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The Dallas Cowboys did draft Emmitt Smith with the #17 pick so its possible that owner Jerry Jones might capture lightning in a bottle once again. His latest comments suggest hes either playing checkers or 4D chess, or hes being deliberately vague to confuse other teams.

Jerry Jones has owned the Dallas Cowboys for 33 years which means hes overseen 32 or 33 NFL Drafts. And its been 27 years since Dallas won a Super Bowl. So either Jerry doesnt put too much stock in the NFL Draft for stocking up a team or they just havent been able to get it right since they drafted Troy Aikman at #1 overall in 1989.

The Cowboys are expected to address their major needs with their early NFL Draft picks. They currently hold the #24 pick in the 1st round, #56 in the 2nd Round, and #88 in the 3rd Round. After that Dem Boyz have the 129th, 155th, 167th, 176th, 178th, and 193rd picks to try and fix their woes. Mel Kiper Jr. (I know, I know) has them drafting these three with their first three picks: 24. EDGE Arnold Ebiketie, PSU, 56. RT Abraham Lucas, WSU, and 88. WR Bo Melton, Rutgers.

Edge rusher, right tackle, and wide receiver. Jerry Jones on the other hand suggests the team will stay fluid or nimble or pliable or whatever

The replies to that tweet reveal the eternal pessimism that I respect so much from Cowboys fans.

As an unbiased outsider, Id actually really, truly love to know how much input Jerry Jones has on NFL Draft picks in the moment. He says theyll exercise flexibility and that they should be contrarians but are they just hollow words from a guy who has no actual control at the moment because the decisions were made ahead of time or is he gonna hop in there and be like GO GET HIM and pull a total wild card off the board?

For anyone who wants to read more about those Mel Kiper Jr. Mock Draft picks (I know, I know, Mel is irrelevant) just hit that tweet above!

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Waiting moves are among the hardest to spot in chess because, by definition, they don't seem to have any immediate purpose. They don't overtly change the position in any way and, further, they pass the move to the opponent. That's actually the point in every case: to force a commitment by the other player that you are ready to meet.

I have tried to target all levels of chess players with the examples in each category, logically starting with classic or known examples and ending with games played in recent years. I hope that even titled playerscan learn something here or use this as reference material. I have divided the expansive and somewhat elusive topic of "waiting moves" into the following categories:

Zugzwang

One of the rare ways to win a game of chess is to achieve zugzwang. Of course, zugzwang is the magical moment when your waiting move causes the opponent to fall on their own sword. Any move loses for them, and, unless they resign, they are forced to chuck their pieces one by one or to wait for the inexorable end.

The most basic example of such a waiting move can be seen in king-and-pawn endgames. By employing waiting moves, the winning side gains the opposition or an entry into the opponent's position, thereby winning material or decisively supporting a passed pawn. There are certainly easy examples to choose from, but I decided to challenge our readers with an example from the late IM Mark Dvoretsky's renownedDvoretsky'sEndgame Manual.

Black to move and win.

A more sophisticated example, in that it contains more pieces on the board than simply pawns and kings, is the game between GM Bobby Fischer and GM Mark Taimanov in the Candidates Quarterfinal in 1971. This is such a classic example, often the go-to game to teach the ability of the bishop to outmaneuver a knight using zugzwang. Pay attention to the white bishop's sly waiting moves, ultimately leading to zugzwang for the opponent and culminating in an unforgettable sacrifice.

A modern exampleis a nice game by World ChampionMagnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Cup in 2021 where his opponent, GM Vladimir Fedoseev, found himself with absolutely no moves despite having many pieces,including queens, in a middlegame on the board:

Prophylaxis

Prophylaxis (think: prophet) refers to moves that safeguard one's own position before any immediate and offensive action. Often, from the side of positional superiority, some waiting moves have to be made to maintain our own king's safety before unleashing damage to the other.The following game is widely known, but an oldie is still a goodie. GM Garry Kasparov's prophylactic king move, exemplifying his acute sense of king safety, takes care of his own before unleashing a tsunami on his opponent's king.

The following, more modern game between GMNodirbek Abdusattorov and GMGrigoriy Oparin, includes the same prophylactic Kh2. Yes, this is the only blitz game included in the article, but the following moment is instructive and shows how playing a preemptive Kh2 can prepare a deadly attack.

