The pause study session feature is here, here is how to find it
The pause study session feature is finally here. It’s a simple concept and a seemingly simple function, yet it took us a while as we had to polish up a few different things under the hood before it was possible. So without further ado, here it is, while studying, click on the pause icon to […]
Chess Tips for Beginners: 5 Ways to Improve Your Game
So you’ve learned the basic moves of chess and have played a bunch of games, and you’ve decided that you want to get better at this beautiful game. Where do you start? Chess tips for beginners of course! Over the last few years, I’ve taught and observed new and beginning players as they develop in […]
Consejos de ajedrez para principiantes: 5 formas de mejorar tu juego
Consejos de ajedrez para principiantes: 5 formas de mejorar tu juego Así que has aprendido los movimientos básicos del ajedrez, has jugado un montón de juegos, y has decidido que quieres mejorar en este hermoso juego. ¿Por dónde empiezas? ¡Consejos de ajedrez para principiantes, por supuesto! Durante los últimos años, he enseñado y observado a […]
Review as “whole variation” is Chessable’s new default setting. What does this mean for you?
This is a short blog post to announce a site-wide change, from today on the default setting for all Chessable books is to review variations as “whole variation”. For most of you, this should go unnoticed, and the site will continue to work the same. However, for some of you, if you have noticed that […]
John Bartholomew tops group but narrowly misses out on second GM norm
He almost did it – but Chessable’s own John Bartholomew fell just short of winning a hard-fought second GM norm today. The Scandi king put in a phenomenal performance on the final day of the Charlotte Chess Center’s GM/IM Norm Invitational tournament to top his group above three GMs and the much talked about Indian super talent […]
John Bartholomew’s win over Indian wonderkid Praggnanandhaa
We don’t want to get you too excited, and we don’t want to pile too much pressure on John Bartholomew to get his next norm. But we thought you’d like to know Chessable’s resident IM has beaten the 12-year-old Indian super talent Ramesh Praggnanandhaa at the GM Norm Invitational in Charlotte. Praggu, as he is […]
Praggu’s race to be youngest ever chess Grandmaster
While Chessable’s own John Bartholomew is continuing his quest to get the Grandmaster title, time is running out for another International Master hoping to secure what would be an even more incredible achievement. On January 10 Indian super talent Ramesh Praggnanandhaa, or Praggu as he is known, was exactly 12 years and five months old, […]
Happy New Year! The 2017 year in review + 2018 spoiler.
Dear Chessable learners, At the end of 2016, I wrote about how, with your backing, we had a fantastic year. Having been so incredibly overwhelmed by your support then, I lack words this New Year’s Day to express our gratitude for your backing during 2017. Your continued choice to use Chessable as part of your […]