Chess

The Decorous Salomon

Salomon Flohr was born November 21, 1908 in what is now Ukraine. He lost his parents during World War I and together with his brother was orphaned as a child and relocated to Czechoslovakia, where he learned chess and became a professional chess player. A...Read more »

VIDEO: How To Improve Your Chess 2

by GM Gregory Kaidanov

GM Gregory Kaidanov brings us the second installment in his video series designed to "Improve Your Chess"! Here we see a much more practical example, stemming from one of the most important games of h Watch Video »

Kramnik Gets Second Spot In Bilbao

With Alexei Shriov already having wrapped up first place in the Shanghai Masters, it was left to Vladimir Kramnik and Lev Aronian to stake their claim for the second qualifying spot. Both games in the final round were drawn, and as it turns out (it was no...Read more »

1972 World Chess Championship: Fischer vs. Spassky - Ruy Lopez VIDEO

This video analyzes the Round 10 game of the World Chess Championship of 1972 between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. A slow strategical struggle shows itself in the middlegame with both players fighting in the center. One specific pawn advance by black ...Read more »