eBook of the Week: Perpetual Chess Improvement by Ben Johnson Practical chess advice from world-class players and dedicated amateurs, available for the next seven days at only €9.99! newinchess.com/perpetual-ches…

Recent guest Selim Çıtak earned the IM title at age 39. There was a lot of hard work behind getting there, but his initial return to OTB chess was actually totally spontaneous! Here’s the story… 🎤

Unfortunately Vladimir Kramnik has already blocked me. I had hoped that he was open to a respectful dialogue. Thank you for supporting Daniel Naroditsky against V. Kramnik's attacks. There are hundreds who wrote in privately, but here's who has supported publicly: tinyurl.com/supportdanya

One endgame study genius reviews the work of another. The book certainly looks great with its Mondrianesque design (yet to get my copy)...

Magnus said it best about upcoming Gukesh vs Ding match. Ding has the ability but not the confidence. If Gukesh strikes first it may be a lopsided match. But the longer it goes without a result, Ding’s confidence will grow as well!

My course just came out today! Go ⁦Chessable⁩

This was a great conversation with Peter Doggers on the occasion of his book's publication. Topics include Chess.com versus International Chess Federation, Hikaru Nakamura on ICC chessclub.com in the olden days, and chess seen through Filterworld by Kyle Chayka new.uschess.org/news/inside-st…

As of today, I am officially a chess Grandmaster.