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Why I played the Sicilian Kan for 20 years (opens the original)
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I received a topic request from a paid subscriber:I would love to see a post and/or series diving deep into the Sicilian Kan with model games / analysis. Like an extension of your “Hedgehog Games as Black” study project, but for the Sicilian Kan main lines / sidelines. I play the Kan as Black against 1.e4 (it’s one of my favorite openings to play) and would be very happy to see your content on it.I only played 1…e5 against 1.e4 until my national rating was around 1700. Then my coach reco
He became an IM at 16. 12 years later, he became a GM. (opens the original)
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Rishi Sardana became an International Master at 16. You might think he also became a grandmaster in his teens. But for Rishi, the next step took another 12 years.In August 2026, he achieved his third and final GM norm at the Spilimbergo Master tournament in Italy and became Australia’s newest GM-elect.Once I heard the news, I wanted to interview him and ask how he did it.<a clas
The 4 types of chess improvers (opens the original)
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Last week, I wrote that your own games should be telling you what to train.The loop went like this:Output: Play a serious game.Feedback: Analyse it without an engine first and find a lesson.Input: Identify the training that would help you do better next time, and do it.Many improvers are already doing a lot. They play over the board and online, review their g
Knowing what to work on isn’t enough (opens the original)
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Knowing and doingIn the last post, I wrote that your own games should be telling you what to train.But identifying that’s only the opening phase - doing it, especially when it’s working on a weakness you’ve had for years or something you don’t know how to train, is where a lot of people get stuck.It’s easy to go through yet another week where you’ve solved some puzzles, gone over some opening courses and played some games online without reall
How to build a chess training plan that works (opens the original)
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What a training plan actually isOne of the questions I’m asked the most is this one:“What should I train?”Many players think a training plan means choosing a balanced set of activities, like tactics on Monday, openings on Wednesday and endgames on Friday. But they haven’t thought about the all-important question:What is my chess telling me I should work on next?If the training plan comes before<
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