The Ultimate Chess Improvement Tier List

Chesscom Diamond Membership

Source: I haven’t enough Chess experience (only 5 months) to fill all seven “tiers”. Mine would be: S-Tier: Chess.com Diamond Membership. Needed for unlimited Puzzles and Game Reviews. Vital for any serious Chess player. A very little investment for…

Chess Player Groupies

Chess Player Groupies

There is no such thing as a Chess player groupie… Support the Journey CHESS MERCH Chess.com Unlimited Membership GM-DESIGNED TRAINING COURSE Improve your Chess (Blitz, Rapid, and Classical) Chess Books Support with a Donation

Perpetual Chess Improvement by Ben Johnson.

Perpetual Chess Improvement: Practical Chess Advice from World-Class Players and Dedicated Amateurs by Ben Johnson.

If you’re a fan of Ben Johnson’s Perpetual Chess Podcast you’ll love this book. This book is a great resume of all the knowledges and diverse opions discussed in his podcast. No matter your point of view, you’ll find something…

1250 Lichess Classical rating

Weekly Classical Chess rating distribution on Lichess

A big stepping stone for me and a big step for humanity, I’m now 1250 on Lichess Classical. The starting point, I’m better than 21.2% of Classical players after 239 Games. Always facing stronger opponents. And I’ve earned myself a…

Chess.com vs Lichess Percentile

👆 The Chess player in the above video has a Lichess Rapid rating of ~2050 which put you in the top 5% of active players on the platform (95% percentile). This coincides with his rating of 1850-1900 on Chess.com that…

How to make Chess a Billion-dollar game

Billion dollars Chess

Chess is a great game, and people have been trying to figure out how to market it for years. I follow it myself, and came up with a few ideas, both in marketing and radical technical changes, that I think…

Alekhine blindfold Chess movie

White Snow of Russia (1980),

White Snow of Russia (1980), A Soviet film about the life of Alexander Alekhine was adapted from the novel White and Black (1965), by GM Alexander Kotov. GM Kotov was also the author of the classic Chess guide, Think Like a…