<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog.atom" /><title>BuendiaChess's Blog</title><updated>2026-07-08T18:17:09.937Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/tiebreaks-to-decide-the-winner/WegRGPZJ</id><published>2026-07-08T18:17:09.937Z</published><updated>2026-07-08T18:17:09.937Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/tiebreaks-to-decide-the-winner/WegRGPZJ" /><title>Tiebreaks to Decide the Winner!!!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=72sfdp0Qxa3t.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=95ec66605c7db45dd2af07e471d1eefd9cb416f6&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After 9 rapids and 18 blitz Firouzja and Abdusattorov tied in the first place and everything was decided in the tiebreaks</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=72sfdp0Qxa3t.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=95ec66605c7db45dd2af07e471d1eefd9cb416f6"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/89-by-firouzja-in-the-blitz/23e5MXCi</id><published>2026-07-08T17:09:36.496Z</published><updated>2026-07-08T17:09:36.496Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/89-by-firouzja-in-the-blitz/23e5MXCi" /><title>8/9 by Firouzja in the Blitz!!!!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=1-vaX5W_tsEI.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=0d0fbcfb01fa0f90e11af06f015f3dabb00f0b5a&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Rapid section Firouzja and Pragg ended in the first position but in the first day of blitz alireza won 7 games!! with 2 draws and 0 loses to became the clear favourite to take the title in Croatia remaining 1 day</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=1-vaX5W_tsEI.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=0d0fbcfb01fa0f90e11af06f015f3dabb00f0b5a"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/pragg-scores-33-to-be-leader-in-croatia/RLOn4u2S</id><published>2026-07-04T12:10:06.917Z</published><updated>2026-07-04T12:10:06.917Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/pragg-scores-33-to-be-leader-in-croatia/RLOn4u2S" /><title>Pragg scores 3/3 to be Leader in Croatia</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=-QncJG_XpGJx.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=5fa30b481bdaac39c2b7fd64f3fa9d84f2f310e6&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the first 2 days of rapid in the Croatia Grand Chess Tourn Praggnanandhaa scored the half of the points but in the last day he made and incredible comeback to chase the leader Firouzja and now he have a great tournament situation to face the blitz games</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=-QncJG_XpGJx.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=5fa30b481bdaac39c2b7fd64f3fa9d84f2f310e6"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/fioruzja-is-leading-croatia-gct/dsap7KfM</id><published>2026-07-03T16:58:36.99Z</published><updated>2026-07-03T16:58:36.99Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/fioruzja-is-leading-croatia-gct/dsap7KfM" /><title>Fioruzja is Leading Croatia GCT</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=UcdAWBw6hnb4.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=24a23f49bf6793ff0157f072d97bdc99591c9eee&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With 4 wins in 2 draws Alireza Firouzja is on the top of the laderboard in the rapic secition of the Croatia Grand Chess Tour.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=UcdAWBw6hnb4.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=24a23f49bf6793ff0157f072d97bdc99591c9eee"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/the-tiger-of-madras-still-roars/aKAykBuI</id><published>2026-06-28T12:35:19.663Z</published><updated>2026-06-28T12:35:19.663Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/the-tiger-of-madras-still-roars/aKAykBuI" /><title>The Tiger of Madras Still Roars</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=0kFBZoRdEA0x.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=c069543ac102ab3e91f804182c1a1691f922dca2&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vishi Anand camed back for a elite tournament to play the rapid and blitz world team championship in Hong Kong. And he showed a great play against yonger opponents in both tournaments.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=0kFBZoRdEA0x.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=c069543ac102ab3e91f804182c1a1691f922dca2"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/dragon-chilling-world-champions-blitz-full-analysis/AzYBb4rT</id><published>2026-06-26T21:29:01.485Z</published><updated>2026-06-26T21:29:01.485Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/dragon-chilling-world-champions-blitz-full-analysis/AzYBb4rT" /><title>DRAGON CHILLING WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Blitz Full Analysis</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=vw7YOpIStt-g.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=5d2fcae5f25823eb5d031986dfa31008fcefcdbf&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Double Gold medal for the Chinese team with the return to the elite of Ding Liren being the highlight, in this post i going to analyze the amazing knockout phase of the blitz tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=vw7YOpIStt-g.