Vihaan7387's Blog

Introduction: Welcome To My Blog

2026-05-23T20:32:21.407Z

I have a few months break from work, and while I have plenty to do, I now have time to make a blog. In this post, I will talk about who I am, my chess journey so far, and what I'll discuss in future posts.

How I Train and How I Think All Beginners Should Too

2026-06-01T21:07:38.957Z

In this post, I'm going to show you my weekly chess training plan, then break it down in multiple sections. At the end, I'll talk about how I used to train and why each part of it was inefficient. My goal is for you to take away at least one thing from this that you can implement in your own training that you think will be useful.

Estimating Chess.com Diamond Value (The Results Might Surprise You)

2026-05-31T18:11:02.999Z

I'm going to look at each of Chess.com's individual diamond features and give my estimate for their value in a year.

GM Noel Studer

2026-05-30T23:02:27.783Z

Today I want to talk about my favorite grandmaster, Noel Studer and what I like and dislike about him.

ChessMood: One of the Largest Scams in the Chess World

2026-05-28T21:30:41.916Z

One of the most disgusting and hypocritical scams in the chess world, worse than Chess.com Game Review, is probably ChessMood. This is a bold claim, but I do have some evidence, along with some rebuttals to arguments made by GM Noel Studer.

The FIDE Rating & Title System: My Opinion

2024-10-30T20:33:55.367Z

I found this post in my drafts, and I think I made it over a year ago. The original post had only the "Notes" and "Title System" parts.

Stockfish's Evaluation Bar

2024-11-01T00:14:07.817Z

There are a few more factors other than the position and side to move to consider in order to accurately predict who will win and who will lose. I will discuss those here.

My Rating System

2024-10-24T21:00:59.701Z

This system is not like a normal rating system that is used by USCF or Chess.com.