WFM Fruzsina Szente-Varga

10/08/2024

A few days ago I was invited to "The Chess Experience" podcast hosted by Daniel Lona, and we talked about chess psychology, chess improvement, and my chess journey. If you are interested, you can listen to the episode here:

You can also respond to my emails & let me know what topics & guests you'd like to see on the show. See you on the other side!

02/07/2024

A not so hard endgame for tonight :) Can Black save this? If so, how?

30/06/2024

I was studying from Aleksandr Rakhmanov's Decision-making Chessable course and came across this beautiful puzzle 🤩 White is already better, but for fireworks, White to move and crush Black 😎

I will be doing this course with my viewers on Twitch today at 11AM CET. Join join join at www.twitch.tv/szefru 😌

24/05/2024

Happy Wednesday 😳

22/05/2024

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18/05/2024

Here is the third game from the European Women Chess Championship where I played against a Woman Fide Master, and we both ended up with low time in the end.

Let me know what you think in the comments! :)

Here is the third game from the European Women Chess Championship, where I played against a Woman Fide Master, and we both ended up with low time in the end....

14/05/2024

This is my second game from the European Women Chess Championship which I played against an unrated Greek player, where I punished her early mistakes.

If you liked the video, don't forget to subscribe! :)

This is my second game from the European Women Chess Championship (Rhodes, Greece, 18-30 April) which I played against an unrated Greek player, where I punis...

12/05/2024

Recently I played at the European Women Chess Championship which took place in Rhodes, Greece between 18-30 April. In this video I analyzed my first game which I played against a Ukrainian international master, and I shared the pyschology behind first rounds and playing with stronger opponents.

Recently I played on the European Women Chess Championship which took place in Rhodes, Greece between 18-30 April. In this video I analyzed my first game whi...

11/05/2024

My student found two brilliant moves in a row, can you find them both? 🤩 Black to move

05/05/2024

I'm sorry for not being so present online in the past few weeks, I had been preparing for the European Women Chess Championship for some time, which ended a few days ago. There were ups and downs, but overall I'm happy with how I performed 😊 One of the biggest takeaways; I still need to work on my time trouble, because if I didn't make a big mistake a bit before the 40th move in a much better/winning position due to time trouble in the 4th and 7th round, then probably I would have scored my last norm for the WIM title. 😭 I guess that has to wait a bit more 🥲 I will analyze these games on my twitch channel next week Friday, Saturday and Sunday each day starting at 11AM(-ish) CET. I would be happy to see you on https://m.twitch.tv/szefru😊

26/02/2024

Kids...😩😆

15/02/2024

Hi there! :)

In case you missed the educational stream on my twitch channel about winning and draw pawn endgames, you have the chance now to check these out on my YouTube channel (more are coming) :)
Winning pawn endgames: https://youtu.be/2Ys3gYwFkSY?si=kIdXWNirfkuBTF4s
Draw pawn endgames: https://youtu.be/MtekfDUNlXs?si=pRtFXQcHaDHrBoIu

If you like the videos, it would mean a lot if you could like and leave a comment under them!

In this video you can find the most important principles that you need in order to be able to draw a King + pawn vs King endgame!If you missed the previous v...

13/02/2024

Oh boy 🙄 Do you see why Rxh7 would have worked? 🤭

08/02/2024

In the fifth episode of Rook Reflections I interviewed the 2021 Amateur World Champion, WFM Marigje Degrande aka Marepant, who is my role model when it comes to chess improvement and chess studying! In this interview she shares her secrets about effective chess studying, tells us more about chess improvement and her chess experience.

The main interviews will happen on my Twitch channel, every few weeks, you can follow them live here:
➡️ https://www.twitch.tv/szefru

I’m curious about your thoughts and chess experience, please feel free to share them with us in the comments here, or on YouTube! :)

In the fifth episode of Rook Reflections I interviewed the 2021 Amateur World Champion, WFM Marigje Degrande aka Marepant, who is my role model when it comes...

14/01/2024

I wish you all a happy and healthy new year! 🥳

I'm finally back to work after the tournament in Spain and the holidays, so I posted my first video of the year on YouTube! More to come soon! 😊

This video will be great for you, if you struggle to take advantage of your opponent's weird, bold/unnecessary moves in the opening, and if it's sometimes difficult for you to win winning positions!

Hi, welcome here! In this video I played with the 1700 rated Duolingo bot, Lily and I explained every move I made!This video will be great for you, if you st...

13/12/2023

The Sunway Sitges Chess Festival has begun!

My main goal is to give my current 100% in each game, and to pay more attention to my time trouble issues, and of course, to enjoy the tournament! 😊

The competition is quite tough, you can follow the tournament on this link: https://chess-results.com/tnr830639.aspx?lan=1&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30

📸 David Llada - Chess & Photography

18/11/2023

Here is a little special video from me to you since it was my birthday not long ago :) I played against Judit Polgar on a simul when I was a kid, and I drew against her!

Here is a little special video from me to you since it was my birthday not long ago :) I played against Judit Polgar on a simul when I was a kid, and I drew ...