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=5d2fcae5f25823eb5d031986dfa31008fcefcdbf"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/the-comeback-nobody-expected/68bbAYUl</id><published>2026-06-26T19:19:44.61Z</published><updated>2026-06-26T19:19:44.61Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/the-comeback-nobody-expected/68bbAYUl" /><title>The Comeback Nobody Expected</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=tSITdFWkEyql.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=1c58b7b41ef5f7d3274ae3ad07195941b73efed6&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After become world champion 4 years ago Ding Liren started to play very bad in all the tournaments losing rating every month to finally lost the title against Gukesh 2 years later. After that Ding disapeared from the chess world and he just returned for the chinese league but last week he arrived in Hong Kong to play the rapid and blitz world champion against all the elite, and then this happened...</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=tSITdFWkEyql.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=1c58b7b41ef5f7d3274ae3ad07195941b73efed6"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/magnus-in-crisis/leUSrOGT</id><published>2026-06-26T16:15:35.426Z</published><updated>2026-06-26T16:15:35.426Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/magnus-in-crisis/leUSrOGT" /><title>MAGNUS IN CRISIS?!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=jAr3fuxwsE_A.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=4009126e45fa4f6fe76e421755213051a22a9f43&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Magnus Carlsen loses 4 games in a row in the world rapid team championship!! In this post i analyze the games and the reasons of why he is having this bad results</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=jAr3fuxwsE_A.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=4009126e45fa4f6fe76e421755213051a22a9f43"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/join-team-buendia/lg8lfzt1</id><published>2026-06-07T17:40:58.205Z</published><updated>2026-06-07T17:40:58.205Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/join-team-buendia/lg8lfzt1" /><title>JOIN TEAM BUENDIA</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Lichess" label="Lichess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Lichess"></category><category term="Off_topic" label="Off topic" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Off_topic"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=U8bEUSuRqyb2.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=71db57456cc855813e9d701f52ae98de2ea7fe9a&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I created a team in lichess to give daily simultaneus exhibitions, play weekely tournamentsand and many more thing to help you with your chess and create a great chess comunity</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=U8bEUSuRqyb2.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=71db57456cc855813e9d701f52ae98de2ea7fe9a"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/new-youtube-channel/CgwrP4RI</id><published>2025-10-09T22:55:45.28Z</published><updated>2025-10-09T22:55:45.28Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/new-youtube-channel/CgwrP4RI" /><title>NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Off_topic" label="Off topic" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Off_topic"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:CgwrP4RI:iGHJ10Wd.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=9725fbc9477f34ce0d816b22a99e84f138a49625&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve opened a Chess Channel to analize myself games, elite games and more chess!!</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:CgwrP4RI:iGHJ10Wd.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=9725fbc9477f34ce0d816b22a99e84f138a49625"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/my-best-tournament/LKmkWm2P</id><published>2025-10-09T07:11:48.156Z</published><updated>2025-10-09T07:11:48.156Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/my-best-tournament/LKmkWm2P" /><title>MY BEST TOURNAMENT!!!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:LKmkWm2P:rY4mKDaN.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=042f0bc62888be5e70a89764b16796dfa63640cf&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve finished fourth in a strong open in bahamas</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:LKmkWm2P:rY4mKDaN.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=042f0bc62888be5e70a89764b16796dfa63640cf"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/i-made-the-last-im-norm/pUItly7X</id><published>2025-10-06T15:37:31.12Z</published><updated>2025-10-06T15:37:31.12Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/i-made-the-last-im-norm/pUItly7X" /><title>I made the last IM Norm!!!!!!!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:pUItly7X:G8hsgUbZ.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=d4fb1915f646ad3cabb2416de03703f004c44c08&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last month in Sants i made mi third im norm after all the catalan circuit trying.