I recently played a game of the Vienna Gambit Accepted where the engine gave me two brilliant moves! The first was a bishop sacrifice, and the second, a rook sacrifice! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/06/26/vie…

Chess Chats #3 My personal take? The Chessnut EVO feature where you can train new neural networks based AI bots to use in Leela Chess Zero based on historical games is its most innovative feature. However, the planned payment model is likely a prpblem... adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/06/27/che…

This was the first time I played against the English Opening: Four Knights, "Quiet Line"... Except that in this game, it wasn't a quiet game at all! This was classic "romantic" style chess with audacious attacks and sacrifices! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/06/28/eng…

Quick Win #41 My mate Ben Hunt of Chess Boot Camp sent through this amazing double pawn sacrifice variation of the Goring Gambit! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/06/30/gor…

I won with this brilliant Greek Gift Sacrifice, in the Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted against the Sicilian Defense! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/01/smi…

An exploration of some tactical ideas down the queen trap line of one of my favourite lines - the Meitner-Mieses Gambit in the Vienna Game, Max Lange Defense! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/03/mei…

In this quick game of the Vienna Game, Max Lange Defense, the Queen and her posse of diagonal assassins, the Bishop pair, hunt down the black King! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/05/vie…

Quick Wins #42 My subscriber who made a huge improvement (ELO 500 --> 1200s) in 9 months submitted this lovely Vienna Game! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/07/vie…

Earlier in the week I had a seven-game losing streak on my Chessnut PRO. So, I was very pleased when I finally won this game – and even better, two of my moves were rated as brilliancies by the Chess.com analytic engine! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/08/leo…

CHAOS chess tactics allow me to win after making a blunder in the opening against the Scotch Gambit! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/10/sco…

The Chessnut engineers have continued to update the firmware of the Chessnut EVO prototype and have now fixed some of the bugs I identified in my earlier reviews, and have put in some new features! Check it out! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/11/che…

In this game of the Vienna, where my opponent with the Black pieces played the Max Lange Defense, I demonstrate 4 tactical ideas that helped me capture the win! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/12/vie…

Chess Noob Quick Wins #43 I managed to get a very DELICIOUS smothered checkmate on move 10 in this game of the Vienna Gambit Accepted! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/14/vie…

The Chessnut team have launched the Chessnut EVO on Kickstarter! In hours, they've already met their funding goal! I give my thoughts and impressions in this video on their Kickstarter campaign. adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/14/che…

This was an especially high tension game of the Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/15/smi…

My subscriber attempts to use my own lines against me! Vienna Game --> Vienna Gambit --> Main Line --> Paulsen Attack --> Bardeleben Variation --> Heyde Variation!! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/17/vie…

Do you like beating people who attempt the Fried Liver Attack! Play the Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/19/pon…

Quick Wins #44 My subscriber plays are rather delicious and very clean game of the Jobava London, where their opponent is surprised by an unexpected checkmate on move 9! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/21/job…

The big takeaway from this game is not underestimate the psychological impacts of moves and positions. Regardless of the engine evaluation, you win if your opponent convinces themselves that they’ve lost! adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/22/sca…

♟️ CHESS & CHOPIN 🎵 A lovely Saturday game of rapid chess (15+10) on Chess.com with my Chessnut Chessnut PRO! No commentary, only music! Enjoy. adventuresofachessnoob.com/2023/07/22/%e2…