Avoiding Concrete Opening Variations

With the advent of computers, the adventures of the '70s and '80s seem to be over in one respect. There is the impression that the opening has little mystery left as the world's top chess players seem to sit at the computer all day long memorizing all the variations.

However, even this point is proven wrong time and againa recent example is the game GM Sam Shankland vs. GM Sergey Karjakinin Tata Steel Chess Masters 2022, where the Russian stumbled in a "well-known" line and had to resign on move 26. So much for all that memorization, huh?

Nevertheless, a popular approach at the top level has been using waiting moves to sidestep well-known theory. Through "little moves," as you see below, they introduce subtle differences to already known lines, but these little moves certainly have venom.

The first example is borrowed from GMAlex Yermolinsky's book, The Road to Chess Improvement: 11.h3!? in a Carlsbad structure, arising from the Queen's Gambit Declined. In short, this little waiting move waits for Black's response and helps White determine the optimal setup accordingly.

Two decades later, it's still playedhere's a game GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov played just the other week. The following example is chosen because it introduces an idea not mentioned in Yermolinsky's book, published in 1999 (the idea: 14.g4). In addition, although it is not the earliest example in this 14.g4 line, GM Peter Lekois the strongest player to use it against the much younger GM Alexey Sarana.

Another nice example of a waiting move in the opening is 12.Kh1 in the Graf Variation of the Ruy Lopez. While several other moves have been tried with varying success, this tiny side-step is the highest scoring, although it does not have as many games as the other moves. The point, as in the previous example, is that White waits to see what Black's setup will be before committing to action in the center; namely, he waits to see what Black will do with the bishop on c8 and the knight on d7. Although the following game is a draw, former World ChampionVladimir Kramnik's play put former FIDE World Champion GMRuslan Ponomariov under the gun and demonstrated the danger of this deceptively unsuspecting king move.

Provocation

Waiting with the purpose of provoking an opponent into overreaching has much less to do with objective evaluation and more to do with psychology. The following examples show how simply waiting can provoke the other side into committing a gruesome mistake.

Now, who could be a stronger provocateur than English GM Tony Miles, who infamously defeated then-reigning World Champion GM Anatoly Karpovin 1980 with the stunning 1...a6.

Okay, now that we've introduced Miles with that little move, let's show an even nicer, more complex move he played in 1989, the mysterious 18...Rac8!?. I had a hard time understanding this on my own and used this articleby FM Niranjan Navalgund to comprehend this dumbfounding rook move and to write the annotations.

At the time of writing this article, it is hard to avoid including this recent example by GM Richard Rapport against GM Dmitry Andreikin at the final of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix in Belgrade. With two minutes on the clock against eight, Rapport declines a threefold repetition simply to keep the game going 30.Qe5!!, which in itself doesn't change the position objectively, and provokes his opponent, who probably expected a draw, into making a mistake almost immediately.

This extraordinary waiting move rewarded Rapport with a tournament victory and, with that, a spot in the Candidates Tournament.FM Carsten Hansenhas already provided superb annotations to the game, so I include them below, taken from this article:

Preparing A Veiled Attack

Sometimes the purpose of a waiting move is to prepare an unexpected attack, to hide one's intentions. While this next example is perhaps controversial because Fischer's 14...Kh8 has the very concrete idea of clearing the g8-square for the rook, I still include it to expose students of the game to such an original and, when you see it for the first time, shocking plan. I select this game in particular because it is less known than Fischer's win against GM Anderssen with the same plan:

The following game is a much more sophisticated example of the same concept. This one is a truer waiting move, however, as 12.Kh1 does not only prepare the idea of g4. It is more flexible; it takes him a while as he improves his position in the center before committing to the same idea as Fischer with 16.g4.

Winning Waiting Moves From My Own Games

I've included this section to show how these ideas can be applied to chess games at the club level. While they are obviously not as impressive as anything by world-class grandmasters, I think the following examples, played before I even reached the national-master level in the U.S., show that ordinary human beings are also capable of waiting for their way to victory.

In the following example, from a position of absolute domination, my waiting move left White helpless with no moves.

