Adventures of a chess noob

Magnus Sicilian | BRILLIANT ROMANTIC FUN! 🐐♟️🤩

The immediate former World Chess Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen, is quite possibly the GOAT (greatest of all time) of chess! So, I was very interested to discover on analysis in this game that I had stumbled upon an anti-Sicilian line given his namesake, the Magnus Sicilian! Just like the game in my last article and…

Pirc Defense | Play Pre-emptive Tactics! 🧐♟️

One of the things that I’ve learned along my chess journey is that it is often beneficial to set up pre-emptive tactics. That is, creating a position where a tactic like a pin or a discovered check might become available in the future, even if it isn’t immediately useable. Although this might not be the…

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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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