Archive - 64 Squares

Dealing with lost positions

Intro Recently I’ve noticed that I apparently became more resilient and creative while playing in bad positions: when I am down a pawn or even a piece…

Jun 4 •

May 2024

On the role of confessional booths in chess

An entertaining episode from Nakamura - Pragg game

May 31 •

April 2024

Chessable is better than I thought

My recent experience

Apr 17 •

Tournament report: 4NCL Easter Congress

Peterborough, UK: 29 March - 1 April 2024

Apr 5 •

February 2024

Genna Sosonko chess essays

"Portraits and Tales of a Bygone Chess Era"

Feb 17 •

a tactical pattern that cost me two games

Feb 10 •

ChessBook review

A tool for repertoire building

Feb 4 •

January 2024

My impressions of The Chess Gym

A new chess community

Jan 27 •

My most embarrassing endgame mistakes

Their reasons and lessons learned

Jan 20 •

Comparing chess strength over years and servers

Am I better than my older self?

Jan 13 •

Searching for endgame positions in your games

using HIARCS Chess Explorer and pgn-extract

Jan 6 •

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