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:pUItly7X:G8hsgUbZ.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=d4fb1915f646ad3cabb2416de03703f004c44c08"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/tiebreaks-between-vokhidov-madaminov-uzchess-cup-final-day-analysis/YLVsZIEn</id><published>2026-06-16T20:01:15.201Z</published><updated>2026-06-16T20:01:15.201Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/tiebreaks-between-vokhidov-madaminov-uzchess-cup-final-day-analysis/YLVsZIEn" /><title>TIEBREAKS BETWEEN VOKHIDOV &amp; MADAMINOV!!! UzChess Cup Final Day Analysis</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=6zxTD1U2nlma.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=9c0ce662c1974f4091a0b48e34f5446fd482fa38&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=6zxTD1U2nlma.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=9c0ce662c1974f4091a0b48e34f5446fd482fa38"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/best-opening-prep-ever-uzchess-cup-r8-analysis/rnj335kU</id><published>2026-06-15T18:48:52.376Z</published><updated>2026-06-15T18:48:52.376Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/best-opening-prep-ever-uzchess-cup-r8-analysis/rnj335kU" /><title>BEST OPENING PREP EVER!!!!!?????? UzChess Cup R8 Analysis</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=nnb8cr-AdYfs.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=92c476565ce4ae08d2e09bf0e75d283918f4c242&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=nnb8cr-AdYfs.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=92c476565ce4ae08d2e09bf0e75d283918f4c242"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/vokhidov-madaminov-swallow-the-key-uzchess-cup-r7-analysis/d72gxtya</id><published>2026-06-15T18:02:45.437Z</published><updated>2026-06-15T18:02:45.437Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/vokhidov-madaminov-swallow-the-key-uzchess-cup-r7-analysis/d72gxtya" /><title>Vokhidov &amp; Madaminov swallow the key. UzChess Cup R7 Analysis</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=KOlU8hM20UIN.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=0cc2e0d7505fd246205046285008202e3671e8d2&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=KOlU8hM20UIN.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=0cc2e0d7505fd246205046285008202e3671e8d2"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/exchange-sacrifice-by-madaminov-uzchess-cup-r6-analysis/Af4SiJKr</id><published>2026-06-15T17:45:03.817Z</published><updated>2026-06-15T17:45:03.817Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/exchange-sacrifice-by-madaminov-uzchess-cup-r6-analysis/Af4SiJKr" /><title>Exchange Sacrifice by Madaminov!!! UzChess Cup R6 Analysis</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ZIzBY63zCjcJ.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=b1cbedc727ec9a6b325df0f71ab4b29186107516&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ZIzBY63zCjcJ.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=b1cbedc727ec9a6b325df0f71ab4b29186107516"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/american-captain-shankland-wins-the-continental-championship-scoring-9511/MLIaopAN</id><published>2026-06-12T08:19:58.314Z</published><updated>2026-06-12T08:19:58.314Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/american-captain-shankland-wins-the-continental-championship-scoring-9511/MLIaopAN" /><title>AMERICAN CAPTAIN!! Shankland wins the continental championship scoring 9.5/11</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=erg6N4mF8iAM.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=19a7e666fbf5b439dc6ae04b271e45dd1c1e759c&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Samuel Shankland camed to Mexico as seed nº1 and the demostrated why he is the best dominating from start to end and winning the championship with 1.5 point of spare with the 2º</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=erg6N4mF8iAM.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=19a7e666fbf5b439dc6ae04b271e45dd1c1e759c"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/vokhidovs-streak-continues-madaminov-wins-back-uzchess-cup-r5/1vu0tefR</id><published>2026-06-11T19:21:00.127Z</published><updated>2026-06-11T19:21:00.127Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/vokhidovs-streak-continues-madaminov-wins-back-uzchess-cup-r5/1vu0tefR" /><title>Vokhidov's streak continues &amp; Madaminov wins back. Uzchess Cup R5</title><category term="Puzzle" label="Puzzle" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Puzzle"></category><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=Zl2ugfE4J5av.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=0e675a73b4380adf78ea96a37b85de07b4cfc212&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=Zl2ugfE4J5av.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=0e675a73b4380adf78ea96a37b85de07b4cfc212"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/perfect-game-by-yakubboev-uzchess-cup-r4-analysis/8P9t9UFd</id><published>2026-06-11T11:07:05.733Z</published><updated>2026-06-11T11:07:05.733Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/perfect-game-by-yakubboev-uzchess-cup-r4-analysis/8P9t9UFd" /><title>PERFECT GAME BY YAKUBBOEV!!! UzChess Cup R4 Analysis</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Endgame" label="Endgame" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Endgame"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=0V0sr1vL30gb.