Chess News
Colin McGourty Provides a Helpful Breakdown of the Novel Format of the New Global Chess League, which features Magnus, Vishy, and many other stars (Chess.com news)
JJ Lang with a Rundown of the star-studded National Open in Las Vegas (Chess Life Online)
More on the Festivities Surrounding the National Open from CMCoachQ (Chess.com Blog)
Congrats to everyone at Chess.com on being named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies! (Michaël van Liempt for the New in Chess Blog)
Leonard Barden on the rise of IM-elect Alice Lee, plus a rundown of other recent chess news “The top nation for older teenage talents is clearly India, with Dommaraju Gukesh and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, both 17, Nihal Sarin, 18, and Arjun Erigaisi, 19, all ranked in the world top 60. Due to Lee’s surge, the US is now the leading nation for younger teens.” (The Guardian)
Chess Improvement
Martin Justesen on Botvinnik’s Approach to Chess Improvement “Botvinnik is as serious about tournament preparation as he is about annotations. He recommends that you go out to the countryside for 14 to 20 days before a tournament to detox and enjoy the fresh air.” (Say Chess Blog)
TheOnoZone shares some thoughts on self-analysis of chess games “The next time you make a mistake in chess, place the emphasis not on what you did wrong, but why you did it. Where was your attention and what were you feeling?” (LiChess Blog)
IM Junta Ikeda on how to get organized about retaining the Info you Learn about Chess (Infinite Chess Blog)
FM Nate Solon on Extracting “Big Picture” Lessons about your Chess “Some clusters of mistakes reveal thought process errors that, if corrected, can level up your game.” (Zwischenzug Blog)
Chess Books
FM Dennis Monokroussos on two new books: The Essential Sosonko and a new one from IM Mark Dvoretsky (posthumously) and GM Artur Yusopov, Technique in Chess. (The Chess Mind Blog)
Nick Visel shares his review of IM Willy Hendriks’ The Ink War (Nick Plays Chess Blog)
Misc.
GM Alex Colovic on the Issues with the FIDE Rating System. “The problems with the rating system kill the enthusiasm of many players. They want to play, but they cannot win (rating). And this leads to a lot of older players stopping active play, leaving only the young ones to massacre each other.” (GM Colovic’s Blog)
That’s all I’ve got for you, have a good weekend everyone!- Ben