This guest post has been written by Alan-Safar Ramoutar, an International Master and Chessable Author from Trinidad and Tobago. Have you ever wondered what separates the greatest chess players in history from the rest? It’s not just their flawless execution of openings or their impeccable endgame skills. It’s their ability to tame the most challenging […]

2 weeks go by since our last roundup newsletter, and Chessable comes out with seven newcourses!? Stop the madness! But when you have an awesome roster of grandmaster authors and amazing community authors putting their hearts and souls into making the best chess courses out there, that’s what happens!  There’s a little something for everyone these past […]

Before he became a grandmaster, Jose Gonzalez had an eye-opening experience. Along with the top players in his country (including a grandmaster and other four strong international masters), Mexican Champion Gonzalez was assigned a trainer. The trainer had a reputation for “not working hard enough.” But in time, Gonzalez realized that this reputation wasn’t entirely […]

All applications have been reviewed, and the winners have been chosen for the 2025 Chessable Research Awards! From the applications, Chessable selected two winners in the graduate student category and two winners in the undergraduate student category. For each awards cycle, Chessable Research Awards go to graduate and undergraduate students conducting ongoing or new chess […]

This guest post was written by Karel van Delft and Dries Wedda. Karel van Delft is a psychologist, chess trainer, and the Science Project Manager at Chessable. He is the author of the book Chess for Educators and co-author of the book Developing Chess Talent. He runs Schaakacademie Apeldoorn (Chess Academy Apeldoorn) in the Netherlands. […]

Summer is upon us!  But…you don’t really want to go…outside, do you? It’s hot out there. And there’s chess to be played! As Sheldon Cooper once said, “If outside is so great, then why has mankind spent thousands of years trying to perfect inside?”  Okay, okay, maybe sunlight is actually a good thing. But so […]

Der Sommer ist da! Aber… willst du wirklich nach draußen gehen? Zu viel Sonne birgt Risiken. Schach hingegen zu Hause im geschützten Umfeld zu trainieren – das hat fast nur Vorteile!  Wie Sheldon Cooper einst sagte: „Wenn es draußen so toll ist, wieso wurde dann das zu Hause im Laufe von Tausenden von Jahren perfektioniert?”  […]

¡Ya llegó el verano! Pero… ¿A quién le apetece salir con este calor? ¡Y hay tanto que mejorar en ajedrez!  En las famosas palabras de Sheldon Cooper: «Si el exterior es tan maravilloso, ¿por qué la humanidad ha pasado miles de años intentando perfeccionar su interior?». OK; es importante tomar suficiente luz del sol. ¡Pero […]

Isn’t it amazing how in chess you never run out of topics to explore? No matter how much you study, it always feels like you’re just scratching the surface. But it’s probably precisely this depth that makes the game so beautiful and rewarding. Over the past two weeks, we’ve managed to cover a bit more of the […]

Wenn du dein Schachspiel ernsthaft verbessern willst, weißt du bereits: Deine Vorbereitung ist nur so gut wie deine Analyse. Und deine Analyse ist nur so gut wie die Engine, die dahintersteht. Für alle, die im Schach wirklich vorankommen möchten, sind Schach-Engines unverzichtbare Trainingspartner. Sie entdecken taktische Möglichkeiten, die leicht übersehen werden, stellen Strategien auf die […]