The following game was an important one for me. After butchering an advantage in the middlegame, I desperately squeezed an equal rook endgame up an extra pawn, but my opponent defended well and reached this theoretically drawn endgame. I didn't give up and, ultimately, waiting with f3 before pushing f4 was the idea that won me the game; and with a win in the following game, I won a cash prize in the tournament.

I'd like to thank several people from Chess.com and beyond for helping me find and explain many of the examples you enjoyed above: GM Robert Hess, IM Erik Kislik,FM Niranjan Navalgund, Dylan Rittman, and others. I hope this article helps you expand your arsenal of positional ideas and that you can'twait to use these ideas in your future games!

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In the early afternoon of February 1st, the American chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was live-streaming to some of his 1.4 million Twitch followers, deciding how to approach his next online game: Do I play solid? he asked from a hotel room in Berlin. Or do I go for broke? He was in fourth place with just two games left in a blitz tournamentquick matches in which each side gets three minutes to moveand was debating between a sturdy opening likely to result in a draw or a dynamic one. I should try to win, he concluded, seconds later. His opponent was Jorden van Foreest, the twenty-sixth best player in the world and an adviser to the worlds best, Magnus Carlsen. Jordens being, like, uber, uber solid, Nakamura said a few moves in, scrunching his face. Its kind of annoying. He traded his knight for a bishop, exchanged knight for knight, and launched his queen into van Foreests position. A draw is just not good enough, he said. I cant do it, though. Then he had an idea. Im gonna try to win this. It probably doesnt work, but Im gonna try. With twenty seconds left, Nakamura unleashed an all-out attack, sacrificing his queen and sending forth two rooks and a bishop, coercing van Foreests king into a dismal retreat. Yeah, Im winning, Nakamura said, with a wry smile on his face. Chess is a tough game.... Chess is a tough game.

For most players, the statement is obviously true. For Nakamura, its not so clear. Born in Japan and raised in White Plains, New York, he became the countrys youngest American chess master at ten and its youngest Grandmaster at fifteen, besting Bobby Fischer for both distinctions. A year later, in 2004, he won his first of five U.S. Chess Championships. Known for an attacking style and a brash, arrogant manner, Nakamura became a controversial figure in the chess world. Are you kidding? he muttered to his opponent during a 2007 game, channelling more pro wrestler than chess scholar. Lets gocome on, come on, bring it.

Now thirty-four and possessing more emotional control, Nakamura is the most popular chess streamer on Twitch, where he is known for bulldozing top competition while answering questions from his chat, deciphering memes, and recounting move sequences in games that he played several years ago. In one Chess.com exhibition, he opened a new account, played every game with the Bongcloud Openinga dubious second-move king advancement dubbed an insult to chessand reached the sites top forty players anyway. He has beaten several Grandmasters ten times back-to-back, a defeat so humbling that its referred to as an adoption. Simply not falling victim to one is an immense honor. Thats it, thats it! the Grandmaster Eric Hansen bellowed after following nine straight losses with a win. You are not adopting me! Not today, not today!

It is partly because of this online notoriety that Nakamura was given a wild-card selection to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Grand Prix, a series of three tournaments that decide two of the final spots in the Candidates Tournamentthe winner of which contends for the World Championship. A former world No. 2, Nakamura had not played a classical FIDE tournament since 2019, making him ineligible. But, considering his popularity, his strong online performances, his longtime standing among the worlds best, and pandemic restrictions, the FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich gave him a pass. The chess community will be delighted to see him sitting at a chessboard again, he said.

Most were, but not everyone was. The Grandmaster Sergey Karjakins wife Galiya Kamalova called the FIDE wild-card selections a clown show and bemoaned Nakamuras admission. Its like a hockey player who hasnt skated on ice in two years, and instead played hockey online all the time, but hes still invited to play on the countrys real team, she wrote in a statement. Can you imagine such a situation in Russia or Canada? (Karjakin would later be banned from all FIDE competitions, including the Candidates, for six months, owing to his outspoken support of Russias invasion of Ukraine.) Some agreed, without using such bad analogies. Kamalova suggested the Russian Andrey Esipenko for one of the slotsan eighteen-year-old Grandmaster who had recently beaten Magnus Carlsen.

