On Rating Deflation in Modern Chess
Wondering why chess players are losing rating points left and right? Rustiness, old age, and poor physical shape might not be the key reasons! »
How to Choose Your Opponent in Chess
Interested in improving as a chess player? What opponents should you prefer to make the process as efficient as possible? »
At What Age Do Chess Players Peak? Part 2
Let’s take a look at women’s chess and see at what age the Women’s World Chess Champions peaked. »
At What Age Do Chess Players Peak?
"Nowadays, when you're not a Grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it." Viswanathan Anand »
Your rating progress
Chess players are obsessed with ratings these days, even though, because of the COVID pandemic, there is an understandable shift from comparing FIDE Elos to boasting »