Bold move by Dan
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Dan Bock from Durham, NC. Three-time chess podcast guest. 114th best chess player in North Carolina. I have a Substack called the Chess Improvement Lab.
Web and mobile app developer, runner and dad in my spare time.
Web and mobile app developer, runner and dad in my spare time.
Uzbek Eric Rosen is in the quarterfinals at the World Cup
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Uzbek Eric Rosen is in the quarterfinals at the World Cup
Familiar-looking eval graph on this Trompowski game.
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Familiar-looking eval graph on this Trompowski game.
I hope we see Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the Candidates someday, but it looks like it will not be this year.
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I hope we see Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the Candidates someday, but it looks like it will not be this year.
Chess tip: don’t bother developing your pieces. Just attack.
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Chess tip: don’t bother developing your pieces. Just attack.
Guess the opening
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Guess the opening
ALTO. I wasn’t sure what it would feel like to be at a chess tournament in Charlotte this weekend, but it’s good to be here with everyone.
October 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ALTO. I wasn’t sure what it would feel like to be at a chess tournament in Charlotte this weekend, but it’s good to be here with everyone.
The follow-up tweet is just nonsensical. He’s criticizing unnamed people who claim to be friends but didn’t help. This might make sense coming from someone who was Naroditsky’s friend. But as Sutovsky acknowledges, he was not a friend. He’s not in a position to know who did what to help.
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The follow-up tweet is just nonsensical. He’s criticizing unnamed people who claim to be friends but didn’t help. This might make sense coming from someone who was Naroditsky’s friend. But as Sutovsky acknowledges, he was not a friend. He’s not in a position to know who did what to help.
Has anyone effectively turned off the sycophancy in ChatGPT? Starting this response with “Good question” is psychopathic.
October 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Has anyone effectively turned off the sycophancy in ChatGPT? Starting this response with “Good question” is psychopathic.
This is an incredibly insensitive post from the CEO of FIDE. I cannot believe what I am reading.
October 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is an incredibly insensitive post from the CEO of FIDE. I cannot believe what I am reading.
Just kidding, Rossolimo was every nationality except Italian
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Just kidding, Rossolimo was every nationality except Italian
The 1990s era web design's days are numbered. It will be missed.
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The 1990s era web design's days are numbered. It will be missed.
Here are my top opponents, my record by year, my rankings, and my milestones by date. And if you want to look up my opponents at any tournament I've ever played (going back to 1991), that's still there too.
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Here are my top opponents, my record by year, my rankings, and my milestones by date. And if you want to look up my opponents at any tournament I've ever played (going back to 1991), that's still there too.
Yesterday I played my 71st OTB classical game of 2025, one away from my personal record for a calendar year, set in 2024.
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Yesterday I played my 71st OTB classical game of 2025, one away from my personal record for a calendar year, set in 2024.
Abhimanyu Mishra’s teen years have been a major disappointment compared to (checks notes) the world champion of chess, who is three years older than him
September 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Abhimanyu Mishra’s teen years have been a major disappointment compared to (checks notes) the world champion of chess, who is three years older than him
Don't call it a comeback.
September 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Don't call it a comeback.
I actually got this in a tournament game once and the TD took a picture. You can see my king on f3.
September 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I actually got this in a tournament game once and the TD took a picture. You can see my king on f3.
Hans Niemann’s face indicates how surprisingly hard it is for white to win in this position.
September 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hans Niemann’s face indicates how surprisingly hard it is for white to win in this position.
The stress of time trouble.
September 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The stress of time trouble.
Interesting position. Black is still down a pawn but has compensation because uhh the pawn is overextended and white has king safety issues long term, maybe
September 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Interesting position. Black is still down a pawn but has compensation because uhh the pawn is overextended and white has king safety issues long term, maybe
What an awesome move by Mishra. I'm putting this in my prep right now. I will figure out later what the idea is.
September 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What an awesome move by Mishra. I'm putting this in my prep right now. I will figure out later what the idea is.
1994 was the only year they wore those uniforms. The next year they switched to these hideous things and kept them for five years.
September 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
1994 was the only year they wore those uniforms. The next year they switched to these hideous things and kept them for five years.
Sometimes I get positions like this in blitz games, and play the wrong move, and lose, and run the engine analysis, and try to learn something from it.
But Vidit thought for 28 minutes in this position and couldn't come up with the only drawing move (which is Kd5 for some reason). I guess my point
But Vidit thought for 28 minutes in this position and couldn't come up with the only drawing move (which is Kd5 for some reason). I guess my point
September 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sometimes I get positions like this in blitz games, and play the wrong move, and lose, and run the engine analysis, and try to learn something from it.
But Vidit thought for 28 minutes in this position and couldn't come up with the only drawing move (which is Kd5 for some reason). I guess my point
But Vidit thought for 28 minutes in this position and couldn't come up with the only drawing move (which is Kd5 for some reason). I guess my point
The Nf3-e5-g4 maneuver in the Trompowsky is so nice, sometimes I do it twice.
September 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Nf3-e5-g4 maneuver in the Trompowsky is so nice, sometimes I do it twice.
This guy played 1. c3 and I tricked them into transposing into a London and then they had no idea what they were doing.
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This guy played 1. c3 and I tricked them into transposing into a London and then they had no idea what they were doing.
Imagine how Hans Niemann would react if a third American player made the Candidates and it wasn't him.
September 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Imagine how Hans Niemann would react if a third American player made the Candidates and it wasn't him.