Submitted by
Duffer1965 on Thu Apr 9, 2009 10:11am.
I ran across this well-known game while looking into the Modern Defense. Judit Polgar, then 19, defeated Alexei Shirov, then 23, at the 1995 Donner Memorial in Amsterdam. Shirov tried the Modern Defense, and Polgar responded with the Monkey's Bum ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Whipster on Wed Apr 8, 2009 5:00am.
I've always been rather poor at rapidplay, especially bullet and blitz chess. Nevertheless, here's one example of an exception to the rule - at a rapidplay tournament (30 mins each) quite a few years ago now:
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Submitted by
GeniusKJ on Tue Apr 7, 2009 6:28pm.
Hi, this time I am going to show the ways queen can almost win a game by herself. The common way to do this is to get the queen out early and use it and another piece to mess up the opponent's defense.
Example 1
The... Read more »
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Submitted by
alloyace on Tue Apr 7, 2009 6:00pm.
Ah, this was a fascinating game of how my old chess coach and I versed each other in chess. And for the first time I won. This is my game and watched how 1 sacrifice changed the whole outcome of the game.
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Submitted by
jerry2468 on Tue Apr 7, 2009 12:48pm.
There is a typo at the end the move is Ra1#
This is a game I played so you can see it and comment on it.
If you have anything to say, comment away
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Submitted by
ADK on Mon Apr 6, 2009 9:00am.
In this game, W Foldeak faced off against F Nagy in Budapest, 1942. Here, we see White's marvelous Knights dance around the board into Black's defences! After the 8th move, it took just 5 brilliant moves for White to force Black to resign. "Gallop... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM Julio_Becerra on Wed Apr 1, 2009 12:18am.
In 1834, between the months of June and October, the Westminster Club of London celebrated a series of matches between the best chess players of England and France, or in fact, the best chess players of the world, since in those times Paris an... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM vbhat on Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:34am.
For those of you folllowing David Pruess's blog here on chess.com, you'll know that 4 of us from the Bay Area went to play in Cappelle la Grande, France. Before the tournament, we spent a few days in Paris, where one of Jesse's friends (Jason Ston... Read more »
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Submitted by
JG27Pyth on Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:21pm.
I recently stumbled across Jan Van Reek's chess site, which includes a History of Correspondence Chess page and some annotated databases. One finds there a PGN collection of great historical CC games -- including the game given below, which is the... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM GNarayanan on Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:50am.
Note from dpruess:
Saturday is the one day that chess.com does not have a weekly columnist. On this day we will endeavor to bring to you chess perspectives from a variety of excellent chess writers. This week we present an article from the 19 yea... Read more »
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Submitted by
joaoporto on Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:55pm.
This is an amazing game where Geller beats the World Champion Karpov in his only defeat at the 1976 USSR Championship.
I think it´s a game where the French defence doesn´t work due to the great game that Geller made.
Enjoy it, as i did :
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Submitted by
Sidhanth-GroverV on Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:17pm.
Robert Fischer was an excellant chess player no doubt, but do you think that he was recognized or appreaciated ever since he startied playing chess at the tender age of 6? For those of you who do, the answer is no. Bobby Fischer was but a 'promisi... Read more »
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Submitted by
ADK on Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:25pm.
In this game, Viktor Bologan faced off against Philipp Schlosser in 2004. Here, White played 20. g5! and Black responded with 20...Qg6, not 20...Qxg5 because of (21. Rg3 Qh4 22. Rf4+-). White continues the attack with 21. Rh3+ Kg8 22. Qg4 gxf6 23.... Read more »
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Submitted by
jaller435718 on Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:41am.
Here is a short darwed game by Capablanca.
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Submitted by
jaller435718 on Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:59pm.
Here is a well played game by Capablanca! Enjoy!
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Submitted by
cludi on Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:31am.
Would you like to play through a master game and have each and every move of yours scored?If the answer is yes, then my "Test Yourself Videos" series may be something for you. Please read on...The concept is very simple, really.As preparation you ... Read more »
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Submitted by
FredFredburger123 on Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:52pm.
Paul Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick/Count Isouard 1858
Garry Kasparov sv. Veselin Topalov 1999
Robert Fischer vs. Tigran Petrosian ... Read more »
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Submitted by
ADK on Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:48pm.
1st a Rook, then a Knight, and then another Rook! Garry Kasparov sacrificed all of these pieces and still managed to get the win against Veselin Topalov in Netherlands, 1999. Immortal? Yes... The action began with 24. Rxd4? cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6 26. Q... Read more »
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Submitted by
KillaBeez on Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:57pm.
The following game was given the title as the best game played at Gibraltar. Varuzhan Akobian demonstrated wonderful attacking mastery, but in the end, the game funneled out into an exciting draw. I have annotated the game. Read more »
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Submitted by
kann on Mon Mar 9, 2009 7:10am.
THIS GAME HELPS YOU TO THINK A LOT IN YOUR FUTURE GAMES.ECO-E4 E5 {an 8 move game enjoy and i'll be hearing from you later}and note this-excersice #1 {1.e4 ..e5 2.Nf3 ..d6 3.d4 ..Nd7 4.Bc4 ..c6 5.Ng5 ..Nh6 6.Be7{what is the correct move that Bla... Read more »
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Submitted by
mdchessmd on Sun Mar 8, 2009 9:10am.
Great way to win! Read more »
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Submitted by
mdchessmd on Sun Mar 8, 2009 7:52am.
This is an amazing checkmate that I have played. Read more »
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Submitted by
ADK on Sat Mar 7, 2009 11:39am.
Here is a very interesting game played by Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz in England, 1895. Here, White is quick to attack with 24. Qc3 pinning Black's e5 Pawn and preparing for a series of "interesting" attacks on Black's defence. It continue... Read more »
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Submitted by
matewithme on Mon Mar 2, 2009 7:44am.
This is a game I played in the UCF Chess Tournament this weekend. It was the most fun game I had in the tournament, and it helped me finish third. While it is not master level chess, I think it was pretty good. Comments/suggestions are appre... Read more »
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Submitted by
MyNames on Sun Mar 1, 2009 11:20am.
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