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Sep 3, 2023

A Clash of Titans: Oppenheimer and Einstein Play Chess

  The relationship between IQ and Chess has always been a confusing one. Many argue that chess is heavily related to one’s personal intelligence, while others argue that they’re two completely different skill sets and are in no way related.


However, when we say the word IQ, one person comes to mind. That person is the myth, The Legend, Albert Einstein. However, there is one other figure when it comes to sheer intelligence. The father of Death, himself, Robert J Oppenheimer.



Many people do not know this, however, Oppenheimer and Einstein have actually played a game of Chess themselves. Will this be the game of Birlliance, indicated by both master's works, or will this prove that Chess and IQ have nothing to do with each other?


Read on to Find Out!!


THE START + FIRST MISTAKE


The game started out as a Ruy Lopez, and at move 6, the e4 pawn was captured, pretty much meaning a draw at the professional level in 2023. However, Oppenheimer made quite a mistake by retreating his knight back to E7. This is not good as it means his activity has taken a huge hit.


He played this to avoid the discovered check, which would’ve came if he did nothing, however, capturing the knight would be a much smarter approach, as there are much fewer threats. Infact, after NxE5, RxE5, Black would not even lose the pawn due to Be6 being a defensive resource.



The lesson we can take away from this inaccuracy by Oppenheimer is that retreating your pieces is almost always not the best choice. Knight to D4 would have been miles better, however, since he moved back, his activity has taken a huge hit.


F6. THE FIRST BLUNDER


After a few moves, Einstein played Queen F3. A threat which also helps develop his position. In professional chess, this is called, “developing with tempo”, meaning you develop, with a threat, and force your opponent to respond to it.



As a response, Oppenheimer played F3, which is a critical error. Take note since this tactic will appear in many of your games! Einstein plays QH5, forcing G6, which means Einstein can sacrifice his knight, in order to win that rook in the corner!


After this, he also makes an inaccuracy of taking the bishop, losing his final, somewhat active piece. This now means that his entire position has no counterplay as there now no more active pieces remaining.



Generally, when the Opponent loses their rooks in the corner like this, they are susceptible to crazy fast offensives by the enemy, which is what Einstein does, by sending his bishop to H6. This crazy fast combination results in Oppenheimer losing another piece.


EINSTEIN’S BRILLIANCY


Einstein performed a Brilliant move in this game. During move 21, he played Nc4!!, attacking the Queen! However, if the Queen moves, the knight on E7 will be captured. Therefore, the obvious move is to capture the knight, however, after a recapture, the Queen is pinned to the king, and is forced to be sacrificed.



This brilliant move teaches us to be perspicacious about tactics that are available, especially in a straight line. This will allow you to spot opportunities for pins and skewers, something really important, especially because things like this happen all the time, unlike other tactics!


CONCLUSION


While the link between IQ and Chess has been and still is unclear, we can say, without a doubt, that many of us could play better than Oppenheimer. In no way is that saying his work is not absolutely incredible, but instead just saying perhaps his chess skills could use a little work.


Thank you for reading, and please write in the comment section, have you seen the film Oppenheimer before, and if so, how was it?


Aug 31, 2023

How much money does Gothamchess, the internet's chess teacher, make?

  Chess has historically been a sport that pays very little. The first person that usually comes to mind when talking about Chess Profits would be Hikaru Nakumara. However, during the Chess Boom, another person rose to fame. The person, is Levy Rozman, aka GothamChess!



YOUTUBE


Firstly, let’s account for the place most of you have met Gothamchess, which is YouTube. Levy currently has 4.11 Million subs, currently on YouTube. With an average of 63 Million views a month, Levy Rozman is the biggest YouTube Channel in the Chess Niche.



According to SocialBlade, these view counts would generally result in $15.8K - $252.3K per month, depending on how the ads do. With this, we can average it out to $134K a month, or $1.6M a year. This is even more than Hikaru, who, on average, makes $338.7K per month from YouTube.


For some comparison on YouTube profit:


  • BotezLive - $378,150

  • Chessbrah - $27,100

  • KDlearns Chess - $40,100

  • Eric Rosen - $44,250


TWITCH


However, some of you will know that Gothamchess doesn’t just have a YouTube Channel, but also a Twitch channel. According to https://twitch.pages.dev/earnings/gothamchess/, GothamChess makes $424,505, during the 26-month period from Aug 2019 to Sep 2021.



Doing some basic maths, we can turn this into an average of $16,327 per month, which is, once again, an incredibly huge number. So far, by adding on to the total, he would be making $353,000 a month, or $4,236,000 a year, from both YouTube and Twitch.


CONCLUSION


While yes, GothamChess also has other revenue streams, such as his website Chessly, however, since there is no data on them, I have concluded that these are insignificant numbers in the grand scheme of things. Therefore, we can conclude that Gothamchess makes $353,000 per month!


