“Friend of the Newsletter” IM Junta Ikeda has launched his course, The Ten Habit Improvement System. Regular readers of Junta’s blog (like myself) know how knowledgeable and thoughtful Junta is is about chess improvement. I have already watched the first few chapters of his course, and it is direct and helpful. (Infinite Chess)
“TheOnoZone” has moved his popular Lichess Blog to Substack. His first post (on Substack) takes you behind the scenes of a dramatic Dutch league match. (The Ono Zone)
GM Eugene Perelshteyn’s friend NM Mike Mahoney held his own in the Naroditsky Memorial Blitz Tournament. Eugene shares five lessons we can learn from Mike’s comeback. (Grandmaster Secrets)
In 15 years of coaching, I’ve rarely met an improver who was stuck because they were lazy. They’re often stuck because what they study and train have nothing to do with what goes wrong when they play.- IM Junta Ikeda
Chris Wainscott made a free website with a couple chess improvement tools that he has found useful in his own training. (On the Road to Chess Master)
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has been sanctioned by the EU and has stepped down as president, with GM Viswananathan Anand taking over on an interim basis. (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)
In more recently developing news, Kazakh billionare Timur Turlov announced that he will run with Anand to replace Dvorkovich. “Russian Chess Federation President Andrey Filatov told Russian state-run news agency TASS, "one is out [Dvorkovich], and the other is in," of the potential Russian candidates, though Turlov's ticket is likely the one that will mean continuity with the current FIDE hierarchy.” (Colin McGourty for Chess.com)
GM Judit Polgar turned down a chance to become interim President of Hungary (the whole country, not the chess federation!) (NM Anthony Levin for Chess.com)
Nick Visel reviews Paul Morphy: A Collection of His Games with Detailed Notes. He writes “it is a wonderful collection of Morphy’s games, lightly annotated by Maroczy, whose analysis remains unmolested by any modern update or corrections” (Nick Plays Chess)
Forward Chess provides a helpful overview of many of the recent “1. e4 complete repertoire” books that are available on its platform (Forward Chess)
Bodhana Sivanadan became the youngest girl ever to beat a 2600-rated GM! (Leonard Barden for the Guardian)
Lastly, in honor of Lebron James unexpectedly signing with my beloved 76ers, here is my favorite Lebron James quote-
"I play a lot of chess, not in real life; I never played chess; I play it in my mind in theory; I play chess on the floor." - Lebron James
Have a good weekend everyone!
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