Another perfect game score with Starting Out: Trompowsky prep.

Almost feel bad about stealing this one.

I’ve ended up in a place where cricket was the national sport until 2023. @polborta.bsky.social, do you have suggested resources for learning the basics?

Tromp tactic of the day: white to play and win.

Be6 is objectively the best move for Black here, but when I play Nh5, 17% of my opponents immediately blunder with Nxe5. That's much more impactful than the minor eval difference between the two moves.

Hit a big blitz goal and wrote about the long process to get there. www.chess.com/blog/NMKane/...

The Long And Short Roads To 3000!

Hello chess friends, This is a long one, but it's a culmination of years of work, so I indulged a bit. Strap in! I last updated everyone on my rating progress in my 2025 year in review. I was very exc...

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I was kind of joking, but that's exactly what happened.

Jeremy Kane@chessmensch.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'm going to hit 3000 blitz before I get a halfway decent Puzzle Rush score.

Starting Out: Tarrasch held up well on the way to 3000 blitz. This was my first game of the day yesterday, against an experienced GM.

Going to have to start working on 4000.

Svidler on the Roof!

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Chess players ranked, but what by? 🤔

Move of the day, the best way out of a knight fork.

Update - Starting Out Trompowsky still works in the Bahamas. Black is a 3000+ blitz GM.

Put most of my chess books in storage but the new home office has tons of shelf space. What new books should I get?

Jeremy Kane@chessmensch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wife got a new job and now we live in the Bahamas with this guy as our new neighbor. Stop on by for a chess game on your next vacation.

Wife got a new job and now we live in the Bahamas with this guy as our new neighbor. Stop on by for a chess game on your next vacation.

Cleaning out the house and found this gem. Lost in 29 moves but won our tennis match the next day.

Sandler was ahead of his time, making Jack and Jill in 2011.

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · 2w ago

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

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Another Tromp. Another peak rating.

Only GMs can be president. Who are you voting for?

River_Tam@rivertam.bsky.social · 3w ago

Alright America, time for the Hikaru Presidency

Friendly reminder that you don't need to treat the flank openings with any respect.

I'm going to hit 3000 blitz before I get a halfway decent Puzzle Rush score.

And we shall call it quick instead of rapid.

Tromp trapped my way to a peak rating. What would you play for White?

A big missed opportunity at the US Seniors. Black to play.

Let’s go!

Do you see the follow-up after hxg6?

Chess24@chess24com.bsky.social · 3w ago

Levy loves to promote Starting Out: Trompowsky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UlL....

Grandmaster.

YouTube video by GothamChess

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Polgar should accept the presidency if Magyar can earn a GM norm.

Noticed this position in another player's Starting Out The Tromp game: White to play and win.

Is this the soccer equivalent of the Carlsen-Caruana match?