The letter W starts with a D.
~ Unknown Malcontent.
Welcome, everyone to another exhilarating edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, b...
Everything in the universe is either a potato or not a potato.
- Unknown Redditor
Hello, my fellow non-potatoes, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, the...
When everything feels like an uphill struggle, think of the view from the top.
- Unknown
Greetings, my fellow mountain climbers, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. Mount Fuji with a summit elevation of 3,776 m, is the tall...
Hello, my fellow blitz lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do.
As always, the tactics ha...
...whenever during the game you find yourself in a bad mood, or you aren’t enjoying the game or your position, you straighten your back and smile.
- Kazbek Primbetov
Hello, my fellow chess lovers, and welcome to another editio...
Hello, my fellow chess lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do.
As always, the tactics ha...
Hello, my fellow OTB fanatics, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. The Japanese chess calendar is broken up into two distinct sections: qualifying tournaments for the Japan Chess Championship...and the rest of the year.
Certainly...
Hello, my fellow daily players, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. January 1st saw the coming of a hallowed yearly tradition...that's right, the 2024 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship, this year's edition included more than 63,00...
Hello, my fellow tactic lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do.
As always, the tactics h...
Checkers is for tramps.
– Paul Morphy
Hello, my fellow secret agents, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, b...
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe.
- Hindu Proverb
Hello, my fellow chess giants, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. The Japanese chess calendar kicked off with the first FIDE rated event o...
Mittens the Chess Bot will make you quit chess -
attributed to one of the many victims of Mittens.
Hello, my fellow tactic lovers, and welcome to the year-end edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online...
In chess, there’s no such thing as a bad move if it makes your opponent laugh.
Hello, my fellow 1.b3 cowboys, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournamen...
Hello, my fellow history lovers, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers.
Basketball has the "Buzzer Beater", Golf has its "Hole-In-One", and in Soccer nothing is better than a perfectly struck "Bicycle Kick". But in our Great Game, t...
Hi. My name is Magnus Carlsen. - Magnus Carlsen.
Hello, my fellow movie lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right p...
Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.
– Max Euwe.
Hello, my fellow tactic lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you h...
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
- Vince Lombardi.
Hell...
Hello, my fellow chess pupils, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. AI has impacted our world in a plethora of ways. From badly written university essays to grossly biased social media news feeds, AI is continuing to evolve and expa...
Chess does not drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane.
-Bill Hartston
Hello, my fellow speed lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz & Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you ...
Hello, my fellow festival goers, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. Due to the UNNAMED VIRUS, OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, this past summer was the first time in four years that I was able to return to my hometown of Hamilton, Ontario, Cana...
The blunders are all there on the board, waiting to be made.
– Savielly Tartakower
Hello, my fellow rapid players, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. The Chess world is full charlatans professing to understand how to...
I am a meme machine
- Magnus Carlsen
Hello, my fellow blitz players, and welcome to another edition of Blitz & Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, b...
Hello, my fellow tactic solvers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz & Memes. If you're a fan of tactics taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do.
As always, the ...
There is no remorse like the remorse of chess.
– H. G. Wells
Hello, my fellow OTB fanatics, and welcome to another edition of the Osaka Papers. Chess is fun no matter where or how you play it, but for me nothing beats Over-The-Board ...
Hello, my fellow Blitz players, and welcome to another edition of Blitz & Memes. If you're a fan of tactics taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do.
As per usual, the puzz...