Answers.Body: <p>For players under 1800 USCF/FIDE, <a href="http://www.chess.com/blog/danheisman">Dan Heisman's blog</a> is an extremely helpful source. He has lots of information on:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Thought process: how Hope Chess can cause losses</li>
  <li>Time Management: how to manage your time in order to be able to think as much as possible when the game gets complicated.</li>
  <li>Practical tips for different situations: when you're way ahead, it's a different game; when you're losing, complicate the position to try to get your opponent to make a mistake; when your opponent is in time pressure, don't blitz him, etc.</li>
  <li>Correcting misconceptions: player not recapturing because then he would get doubled pawns (safety is a 100, pawn structure is a 1), players loses because he didn't "see" something when in fact he didn't look out for it (thought process), player making a quick move in a critical position (hand-waving), Player playing a quick move because all moves look bad (acquiescing), Player rejecting move based on shallow or superficial analysis (quiescence error) . . . The list goes on, check out his blog!</li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Text: I would like to further recommend this blog. As someone who is pretty terrible (no USCF/FIDE games to my name), his blog has really opened my eyes to some ideas I had never even previously considered. Implementing them in my own games of course is proving to be more challenging...
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Answers.Text: Agree.  Dan covers many topics that new players may not consider as part of chess improvement such as thinking process and time management
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  <li><p><a href="http://www.thechessmind.net" rel="nofollow">TheChessMind</a> by Dennis Monokroussos. Pretty much the best alternative to the major chess news sites. Often a bit faster, commented games, interesting tidbits. </p></li>
  <li><p><a href="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow">The Streatham Brixton Chess Blog</a>. Different writers from one club, write about vastly different topics. You'll get deeply researched articles about chess in art, chess politics, endgames, openings and and and …</p></li>
  <li><p><a href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">Dana blogs chess</a>. A comparatively narrow view into the chess life of one enthusiastic amateur player. Often quite instructive.</p></li>
  <li><p><a href="http://www.davidsmerdon.com" rel="nofollow">GM Smerdons blog</a>. Not that much chess and not particularly frequently updated, but a very strong player and good writer giving his opinion and writing about his experiences.</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Edit: I'll add some discontinued blogs, because there is still great stuff to discover:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p><a href="http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/" rel="nofollow">The Chessninja</a>. Mig Greengard, journalist and Kasparov devotee, probably the most entertaining writer about chess, gives his take on current affairs.</p></li>
  <li><p><a href="http://kenilworthian.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow">The Kenilworthian</a>. Chess blog by Michael Goeller. A lot of stuff about tricky openings.</p></li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I would recommend <a href="http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/chess.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tim Krabbé's CHESS CURIOSITIES</a>. It contains all sorts of interesting facts and stories related to chess. There are also many puzzles and interesting games, with comments, historical notes and curious details related to the games/problems/players. It is highly entertaining, instructive and well-written.</p>
  
  <p>Majnu's blog is a great site for learning, especially for a beginner. In my opinion, Majnu is very talented in relating chess ideas in a clear, precise and easy-to-follow way. An excellent player and an excellent teacher, so his blog can hardly be anything else but excellent, as well.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: There is a lot of good chess stuff on that web site, but the only part of it that is a blog is Krabbé's [Open chess diary](https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess2/diary.htm). Although Tim Krabbé returned to it recently to mark the passing of Harry Goldsteen (d. 5 Jun 2021), he has unfortunately let it lie practically dormant for many uears.
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Answers.Body: <p>A few days back, I wrote an article called <a href="https://chessblogger.org/blog/best-chess-blogs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Top 11 Chess Blogs You Love to Read</a>. I added 11 chess blogs for it. It will worth reading.</p>
  <p>I will add two main blogs from that list to this answer and why they are good.</p>
  <p><strong>Chess.com blog</strong>: They publish around 100 posts per month. So it can be introduced as the most active chess blog. Most articles are written by grandmasters and international masters.</p>
  <p><strong>The Chess World BLog</strong>: The author of this blog started this blog when his rating was under 1200. But after 2 years his rating was more than 2200. So this blog will be very helpful for beginner chess players who have the plan to get a 2000 rating in just under 2 years.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://www.chess.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">chess.com blog</a>  It is great blog with good few good articles written by chess masters (I read one for GM Hikaru <a href="http://www.chess.com/blog/Hikaru/us-champs" rel="nofollow">this one</a>) </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Also check out Greg Shahade's <a href="https://gregshahade.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a> .</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Can you tell us *why* we should do this? Or at least what kind of topics he writes about? The top three answers to this question are a good example.
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Answers.Text: Its a good blog - check it out. The dude is an IM and has interesting opinions. Bizzare downvoting of a perfectly good answer.
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Answers.Body: <p>My top two choices would be</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://chessdailynews.com/" rel="nofollow">Chess Daily News</a> </li>
  <li><a href="http://www.beginchess.com" rel="nofollow">Begin Chess</a> </li>
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Body: <p>I enjoy reading about chess and there is a number of blogs that I follow. And I do toy with the idea of starting a chess blog myself in a distant and uncertain future. So I want to tap your combined knowledge:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>What are the best chess blogs you know?</li>
  <li>What makes them so interesting?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>(I know this is the kind of subjective question, stackexchange usually doesn't go for, but I think this could be a very worthwhile collection, possibly as community wiki.)</p>
  
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Title: What are the best chess blogs?
ThreadText: # What are the best chess blogs?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-23)
  
  I enjoy reading about chess and there is a number of blogs that I follow. And I do toy with the idea of starting a chess blog myself in a distant and uncertain future. So I want to tap your combined knowledge:
  
  * What are the best chess blogs you know?
  * What makes them so interesting?
  
