My 2021 in Chess: 0 game knowledge -> discovering the game, learning the rules & basics On chess.com: 0 -> 2548 (2639 peak) Rated Puzzles 0 -> 1439 (1500 peak) Rapid 1573 games, 2859 puzzles & 183 lessons Wish everyone a wonderful 2022! 🥳🥳🥳

Got my first brilliant move of 2022 on chess.com! 🥳 Can you see why this wins?

The first episode of 2022 is out! Managed to get 5/5 puzzles correctly after quite some thought in some instances. Beautiful puzzles with explanations: youtube.com/watch?v=7yfblO…

Came back after 2 months away from chess and managed to reach 1501 Rapid on chess.com (previous peak 1500 last summer). I suppose taking a break helps sometimes, playing with a good attitude and not playing too much seems to be what got me back here after a while 🥳

Rated Puzzles Grind on chess.com is back! 3/3 great puzzles with explanations, can you solve them? 🤔 youtube.com/watch?v=Qfc-Jj…

Another episode of Rated Puzzles Grind on chess.com is out. 2/3 this time, the first one was quite tricky for me. Can you solve it? 🤠 youtube.com/watch?v=Ups_V5…

Managed to cross 1600 Rapid rating on chess.com!! 2 weeks ago I came back from a break at 1430 and with a peak of 1500 last summer. I suppose good things come to those who keep coming back and trying again! 🥳🥳

Felt great to find a "brilliant" move today having calculated it right to the end 🥳 Black to move, can you find the move and the full continuation?

Another episode of Rated Puzzles Grind on chess.com is out. It took me over 20 minutes to solve the second one, can you solve it? 3 fascinating puzzles with explanations! 🤠 youtube.com/watch?v=qYQBHO…

Just crossed 1700 on chess.com Rapid! 🥳🥳 Very proud of myself, fighting 1600+ players for this was very intense, every win truly had to be earned, respect for all my opponents. Step by step, up we go 🤠

What is better than a Chess.com "brilliant" sacrifice and a successful attack afterwards to start the day? Have a nice day and good progress in chess everyone! 🥳

Just crossed 2700 on chess.com Rated Puzzles! 🥳🥳

After crossing 2700 just 2 days ago, somehow today I also managed to surpass 2800 in chess.com Rated Puzzles. Doing many puzzles paying off I suppose! 🥳

Managed to cross 2900 in chess.com Rated Puzzles! Interesting and challenging puzzles forcing me to really think for a while sometimes at this rating 🤠

Long time no see, Chess Twitter! After coming back to play after a long break, managed to reach 1900 on chess.com Rapid. The games are intense, excited to see how much further I can go! 🥳🥳

I am heartbroken by Danya’s passing. We both grew up in the Bay Area, and I looked up to him from a young age. I vividly remember our first blitz games when I was nine, he was kind and generous with his advice afterward. Years later, I ran into him on a flight home from the

Just to add my 2 cents. I think and in my opinion Kramnik's response to Daniel's passing was cold and heartless. I didn't want to say anything in the beginning because it is not my place and Vlad has always been great towards me but things have gotten too far. In my personal view

Long time no see, Twitter. After finding my chess passion and routine again this year, after many struggles and reconsiderations, after many painful losses from winning positions, I managed to hit 2000 Rapid Elo. Very grateful, and yet still so much more to learn:)