Many top chess players take pride inand are lauded fortheir extreme devotion to tournament preparation. They spend several hours a day studying chess openings, calculating minute advantages in numerous variations that can extend twenty or more moves deep. In an interview with HBO before the 2018 World Chess Championship, American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana claimed to have memorized millions of moves throughout his career. Nakamura, on the other hand, spent a significant amount of time in the weeks leading up to the Grand Prix expressing how little he cared. In one stream, he floated that, if he won, he might give his spot in the Candidates to the Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren. He assured his viewers that, on the off chance he qualified for the Candidates, his stream would continue. Im not stopping, you guys, he said, days before his first Grand Prix match. Measured expectations were reasonable. Nakamura had played thousands of online games, but they were almost entirely blitz and bullet matches. For the Grand Prix, each player would have ninety minutes for the first forty moves, with thirty seconds added per move. Nakamuras relative weakness in opening preparation is rarely punished in short time controls; in classical, opponents have time to calculate the best sequence of moves to exploit a mistake.

As fate would have it, Nakamura, who did not respond to requests for an interview, was placed in the same four-person preliminary group as Esipenko, who was invited after another competitor tested positive for COVID. After a draw in his first game, Nakamura defeated the Russian phenom with the white pieces. In a YouTube recap he posted that night, he could barely contain his glee. My strong suspicion is that Andrey was not really expecting the English Opening, said Nakamura, who typically moves his kings pawn first. Esipenko responded atypically, which Nakamura interpreted as an underestimation of his preparedness[He] figured, Well, Hikarus streaming all the time, probably I should surprise him. In a sport whose top players generally strategize in private, preventing competitors from glimpsing their thought process and preparation, Nakamura spent nearly half an hour explaining his moves and expounding on possibilities he considered and didnt end up playing even after spending hours that day at the board. If I were his coach, I guess I would not advise him to do it, the Grandmaster Benjamin Bok, who broadcast the tournament live on Hikarus Twitch channel, told me. But, I mean, Im only his commentator.

Nakamura beat the crafty Hungarian Grandmaster Richrd Rapport in the first of two semifinal matches. In the video detailing his second, he explained his philosophy. Now, one of the big differences between now and two or three years ago when I was playing chess professionallythats all I was doing for the most partis that I literally dont care, Nakamura said. What that means is that, in a lot of these situations now, Ill just pick a line and play it at the board. I will not worry about trying to pick the precise line or something that Ive looked at most recently. I will just choose to show up and play the line that I want to play. Chess competition is stressful, and being one of the best players in the world doesnt make it any less so. After a draw on day five of the tournament, Rapportwho won the second leg of the Grand Prix and clinched a spot in the Candidates weeks latergave an unrelentingly brutal post-match interview, in which he called himself his toughest opponent and pondered what he could have done with his life had he not devoted it to an underfunded, unforgiving game. I wish I had chosen something else, Rapport said. If I had put in a similar amount of time and energy over the years, I think Id be a happier person as of now.

It is only in this context that Nakamuras I dont care mantra approaches truth. Once hailed as the future of American chess, Nakamura has devoted his life to an ultracompetitive game, one that only two or three dozen people can make a comfortable living solely from playing. As he rose up the world ranks, he treated opponents like enemies and used criticism as fuel, becoming a highly disliked member of the chess scene. In online chess, where he was known for his blitz prowess since the two-thousands, he often accused opponents of cheating and fired off nasty messages after losses. The I literally dont care mantra itself is a reference to Nakamuras bitter reaction to a fluke online loss in which he repeated the phrase many more times than one would expect from someone who literally did not care.

Nakamura is not famous for his introspection, but, sometimes, in the course of hours-long streams, it comes out. For much of my career, much of my life, Ive sort of been the bad guy. Im not someone whos been liked, he said, in August, 2020, diverting his gaze from the camera. Ive always been perceived as the person who people dont want to root for, who people dont like. So, to have all the support from you guys, to sort of know that there are fans who do support me, it does mean a lot. In regular competitive chess, Nakamura likely gets a mental edge from knowing that, even without top results, he can still make a living from streaming sponsorships. When a single mistake during a several-hour game can lead to a quick downfall, its also nice to have people who wish for your success. For the first time in his career, he has this huge fan base thats behind him, the Grandmaster and streamer Daniel Naroditsky told me. And thats giving him confidence. I think, when Hikarus confident, hes absolutely unstoppable.