  (I know this is the kind of subjective question, stackexchange usually doesn't go for, but I think this could be a very worthwhile collection, possibly as community wiki.)
  
  **Tags:** recommendations, chess-blog
  
  
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  ## 7 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-05-31. Score: 8
  
  For players under 1800 USCF/FIDE, [Dan Heisman's blog](http://www.chess.com/blog/danheisman) is an extremely helpful source. He has lots of information on:
  
  * Thought process: how Hope Chess can cause losses
  * Time Management: how to manage your time in order to be able to think as much as possible when the game gets complicated.
  * Practical tips for different situations: when you're way ahead, it's a different game; when you're losing, complicate the position to try to get your opponent to make a mistake; when your opponent is in time pressure, don't blitz him, etc.
  * Correcting misconceptions: player not recapturing because then he would get doubled pawns (safety is a 100, pawn structure is a 1), players loses because he didn't "see" something when in fact he didn't look out for it (thought process), player making a quick move in a critical position (hand-waving), Player playing a quick move because all moves look bad (acquiescing), Player rejecting move based on shallow or superficial analysis (quiescence error) . . . The list goes on, check out his blog!
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I would like to further recommend this blog. As someone who is pretty terrible (no USCF/FIDE games to my name), his blog has really opened my eyes to some ideas I had never even previously considered. Implementing them in my own games of course is proving to be more challenging...  
  > **username_3**: Agree.  Dan covers many topics that new players may not consider as part of chess improvement such as thinking process and time management  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2015-05-24. Score: 2
  
  * [TheChessMind](http://www.thechessmind.net) by Dennis Monokroussos. Pretty much the best alternative to the major chess news sites. Often a bit faster, commented games, interesting tidbits.
  * [The Streatham Brixton Chess Blog](http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.de). Different writers from one club, write about vastly different topics. You'll get deeply researched articles about chess in art, chess politics, endgames, openings and and and …
  * [Dana blogs chess](http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/). A comparatively narrow view into the chess life of one enthusiastic amateur player. Often quite instructive.
  * [GM Smerdons blog](http://www.davidsmerdon.com). Not that much chess and not particularly frequently updated, but a very strong player and good writer giving his opinion and writing about his experiences.
  
  Edit: I'll add some discontinued blogs, because there is still great stuff to discover:
  
  * [The Chessninja](http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/). Mig Greengard, journalist and Kasparov devotee, probably the most entertaining writer about chess, gives his take on current affairs.
  * [The Kenilworthian](http://kenilworthian.blogspot.de). Chess blog by username_3 Goeller. A lot of stuff about tricky openings.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2015-05-24. Score: 2
  
  I would recommend [Tim Krabbé's CHESS CURIOSITIES](http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/chess.html). It contains all sorts of interesting facts and stories related to chess. There are also many puzzles and interesting games, with comments, historical notes and curious details related to the games/problems/players. It is highly entertaining, instructive and well-written.
  
  Majnu's blog is a great site for learning, especially for a beginner. In my opinion, Majnu is very talented in relating chess ideas in a clear, precise and easy-to-follow way. An excellent player and an excellent teacher, so his blog can hardly be anything else but excellent, as well.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: There is a lot of good chess stuff on that web site, but the only part of it that is a blog is Krabbé's [Open chess diary](https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess2/diary.htm). Although Tim Krabbé returned to it recently to mark the passing of Harry Goldsteen (d. 5 Jun 2021), he has unfortunately let it lie practically dormant for many uears.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2021-06-07. Score: 1
  
  A few days back, I wrote an article called [Top 11 Chess Blogs You Love to Read](https://chessblogger.org/blog/best-chess-blogs/). I added 11 chess blogs for it. It will worth reading.
  
  I will add two main blogs from that list to this answer and why they are good.
  
  **Chess.com blog**: They publish around 100 posts per month. So it can be introduced as the most active chess blog. Most articles are written by grandmasters and international masters.
  
  **The Chess World BLog**: The author of this blog started this blog when his rating was under 1200. But after 2 years his rating was more than 2200. So this blog will be very helpful for beginner chess players who have the plan to get a 2000 rating in just under 2 years.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_7 on 2015-05-28. Score: 0
  
  [chess.com blog](http://www.chess.com/blog/) It is great blog with good few good articles written by chess masters (I read one for GM Hikaru [this one](http://www.chess.com/blog/Hikaru/us-champs))
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_8 on 2015-12-23. Score: -1
  
  Also check out Greg Shahade's [blog](https://gregshahade.wordpress.com/) .
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_9**: Can you tell us *why* we should do this? Or at least what kind of topics he writes about? The top three answers to this question are a good example.  
  > **username_8**: Its a good blog - check it out. The dude is an IM and has interesting opinions. Bizzare downvoting of a perfectly good answer.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_10 on 2016-01-08. Score: -1
  
  My top two choices would be
  
  * [Chess Daily News](https://chessdailynews.com/)
  * [Begin Chess](http://www.beginchess.com)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_11**: That's only two :)  
  > **username_9**: Can you tell us *why* we should read these blogs? Or at least what kind of topics he writes about? The top three answers to this question are a good example.  
  
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