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Community Blog Discussions - What “Talent” Actually Means in Chess (It’s Not What You Think)

Great article.


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Community Blog Discussions - A Legend Has Fallen

May your soul find rest Danya


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Community Blog Discussions - Return to Boylston

I do miss Boylston Chess Club, played there a few times when I lived in Boston. Hope you enjoyed your visit!


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Community Blog Discussions - Interview with GM Oleg Korneev - Former Top 20 & very active OTB player

I like that he relates his ability to play a lot of OTB to a strong family life, good health, and the will to play (listed third). Chess requires good mental fortitude and if your family and health is…


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Community Blog Discussions - 11 things I did to take my USCF rating from 1547 to 1976

I think one thing that I have intentionally done every tournament was to talk to one new person and it has made what at times can be a lonely pursuit, much more pleasant!


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Community Blog Discussions - Your rating's not going up. What now?

@RandyWeiler it really is different for everyone but the most important thing for getting to 1200 (either online or OTB national rating/FIDE) is to have your tactics down and to have 1 opening for whi…


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Community Blog Discussions - Play your first UgLy game

Sometimes it is just better to dive right in and complete that first task!


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Community Blog Discussions - Chess.com vs. Lichess

Another benefit of chess.com is the ability to play USCF online events which I partake in sometimes as well as their professional rapid events. Lichess studies to me are far superior currently...defin…


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Community Blog Discussions - Am I a “Chess Tourist”?

It seems that there is no money in chess purely as a player unless you are in the top 50 in the world and have access to either government funds or other forms of support. Couldn't imagine playing in …


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