Matt Ball

Publishing director, chess coach, author & player. Personal account, mostly chess, media, tech, sport, dodgy puns, dad. Work: @mattballATG

[Matt Ball @thisismattball]

@MeerMaurits @NatashaRegan123 @chessable Thanks @MeerMaurits ! Looking forward to Saturday's game!

[Matt Ball @thisismattball]

With my co-author @NatashaRegan123 I am delighted to announce that our new @chessable course 'Masterful Moves: Gukesh' has launched today and is on sale. Check it out now. https://t.co/pPE5u0xk02

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@NatashaRegan123 @MeerMaurits Chapter 2.6 of our Chessable course.

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Voted.

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Morning all. First in the queue at the polling station, awaiting 7am...

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That's a nice one.

[Natasha Regan @NatashaRegan123]

Can you solve this puzzle from Daniel King, power play chess? It involves an impressive calculation! Can you guess the theme it involves?!! @DanielKingChess @thisismattball @NewInChess
https://t.co/1s0w8Vnw31

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Looking forward to joining @DanielKingChess and @NatashaRegan123 on the PowerPlayChess channel on YouTube at 8pm to talk all things intermezzo. https://t.co/LLorM9m511

[Natasha Regan @NatashaRegan123]

Getting excited in advance of this weekend's 24-hour blitz marathon in support of the British Red cross Ukraine appeal: https://t.co/XFbEgGUYLm
Please do consider playing, donating, and popping in to the stream to say hi!

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@MeerMaurits @NatashaRegan123 Happy reading!

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@MattduCouloir @MeerMaurits @NatashaRegan123 Nice one. Ultimately, an intermediate capture with check (or two of them!) seal the deal but the connected queens and connected rooks motifs help to find the tactic.

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Just sent a special package off to The Netherlands. Signed, sealed and soon to be delivered @MeerMaurits. Happy reading! with @NatashaRegan123

[Matt Ball @thisismattball]

With co-author @NatashaRegan123 I am delighted that our new book 'Zwischenzug! A Comprehensive Guide to Intermediate Moves' is published by @NewInChess, with a foreword by @MickeyAdamsGM. Sample pages and online ordering can be found here: https://t.co/KPMfQCSkcL.

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Brand new @Chessable course ‘Learn to counterattack: essential guide to active defense' by IM @DCiuksyte, launched today with videos by WIM @natasharegan123 and me. If you’ve had enough of defending passive positions this is for you. Take a sneak peek here https://t.co/HLRv3grWlG

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@GatoFranco90 @MeerMaurits @NatashaRegan123 @hammer_chess Well played!

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Still time to vote for our course Zwischenzug! which is short-listed for the @chessable Tactics Course of the Year. Go to: https://t.co/uV4qSuTORg . With @NatashaRegan123

[Natasha Regan @NatashaRegan123]

Thrilled to be shortlisted for Chessable's Best Tactics course 2023.... Vote Zwischenzug!! :) With @thisismattball

[Matt Ball @thisismattball]

@MeerMaurits @NatashaRegan123 @chessable Thanks, nice to know you enjoyed it.

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@NatashaRegan123 @MeerMaurits @chessable @Rok_Novak It was a pleasure for us to annotate that one today and add it our course.

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@NatashaRegan123 @MeerMaurits Well played, sir. Nice combination. It's great to see the ideas in our Chessable course being used by players who have taken the course.

[Matt Ball @thisismattball]

@NatashaRegan123 @MeerMaurits Thanks for the feedback. Great to know you are enjoying it. When you play a good intermezzo in one of your games send it to us and we may add it to the course.

[Natasha Regan @NatashaRegan123]

Last day of @chessable's hidden gems sale includes Zwischenzug! written with @thisismattball
https://t.co/FORRTjFzX4

And to show it works.. my game last week - England Women v Canada WSTCC Rd 5, I'm White against FM Michael Dougherty, I was happy to find 3 Zwischenzugs..