Updates

The Dojo has been rocked by the news of Danya’s passing. The senseis all knew him personally and almost every Dojoer had enjoyed his online content in some form, whether it was commentary, humor, speedruns, or educational videos. We talked about our memories here and also what we need to do better here.

Revamped Checkmate Puzzles — We've updated our checkmate puzzle interface to be more intuitive and user friendly! Check out the new version here. Soon we'll update the rest of our tactics tests as well.

New Dojo Tournaments — We now have rapid arenas on Friday nights and classical arenas from Saturday to Sunday. Make sure to join our chess.com club to participate in future events.

David was voted Chess.com’s Creator of the Month! Here’s a great interview with him where he talks Dojo and chess.

Need Help Using the Dojo's Site? We now offer weekly Zoom meeting Tuesdays at 1-2pm ET where new members can meet the senseis and ask questions about how to use the site. If you're confused or lost on the site, this is a great opportunity to get your questions answered!

How to Analyze Your Games — A ChessDojo Guide is out on Kindle, the ChessDojo store, and now ForwardChess!

Patreon and DojoTalks — The Dojo is trying to be more consistent with our podcast, but we need your help! Head over to our Patreon where you can get episodes early, vote on coming topics, suggest topics and discuss the pod on our private Discord.

Achievements

Garageheroes has a great new podcast Late 2 Chess where he discusses his journey into chess as an older dude. The man is on a mission!

wolson took 1st place at the Wyoming Championship and Open U1000 on the 22nd and 23rd of October in Casper, Wyoming and gained 139 USCF elo!

Marcupial_misconduct tied for 1st in the U1400 class and tied for 3rd overall at the Lafayette Open Chess Tournament going 3/5! They also beat a 1700 FIDE at that same tournament.

Ryan Cameron just crossed 2000 Chess.com rapid for the first time!

NoseKnowsAll published his Morphy study after six months of work! Part 1 is best for the 600-1000 cohorts, and Part 2 is best for 800-1200. Check it out here.

The Dojo has collectively achieved:

226,600 rating points gained
97,078 training hours logged
74,070 Dojo points earned
3,626 graduations

Keep up the great work!

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