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How to Play a Tournament

Once again, I will deviate from the topic of my chess column – exchanges. In this column I will present some thoughts on practical tournament strategies based on my own experience. There is much advice of what to do when one does not do well in the tour...Read more »

VIDEO: Typical Plans with Opposite side Castling

by GM Gregory Kaidanov

Grandmaster Kaidanov's debut on chess.com! He goes over an extremely instructive virtuoso performance by Boris Spassky from the match against Petrosian that brought him the World Championship title. Y Watch Video »

Chess World Cup 2009

The Chess World Cup gets underway on the 21 November in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.  The opening ceremony is being held today. In recent years, the Chess World Cup has become a regular qualifying event in the WCC cycle, even though the cycle itself has freq...Read more »

Bullies on the Board

Bullies aren't very admirable people. They're often thought to be cowardly but that's not necessarily so—sometimes they're great hulking brutes who fear nobody. On the other hand, there are others who only strut their stuff when they have their friends ...Read more »