Englund Gambit | Delicious Queen Sacrifice gives SMUG SATISFACTION! 😏
Today, I started my morning with a game of 5 | 5 blitz and I was blessed with this cracker of a game! I’d played this on my laptop as the PC that I use as a workstation for my creative work (playing and recording games, video editing) has been plagued with system instability. I…
🤩 My Most EXCITING CHESS game of 2025!
This morning, I played my most enjoyable game of chess of 2025! 🤩👍 Indeed, this inspired this video and article! To keep it brief, I had the black pieces, and my opponent played an aggressive, sacrificial, Romantic game. And in doing so, I had to respond against their play with my own bold tactics. For…
2 x TRAPS for FUN CHESS! ⚡ Quick Wins #109
Another week, another chess noob Quick Wins article and video! And today, I’m going to show two games that follow the same theme: aggressive, unsound, Romantic attacks in the early stages of the game, factoring in a psychological approach, to coax our opponent into blundering into our trap! These are tactics that may lead you…
❤️🔥 Chessnut PRO | Queen PIN in the Vienna Gambit ⚡ Quick Wins #108
🔥 Coupon code: CHESSNOOB64 It’s been a while since I’ve recorded and written a new entry in my chess noob Quick Wins series. I played this very fun game of the Max Lange Vienna Gambit earlier in the week and reflected that it was some time since I’ve played the tactic that was in this…
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Hi, I’m vitualis the chess noob. I’m learning and trying to improve my chess, inspired after watching the Queen’s Gambit on Netflix in 2020. This blog and my YouTube channel chronicles my adventures in chess – both wins and losses and what I’ve learnt along the way!
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