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RIP Bill Goichberg

Legendary Tournament Director, player, and US Chess Hall of Famer FM Bill Goichberg passed away at 82. NM Jeremy Kane wrote about his lasting legacy. “Goichberg's contributions as an organizer will leave their mark on the American and global chess scenes for generations.” (Chess.com) (US Chess) (The Chess Mind)

Photo of a young Bill Goichberg mid-game **via US Chess**

FM Andy Lee honored the death of FM Goichberg by writing about the thankless nature of organizing tournaments, and his own formative experiences doing so. (Lit & Chess)

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Chess Improvement

A reader sent me a cool, free chess tool he built- Auditchess enables you to make a full opening scouting report on any Chess.com or Lichess account. (AuditChess)

NM Jeremy Kane keeps slowly but surely improving at blitz, and this year his Chess.com 3000 for the time! Seriously impressive. Read about how he did it here.

FM Dalton Perrine provides some good advice for how to play after you’ve won material. “When you win a pawn or an exchange, you usually pay for it in some small way. Your development skips for a move, your king stays in the center a little longer, a file or diagonal opens up for the opponent, or a square near your king becomes weak.” (Chess Chatter)

White to move and win. Nasty trick from GM Serper’s latest fun Chess.com column.

Chess News

Its never too early to write an Olympiad preview, Tarjei Svensen provides an early look at the star-studded September 16 event. (Chess.com)

GM Shreyas Royal took the lead in the British Championship today powered by 22. Rd1-d4!! Black is losing material due to the awkwardly placed b2 knight. Follow the action here.

In an interview with Jonathan Zhi, GM Zhu Jiner reveals that she was self-taught as a child and benefited from Gelfand and Dvoretsky’s books, among others. (Underpromoted)

Yowza! If I am reading this correctly, 14-year-old Modipali Yeekshita just went from 1900 to 2400 FIDE in one month! If she does that again she can pass Magnus. (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)

Books

Here is what you can expect if you read the Seirawan classic Chess Duels. (Path to Chess Mastery)

If you are thinking of writing a book on the Nimzo-Indian you won’t be first to market, but Forward Chess provides a helpful overview of what’s available.

Nick Visel reviews Botvinnik’s Best Games by GM Alexander Khalifman “For players looking to study Botvinnik, Botvinnik’s Best Games is obviously a great choice, but the analysis is very heavy, and for many club players, including myself, it borders on oppressive” (Nick Plays Chess)

Misc.

Jen Shahade wrote about a consequential, inexplicable hand at the World Series of Poker final table as it relates to the “long think, wrong think” concept. (See the Sideways Move)

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Perpetual Chess Linkfest #177, Aug 7, 2026