Beating Magnus after a month of training: the neuroscience of why learning chess is so much harder than learning a language
By now, most of the chess world is familiar with the story of Max Deutsch, so I will keep it brief. Max is a 24-year-old chess amateur who wanted to beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen with a month’s worth of learning chess. No handicaps. Max completed 11 other learning challenges, one each month. Perhaps the most impressive […]
An Evening of Chess with John Bartholomew (and friends!)
First things first, happy thanksgiving everyone! With the occasion of Chessable’s second birthday, and IM John Bartholomew’s hunt for a GM norm in London, we are organising an awesome evening of chess at the Battersea Chess Club on Wednesday, the 29th of November from 17:00 to 21:30 PM. This blog post is a reminder for you […]
Unlocking a premium feature: Advanced Line Study for all!
Have you ever tried to make or import your own custom Chessable book? If you have and you aren’t a PRO member, chances are you’ve run into our “Advanced Line Study” limitation. Guess what? Hurrah! It’s gone for good. Now everyone can enjoy making their own book. Here is how one of our users described […]