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I'll play in the next one if you ping me to remind me. Classical is my fave. Thnk you for organizing these. I used to run tournaments on here and know how much more work it is than it may look like fr…

Really great. Big thanks to the KCF!

I think blitz is an EXTREMELY effective training method Evidence: I love playing blitz

My take is - Play up if you want to increase your rating & have a challenging but low-stress experience Play even if you want to win money or practice dealing with high pressure matchups (beating lowe…

Sorry but it's ridiculous to omit Nepo from this list. He is certainly stronger than most of the players you mention and what he accomplished in winning two Candidates tournaments in a row (and coming…

Good advice, I think! I have yet to take the "work hard" advice, but I'm working on it

I play at the Marshall, so losing to 12 year olds is a weekly occurrence for a lowly ~2000 like me. No shame in it although chess kids can be SO annoying

Thanks for the article! Re: puzzles, a good option is to use custom puzzles on chesscom - this feature allows you to fine-tune the difficulty more than lichess does by letting you specify a rating ran…

Great post, thank you! But, how can you afford to eat that well on an IM salary? :)

You know this is good advice cos not even the author follows it