So, did this number surprise you in any way? Please answer in the comments section below!


Aug 29, 2023

20 Different Chess Jokes you can Use to Prank your Friends!

  Chess is often considered the most serious board game, having a huge reputation of being a game only the smartest or the elites could play. Humour in the Game of chess has been very much suppressed, however, today, we’re embracing it!



In this blog post, you’ll learn about 20 funny Chess Puns, which you can use to introduce people to the game of chess, or you can make them never want to speak to you again! Whatever you fancy! So strap in and let's go through 20 different funny Chess Puns!



Q: How do Knights in Chess Polish their armour?

A: 1. B4 Of Course!


Explanation: B4 is known as the polish opening, but the word polish also means “To clean Metal”.



Q: Why Can’t Cowboys play Chess?

A: Because they’re afraid of losing their precious horses!


Explanation: It’s a stereotype that Cowboys only care about their horses!



Q: What do you call a knight who often gives up at Chess?

A: Sir-Render!


Explanation: Knights are often called Sir, which is similar to sur, a prefix used in surrender!



Q: How did the pawn feel when it got promoted to a Knight?

A: It was Board out of its mind!


Explanation: Bored, Board. Also because knights are the worst piece a pawn could be promoted to.



Q: Why Aren’t Brits very good at Chess?
A: Because they’re playing down a Queen!


Explanation: This is because of Queen Elizabeth’s death a year ago. (R.I.P)



Q: Why did all Chess Players need to bring pencils to tournaments?
A: Just in case they draw the game!


Explanation: Instead of calling it a tie, you’d call it a draw.



Q: Why do all Chess Players get a match on Tinder?
A: Because they’re mating experts!


Explanation: Checkmate -> Mate -> Mating



Q: Why do all Chess Players get a match on Tinder?
A: Because they’re mating experts!


Explanation: Checkmate -> Mate -> Mating



Q: Why do Gothamchess fans hate the ocean?
A: Because they get C6!


Explanation: C6 is similar to Seasick. The Caro-Kann is Gothamchess’s favourite opening and is the only opening he advocates for against 1. E4



Q: What is the only food allowed in Chess Tournaments?
A: Chess Nuts!


Explanation: Chestnuts are an actual type of nuts, but the play-on word is Chess Nuts. Also, please don’t bring Chess Nuts into tournaments, please. 




Q: What’s a German’s least favourite opening?
A: The French Defense!


Explanation: Germany, in both World Wars, invaded France and lost.



Q: Who is both a chess player, an actor and an ex-WWE fighter?
A: Dwayne “the Rook” Johnson.


Explanation: It’s a play-on word where instead of it being Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, it’s Dwayne “The Rook” Johnson.



Q: Why do all Chess Players get a match on Tinder?
A: Because they’re mating experts!


Explanation: Checkmate -> Mate -> Mating



Q: Why did the pawn go to therapy?
A: Because it wanted to promote it’s self-esteem.


Explanation: Promote, is both a term one would use to say increase but also Pawn Promotion!



Q: Why did the Chess Player get fired from his Job?
A: Because he kept making many Rook-ie mistakes


Explanation: Rookie, is a term one would use to say beginner.



Q: What is a Chess Player’s Favourite Country?

A: The Czech Republic!


Explanation: Czech Republich sounds similar to Check Republic!



Q: What do you say to a Bulgarian Chess Player when your skin is feeling Dry?
A: Vaseline Topalov!


Explanation: Veselin Topalov is a Bulgarian Chess GM, And Vaseline sounds similar to Veselin!



Q: Why do all Chess Players get a match on Tinder?
A: Because they’re mating experts!


Explanation: Checkmate -> Mate -> Mating



Q: Where do Chess Players go when they want a good deal?
A: The Pawn Shop Of course!


Explanation: A Pawnshop is a place where you can take out loans, but the word pawn!



Q: When is the best time to play chess?

A: At knight of course!


Explanation: Night, Knight sounds identical


So that concludes it! Hopefully, you all found those puns, at least some of them, to be hilarious! Please write in the comment section if you have any other chess puns, and perhaps your joke will be in another one of these blog posts! And Yes, this was inspired by Chess.com’s very own blog post about this!


Aug 27, 2023

CrazyCrowsClub Chess Tounament 27-Aug-2023

@everyone REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Get Registered for the 10AM Tournament! If you're not a member of the Crazy Crows Chess Club on chess.com yet, just join here before joining the tournament: https://www.chess.com/club/crazy-crows-chess-club/join You can play from Mobile or Desktop! Here is the tournament link: https://www.chess.com/play/tournament/4252003 We will start at 10:00AM EST with a time control of 5 | 5 and have 5 rounds. See you there!

FIDE World Rapid Team Championship - Day 2

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