15/11/2023

In this video I played against the second duolingo bot, Junior, and I tried to explain every move! During the match I also talked about the King's Indian Defense, cheap tricks and you can also see how I punished the bot quickly for its poor play, without letting it have any counterplay.

If you enjoyed the video, don’t forget to subscribe, like the video, and leave your comments below! 🙂 Thank you!

Hi there! In this video I played against the second duolingo bot, Junior, and I tried to explain every move! During the match I also talked about the King's ...

12/11/2023

Let me know if you could solve it 🤔🤭

Let me show you this super fun mate in 25 puzzle! It's sounds a bit scary at first, but I promise the solution is quite straightforward since Black doesn't h...

08/11/2023

I played against one of the most trashtalking chess.com bots that they have ever had on the platform, and I explained every move I made!

This video will be excellent for you, if you struggle to understand why certain moves in the openings are not good, and if you have difficulties making an advantage out of the opening when your opponent doesn’t apply the opening principles in their play!

If you enjoyed the, don’t forget to subscribe, like the video, and leave your comments below! :) Thank you!
https://youtu.be/YmRBC8FbMsQ?si=pfq4lHnA7Z-CvxG3

Hi, welcome here! In this video I played against one of the most trashtalking chess.com bots that they have ever had on the platform, and I explained every m...

04/11/2023

Hi everyone,

Rook Reflections episode 3 is finally out! This episode was with Woman International Master Jesse February (who was born in January unforgivably) from South Africa.

Please check out her Twitch channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/jesse_feb 🙂

I’m curious about your thoughts and chess experience, please feel free to share them with us in the comments here, or on YouTube! Follows and likes are appreciated! :)
https://youtu.be/-5N_gynZ8Ms

This third episode was with Woman International Master Jesse February (who was born in January unforgivably) from South Africa.Check her out on TWITCH:➡️ htt...

03/11/2023

On a serious note: what do you think about letting children win/offering them a draw just because they're kids?

02/11/2023

A little ...🥲 This picture was taken exactly 9 years ago at my last Hungarian Youth Chess Championship where we became second. Back then, as a child/teenager going to a chess tournament meant meeting all or most of our friends, comforting each other after bad losses, celebrating each other's wins, staying up late to play, chat or go for a walk... And when the tournament was over, you didn't have to be sad, because most likely you were going to meet in another youth championship or tournament in a couple of weeks. Going to tourneys nowadays as an adult is so different, because even though we all still play and work with chess, we don't go to the same tournaments anymore, or not that often, and certainly not the whole team. 😞 I miss the good old days 🥹

28/10/2023

On today's stream we continued the "The Secrets of Chess Geometry" Chessable course by Maurice Ashley and we encountered this gem (The original game was played by Mikenas and Bronstein, in 1965). Black to move and win, can you find the solution?

15/10/2023

I once more participated in the Global Chess Festival in Budapest yesterday! Just like last year, it was organized very well, there were many exciting programs, and I even got to take a picture with some famous chess personalities such as; the super grandmaster Vasyl Ivanchuk, three very popular chess commentators and content creators; GM David Howell, IM/WGM Tania Sachdev and WFM Alessia Santeramo. I also had the chance to meet with two Hungarian chess content creators who were invited to the event; FM Dávid Haszon and IM Ármin Juhász (with whom I didn't have the chance to take a picture unfortunately). Thank you to everyone who made this event possible and made it even more amazing! 😊

19/08/2023

Hi everyone,

Here is the second episode of the Rook Reflections podcast!

I invited the Armenian Grandmaster, Hovhannes Gabuzyan, who is also one of the lead coaches at one of my favourite chess improvement websites, ChessMood. They have 400+ hours of Grandmasters’ courses that can help you even more to improve your openings, tactics, endgames, and many other aspects of your game! I also have a personal link, which can offer a 20% discount if you sign up with it (and this way you also support me)! https://chessmood.com/?r=Szefru 😊

Please feel free to check out the video here: https://youtu.be/u4EIkMpOLL8

If you prefer to read instead, you can find the shortened, written version on my blog:
https://www.chess.com/blog/szefru/rook-reflections-episode-2-with-gm-hovhannes-gabuzyan

In this 2nd episode I invited the Armenian Grandmaster, Hovhannes Gabuzyan, who is also one of the lead coaches at one of my favourite chess improvement webs...

12/04/2023

Hello Dear Chess Players,

Nice to see you here! I am Fruzsi, a 26 y/o Woman Fide Master from Hungary. I started playing chess when I was 8 years old, and since then I participated in many national and international tournaments. Most of the time I was in the first 3 on the Youth Hungarian Chess Championships between girls under 18 (even won a few), and I got silver and bronze medals on the Youth European Union Chess Championships. I hold a WGM and a WIM norm, and my highest FIDE rating was 2266.

Here I will try to show you how I see the chess world, which will include educational and fun chess, my chess experience, and sometimes also sport/chess psychology. If that sounds fun, I would appreciate your follow😁

I have been creating chess content for a some time now on twitch, tiktok, youtube, chess.com, instagram and twitter where you might know me as szefru or szefru_chess. If not, please feel free to check me out on these platforms too😇

That’s about me for now, I hope to hear about you and your stories in the comments!😊