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The Evanston Township High School Chess Team had its best national performance in years at last weekends National High School Championships in Memphis. The 18 player team won two second place team trophies in the Under 1900 and Under 1600 sections, the second and third strongest of the tournaments six divisions.

ETHS players also won individual awards in four of the tournament sections. Elie Platnick defeated a National Master on his way to a 22nd place finish in the Championship section. Jonah Chen placed 11th in the Under 1900 section, Luca Zerega placed 28th in the Under 1600 section, and Peter Kezdy tied for first place (third on tiebreak) in the 232-player Unrated section.

Zerega was an alternate on the ETHS team at last years IHSA State Finals but improved play moved him up to board 7 on this years IHSA State team. Last weekends tournament results were his best yet, and the following game, from Round 5 (of 7), helped secure his teams second place finish and his individual award.

White: Luca Zerega, ETHS

Black: Raghavan Madabushi, Alabama

1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nc6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4 Nxd4?! Its better for black to play 4Bc5 to attack whites knight, or 4Nf6 to attack whites e-pawn.

5Qxd4 d6 6Nc3 Qf6 7Be3 Zerega could have played 7Qa4+ to avoid trading queens, but this move also gives white an advantage.

7Qxd4 8Bxd4 Be6

White to Move

9Nb5!? This move threatens Nxc7+, forking blacks king and rook.White could have played for a safer advantage with 9Nd5, 0-0-0 100-0-0, when white would occupy more space and have more active pieces than black.

9c5? Black should have defended the c-pawn by playing Kd7 or Kd8.

10Nc7+?! Kd8 White misses a complicated sequence of moves that would have given him a winning advantage. After 10Nxd6+ Bxd6 11Bxg7, white temporarily wins a rook and two pawns in exchange for his knight. Now black can play 11f6 to trap whites bishop, but white stays on top with 12Bxh8 Kf7 13Be2 Ne7 14Bh5+ Ng6 15f4! Rxh8 16f5. White loses his bishop but wins blacks bishop or knight.

White to Move

11Nxa8?! White wins blacks rook but loses a bishop, and his knight is trapped on a8.It was safer to play 12Nxe6+ fxe6 13Bc3, when whites two bishops are more active than blacks bishop and knight.

11cxd4 120-0-0 Kc8 13Rxd4 Kb8 14 Bc4 Kxa8?! Black should have played Be7 or Ne7 before placing his king in the corner or the board. Now white can take advantage of the black kings position by playing 15e5! If black captures the e5 pawn, white plays Rd8+, which leads to checkmate.

15Bd5?! Nf6? 16Bxe6 fxe6

White to Move

17e5! White now gains a passed pawn, since black gets checkmated if he captures the pawn on e5.

17Nd7 18exd6 g6 19Re1 e5 20Rd3 Kb8 21c4 White plans to support his passed d-pawn. White has an even stronger, but hard to find, plan involving his d3 rook 21Rf3 Kc8 22Rc3+! Kb8 23Kb1! Rg8 24f4, threatening blacks e-pawn.

21Bg7 22b4 Rc8 23Rc3

Black to Move

23Bf8? A better defense for black is 23b6 to restrain whites c-pawn.

24Rd1?! White should immediately play c5.

24Rc6?! 25c5 Bh6+?! 26Kc2 Bg5 27Kb3 b6 Blacks delay in playing b6 has allowed white to activate his king, giving him a decisive advantage. Zerega now seals his win with strong endgame play.

White to Move

28cxb6 Rxc3+ 29Kxc3 axb6?! 29Nxb6 would prevent whites next king move, but white can still penetrate blacks defenses by playing Kd3 and Ke4.

30Kc4 Kc8 31a4 Bd8 32Kb5 Kb7 33a5 bxa5 34bxa5 Nb8 35Rd5 h6 36Rxe5 Bxa5 37Re7+ Kc8 38d7+ Kd8 39Re8+ Kxd7 40Rxb8 Winning blacks knight moves white closer to victory.

