Chess blog usually annotations from my own games. I also analyze Grandmaster games and post about them.
17 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
Greetings to all Hivers! I played in the weekly chess tournament, Hivechess Season 1 last night. The tournament was for over an hour with a time control of five minute blitz with an option to go on "berserk". Going berserk will give you half the tim...
13 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
The Greek gift sacrifice is characterized by Bishop sacrifice on h7 or h2 if colors reversed. Usually seen in coffee house or blitz chess, it leads to an attack on the exposed enemy king. Sometimes the sacrifice doesn't work but it's exciting to gam...
12 Aug 2025 2 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
Mark Paragua vs Palm Hiarcs 2.6source: hiarcs.com Nowadays, computer programs like Stockfish can dominate any human grandmaster in a game. In prior years, computers programs like Fritz used to join chess tournaments. I wonder if there were chess even...
12 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
Greetings everyone! The following game is well known because the unusual way that White won--using the King as an offensive piece! It's a fantastic game where even with heavy pieces still on the board, White was able to march his king into the enemy...
10 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
Greetings to all Hivers! I played in the weekly chess tournament, Hivechess Season 1 last night. We played for over an hour for the whole tournament with a time control of three minute blitz with an option to go on "berserk". Going berserk will give...
5 Aug 2025 2 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
source: chess.com Greetings to all chess fans! For the first time, chess was included in the Esports World Cup and here, the world's best chess player found a new ground to conquer. Magnus Carlsen beat rivals Hikaru Nakamura in the semifinals and Al...
3 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
I played in the weekly chess tournament, Hivechess Season 1 last night. We had an hour and ten minutes to play the whole tournament with a time control of four minute blitz with an option to go on "berserk". Choosing to go berserk will give you half...
30 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
The above position was from a blitz game I had against a 2000+ Elo rated player. My own rating is close to 2000 Elo. After solving a lot of puzzles, it became easier for me to play blitz. I'm able to find winning moves quicker. We were so fast, this...
28 Jul 2025 2 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
I usually play 3-minute blitz games in lichess.org. It's an exciting format in chess where I have play quickly to not lose on time. In the following game, I'm playing against a 2028 rated opponent. I'm playing with the white pieces so I have the adv...
26 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments iamchessguy
I played in the Round 4 of the Hivechess Arena last night. The tournament was won by ManFromSpain (Elo 2319). I placed sixth, losing only one game against the tournament winner. The tournament was for an hour with a time control was 5 minute blitz w...
