Perpetual Chess Linkfest #18, January 1, 2023!
Magnus Wins and Wins
Happy New Year Everyone! Its been a busy time for me on the family front, but there have been so many interesting developments in the chess world, that I decided to share a slightly abbreviated set of links. I have not had a chance to review all of the sites I normally do, I’ll be back on Friday with anything I missed…
On to the chess news:
WGM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Sara Khadem )
Shout out to Sara Khadem and all of the other Iranian chess players and citizens standing up to the oppressive Iranian regime (Jenna Moon for Semafor News) (Celine Alkhaldi for CNN.Com)
Magnus
Carlsen won the Triple Crown! (Colin McGourty for Chess24)
If you review no other chess game from the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz, please check out this epic Carlsen-Rapport game! “Maybe the most exciting chess game I have ever had the pleasure to watch live.”- GM Jan Gustafsson (GM Jan Gustafsson YouTube Recap) (Play Through the Moves on Chess.com)
Chess Improvement Posts
“Focus on the work, not the result. When you focus on the result, you don’t get the result. But when you focus on the work that produces the result” (20 Questions with FM James Canty, by Corey Shaya on the Chess.com Blog)
IM Jakob Pfreundt on how he plans to get to work on his road to 2500. (LiChess Blog)
What does making Sushi have to do with Chess Improvement? (Benji Portheault on the LiChess Blog)
New Chess Substacker Evan Seghers on How a Few Changes to His Game Helped Him Level Up in 2022 (Ocean of Chess Newsletter)
TheOnoZone breaks down a study plan that has served him well (LiChess Blog)
OK one more “Chess Year in Review Post”- FM Nate Solon review his 2022 and details his goals for 2023 (Zwichenzug Substack)
In the Spirit of Adrien de Groot and Think Like a Super GM, Martin Justesen shares and analyzes the thought processes of a wide range of players as they think through a couple positions. (Say Chess Newsletter)
Miscellaneous
GM Alex Colovic Wonders Are The Days of Classical Chess Numbered?
GM Vasif Durarbayli details the Financial Challenges of Attempting to Play High Level tournaments as a 2600 level GM (LiChess Blog)
New Years Resolution- Read at least one book from the “Masterpieces and Dramas” Series from Elk and Ruby…
That is all for this week, catch you all on Friday, January 6.
Hi Ben, think you forgot to add the link to Nate Solon's post.