmating that frequently appears in Puzzle Rush. The checkmate is named after the famous Italian checkmate cataloguer Gioachino Greco. It works by using the Bishop to contain the opposing King by use of h...

Just the Facts, Please, Just the Facts

Just the Facts, Please, Just the Facts

KingsBishop
| Sep 12, 2022

A list of facts in no particular order: Fact Number 1: So far, Magnus Carlsen has NOT made ANY allegation of cheating at the Sinquefield Cup. Fact Number 2: The Magnus Carlsen Twitter post does not even mention Hans Niemann or cheating. Fact...

Puzzle Rush Moment #4

Puzzle Rush Moment #4

KingsBishop
| Sep 1, 2022

Here is one of the most common puzzle themes that I get during Puzzle Rush. It is cool to have gotten it in an actual game. I'm sure you've seen it many times (comment below). Here is the game in full with my own annotations and commentar...

My First Win Ever

My First Win Ever

KingsBishop
| Jul 27, 2022

On August 31st, 1972, Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to become history’s 11th official World Chess Champion. Interest in chess suddenly surged in the United States. Though the book, “Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess,” ...

Remembering Vladimir Malaniuk

Remembering Vladimir Malaniuk

KingsBishop
| Jul 21, 2022

Vladimir Pavlovich Malaniuk (July 21, 1957 – July 2, 2017) was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and three-time Ukrainian champion. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship 1998. In team events, Malaniuk played for Ukraine in three Chess...

Clear and Contain

Clear and Contain

KingsBishop
| Jul 8, 2022

A clearance sacrifice is a tactical motif which involves a square on the chessboard being vacated to open up lines of attack. The tactic may also result in the substitution of a piece hindering the attack by a piece useful to the attack. A ...

Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, WIN!

Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, Pin, WIN!

KingsBishop
| Jul 5, 2022

In chess, a pin is a tactic in which a long range attacker fixes a defender in place, because moving the defender would expose a more valuable target along the same rank, file or diagonal. In the following game, I was able to repeatedly utilize ...

Puzzle Rush Moment #3

Puzzle Rush Moment #3

KingsBishop
| Jul 1, 2022

Here is a position that I have seen come up in Puzzle Rush from time to time. It has occurred many times in my games. I call it the Pivot Maneuver.

Endgame Skewer

Endgame Skewer

KingsBishop
| Jul 1, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post regarding The Skewer. In Chess, a skewer is an attack by a long range piece of multiple targets on the same rank, file or diagonal. Here is another example: In this position, the game came down to an en...

Happy Birthday Daniel Cámpora

Happy Birthday Daniel Cámpora

KingsBishop
| Jun 30, 2022

Daniel Hugo Cámpora was born in San Nicolas, Argentina on June 30th,1957. He became Champion of Argentina in 1986 and 1989. Awarded the IM title in 1982 and the GM title in 1986, he led the Argentine team at the 1986 Olympiad. In the 1994 O...

Puzzle Rush Moment #2

Puzzle Rush Moment #2

KingsBishop
| Jun 30, 2022

A few weeks ago I posted A Puzzle Rush Moment as the beginning of a catalogue of positions reached in actual games that I have been able to employ a tactic see frequently in Puzzle Rush. Well here is another one: The combination begins with...

The Hook Checkmate

The Hook Checkmate

KingsBishop
| Jun 29, 2022

The hook mate involves the use of a rook, knight, and pawn along with one enemy piece to limit the enemy king's escape. The rook is protected by the knight, and the knight is protected by the pawn, while the pawn also attacks one of the enemy king...

Happy Birthday Sergio Barrientos

Happy Birthday Sergio Barrientos

KingsBishop
| Jun 29, 2022

Sergio Barrientos Chavarriaga (born June 29, 1986 in Medellín), is a Colombian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2011. I want to show a couple of the games he won on his road to that title. Barrientos has pa...

Back Rank Weakness

Back Rank Weakness

KingsBishop
| Jun 23, 2022

The Back Rank checkmate pattern is proof that your own pieces can sometimes work against you and help your opponent achieve their objective! It is the source of a common tactical idea know as a back rank weakness. When you take advantage of a po...

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