40Bc7 41Rh8 h5 42h3 Ke6 43Rf8 Be5 44Kc6 Bf6

White to Move

45Ra8 White could also have played 45Rxf6+ Kxf6 46Kd6 to simplify into a winning king and pawn endgame.

45h4 46Ra4 g5 47g3 hxg3 48fxg3 Be5 49g4 Bg3 50Kc5 Ke5 51Kc6 Bf2 52Ra5+ Kf4 53Rf5+! Kg3 54Rxg5 Kxh3 55Rg8 Kh4 and white went on to win. Black eventually has to give up his bishop to prevent whites pawn from queening.

White to Move

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Welcome to the second Chess.com Club of the Month article! This series gives our readers the chance to know a few of the incredible communities we have on Chess.com and learn more about what they do and who they are. It might even give you the inspiration to start your very own club or tips to take your current club to the next level.

We're pleased to announce that April's Club of the Month is Road to GM. With2,788 members at the time of this article, this club has been brimming with positive energy for over two years now:

Chess.com: What is your name and what is your role at your chess club?

Nightly-Knight: I'm Nightly-Knight, the organizer/overseer of events for Road to GM.

How would you describe your chess club?

"GM" in our case actually stands for "Great Mindset." We believe that when you're in possession of a truly great mindset, you're unbeatable. In our club we try to mingle learning, fun, and mindset into one big massive ball. The Great Mindset also includes the skill and self-belief you need to win, and the fun you have doing it.

Can you share the history of your club with our readers?

Road to GM began November 12, 2019, but its roots date back even further.

Back in 2019, you couldn't create a club without a membership. Since the creator of the club (joseph7505) was not an upgraded member, the club could not be formed. However, both myself and joseph7505 had staff roles in clubs and were gaining experience administrating them.

In August 2019,a friend of joseph7505's let him take control of a club he had made. This club, which was called Variant Pros, is considered the forefather of R2GM because it really taught us a lot about how to manage a club.

In November 2019, another friend gifted joseph7505 a membership, and Road to GM wassoon founded. We've been running the club together ever since, and nowon the verge of finally reaching 3,000 memberswe have an awesome team to help us!

What inspired you to take a leadership role in your chess club?

Creating live tournaments was the true reason that we wished to create a club in the first place back in 2019. Being able to host chess events was a glorious dream for us, and it has now become a reality with us hosting an average of 60 live tournaments each month.

Each tournament is diligently analyzed by staff, and points towards our all-star event, the Membership Race, are granted as a result.

Does your club meet in person? If so, where and when can prospective members find you? If not, when do you typically have events online?

Since Road to GM's members are spread out all over the world, we don't meet in person, but we do regularly host tournaments every day of the week at many different times each day.

We are also regularly holding our Mentor-Mentee Program, hosted by jg777chess. This is a free coaching program, and members get experience as they coach (and are coached by) other members at completely no cost.

What separates your chess club from other clubs?

We've been singled out in the past and noted as being one of the most positive clubs on the site, due to our constant support of our members.

The Road to GM community has been proud of being such a positive club. The admins are cheerful people who are dedicated to bringing chess to you. We have constant Daily Matches, frequent Vote Chess where the discussion level is awesome, and Multi-Club Arenas once or twice a week. On top of that, we host a plethora of live tournaments weekly. I don't know another club that has more tournaments than us.

What Chess.com tools do your members use the most?

Analyzing games plays an integral part of our culture at R2GM. We offer memberships to winners of our events, and through this we give them the ability to analyze even more.

We also play a lot of daily matches. At the beginning of the year, we made a goal of reaching number 500 on the leaderboard for daily matches by March 22, 2022. We were at number 763 at the time, so had to make up 263 places. Although we did not make the goal, we did manage to be number 583, which was almost a 200-place jump in only three months.

What advice would you give to clubs on Chess.com that are just starting out and would like to grow?

Don't start out by messaging every username you get your hands on. Start with 20 or so members you could get in your first week; 20 members are plenty to start. You can organize a star feature of your club, and you will be surprised how much it grows when you have fun things to do. The biggest tip in growing a club is to retain your members.

Thanks to Nightly-Knight and his fellow Road to GM members for providing us with their answers for this month's article. Make sure you check out their page on Chess.com!

If you'd like to nominate a Chess.com club for our next Club of the Month article, fill out the nomination form here.

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