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=943ac974ba3fb691c5858e10734cd82e3a62b7cb&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=0V0sr1vL30gb.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=943ac974ba3fb691c5858e10734cd82e3a62b7cb"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/uzchess-cup-r3-analysis/hb5pssoN</id><published>2026-06-09T19:39:05.711Z</published><updated>2026-06-09T19:39:05.711Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/uzchess-cup-r3-analysis/hb5pssoN" /><title>UzChess Cup R3 Analysis!!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=gMUQZpy6ztUW.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=cd049ae974fdab4212a9f6d78cae3e05c41cb421&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=gMUQZpy6ztUW.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=cd049ae974fdab4212a9f6d78cae3e05c41cb421"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/55-white-wins-uzchess-cup-r2-analysis/bzqa5wWg</id><published>2026-06-09T09:14:26.54Z</published><updated>2026-06-09T09:14:26.54Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/55-white-wins-uzchess-cup-r2-analysis/bzqa5wWg" /><title>5/5 White Wins!!! UzChess Cup R2 Analysis</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=qPnX1tuZAiQc.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=5d540e90e0abf26744edfda38c7d4576f650234f&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=qPnX1tuZAiQc.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=5d540e90e0abf26744edfda38c7d4576f650234f"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/the-3-uzchess-cup-starts-with-a-stunning-win-of-madaminov-vs-nepo/gwjm3FiD</id><published>2026-06-08T11:57:44.66Z</published><updated>2026-06-08T11:57:44.66Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/the-3-uzchess-cup-starts-with-a-stunning-win-of-madaminov-vs-nepo/gwjm3FiD" /><title>The 3º UzChess Cup Starts with a stunning win of Madaminov vs Nepo</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=hQi7UDpriRGJ.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=01d33cfbadd0c7b322997e34e304684b78c21507&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chess in Uzbekistan in on the top righ now with the victory in the 2022 olimpiad, Abdusattorov being rapid world champion with 17 years and the most recently success of Sindarov winning the world cup &amp;amp; the candidates. They are organizing elite tournaments and in the 3º edition of the UzChess Cup we have 6 players above 2700, Greece nº1 Theodorou &amp;amp; 3 top local youngstars complete the line-up of this amazing tournament.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=hQi7UDpriRGJ.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=01d33cfbadd0c7b322997e34e304684b78c21507"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/praggnanandhaa-wins-norway-chess/ph8YkSp9</id><published>2026-06-07T16:46:04.554Z</published><updated>2026-06-07T16:46:04.554Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/praggnanandhaa-wins-norway-chess/ph8YkSp9" /><title>PRAGGNANANDHAA WINS NORWAY CHESS</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=eGM8dHbzPxfn.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=e18af7fe989f766f75e091944d15cd1804137924&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Norway chess came this year with a super strong line-up headed by the goat Magnus Carlsen, 3 top 10s as Keymer Firouzja &amp;amp; Wesley So, the world champion Gukesh and the other indian young start Praggnanandhaa. We have the womens section too with all the players over 2500. I going to analyze the best games each day here and in youtube so lets see what happen in Norway this year.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=eGM8dHbzPxfn.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=e18af7fe989f766f75e091944d15cd1804137924"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/bibisara-wins-norway-chess/sgYr3kei</id><published>2026-06-06T11:11:30.064Z</published><updated>2026-06-06T11:11:30.064Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess/blog/bibisara-wins-norway-chess/sgYr3kei" /><title>BIBISARA WINS NORWAY CHESS</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Chess_Personalities" label="Chess Personalities" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess_Personalities"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=Y0Wg177UMCbW.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=a23c2abc34433605702a4b0125d591ae4c6c0de0&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Norway chess came this year with a super strong line-up headed by the goat Magnus Carlsen, 3 top 10s as Keymer Firouzja &amp;amp; Wesley So, the world champion Gukesh and the other indian young start Praggnanandhaa. We have the womens section too with all the players over 2500. I going to analyze the best games each day here and in youtube so lets see what happen in Norway this year.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=Y0Wg177UMCbW.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=a23c2abc34433605702a4b0125d591ae4c6c0de0"></media:thumbnail><author><name>FM BuendiaChess</name></author></entry></feed>