Submitted by
Catherine-J on Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:49am.
I own the 10th edition chessmaster (among others) where josh waitzkin is prominently featured and many grandmasters are available for light perusal. I notice that my rating on chess.com is significantly higher (100-150 pts).
Even when i factor ... Read more »
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Submitted by
MPresident on Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:10pm.
This is the game I recently played. I do not submit any info about Mr. Murphy and the game he played as all have already been written by ADK at http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-little-taste-of-morphy.
I advise to first look at original and the... Read more »
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Submitted by
shuttlechess92 on Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:57am.
BGP: Space, and also the sub issue "How to get better at chess"
In this 2nd issue of Beginners Gone Pro, I will discuss the importance of space. "Space" is the term describing the amount of squares one controls of his opponent's side. Exam... Read more »
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Submitted by
ceg267 on Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:04pm.
I am a beginning player with only a few games under my belt, but I strongly feel that the title of this Article is true. I am curious about others' thoughts on this point.
When I first started viewing games of more experienced players, I was su... Read more »
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Submitted by
shuttlechess92 on Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:43pm.
Hi, this is the first of many Beginners Gone Pro articles I will be submitting. This article covers one of the more well known openings: The Ruy Lopez.
The move sequence is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
This openi... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Fri Jan 9, 2009 9:52pm.
For every discipline worth studying, there is a set of iconic books. Chess is no exception to the rule, and Aron Nimzowitsch's My System is one of it's icon texts. Despite being Latvian, Nimzowitsch wrote the original version of My System... Read more »
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Submitted by
rubyflyer on Wed Jan 7, 2009 4:30pm.
When most of us learned chess, we were first taught to grab material and have a material advantage. This is not that bad, but playing positonally is usually better. Take a look at the starting position of the example below. You'll quickly notice t... Read more »
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Submitted by
jk00750 on Sun Jan 4, 2009 12:20pm.
There are multiple variations of Legall's Mate, and sometimes forcing defeat cannot be so simple. Here is an example of Legall's Mate appearing in the King's Gambit. However, black has a response that is challenging to meet....
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Submitted by
cjus on Sat Jan 3, 2009 8:47pm.
It turns out that it's actually difficult to tell. The answer depends on how you define the word "strong". For example, does "strong" imply any of the following?
strong because she plays quickly rather than taking days to consider her next mov... Read more »
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Submitted by
cjus on Fri Jan 2, 2009 10:59pm.
For many players the desire to improve their play pits them in a life and death struggle to win each game. Many players agonize over lost games and fluctuations in their ratings. Rather than carefully reviewing their games (and reliving pain... Read more »
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Submitted by
salamillion on Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:32am.
"No Stress Chess" is a chess set that comes with a deck of cards - 56 in fact. These cards show you a picture of a piece or pawn and how the piece or pawn can move. The idea is that once you set up the board - and move two pawns forward to mak... Read more »
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Submitted by
salamillion on Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:48pm.
I have been playing chess for as long as my daughter who is pre-school. We just started on Christmas Day. She interested me in the game due to her remembering chess from a Harry Potter Movie. As we strolled in the library looking for somethi... Read more »
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Submitted by
KingLeopold on Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:47pm.
Finding good moves to play in a game is what we all strive for. Yet over and over we repeatedly make blunders and bad moves.
Finding good moves have been written about by the likes of Capablanca, Lasker, Tarrasch, Pachman, Kotov, Dvoresky and man... Read more »
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Submitted by
martin760 on Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:55am.
Here is a game I played against a player who had defeated me twice prior. I pinned his knight and rook then took control of the ending. I made a few mistakes in the ending but, it still ended well. Check it out I hope you enjoy. I sure did. Read more »
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Submitted by
Yima5 on Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:54am.
I have noticed that many chess.com players, and chess players who don't play on chess.com, do not know how to write notation, which is used to look back on your game to see your strong moves and weak moves.
Notation is really pretty simple:
Yo... Read more »
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Submitted by
artfizz on Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:19pm.
Based on an analysis of the comments posted in the forums whenever the topic of RESIGNING is raised, here are ALL of the main reasons players give for either RESIGNing or, alternatively, CONTINUING TO PLAY until either checkmate, stalemate or a dr... Read more »
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Submitted by
Jayhawks4Ever on Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:25am.
Annotated game on why sometimes the small details win the game in the end Read more »
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Submitted by
EL-PATRON on Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:56pm.
Fool's mate or Two-move checkmate is an embarassing way to own any chess noob who hasnt had any experience in playing rated chess. This quick checkmate appears VERY rarely in rated tournaments, since white (the losing side, it has to lose) looks ... Read more »
1116 reads | 7 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
menofsticks on Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:48pm.
I have to admit that when I first cracked the spine of Streetfighting Chess I winced. At first blush, this book appears to be a survey of the author's games and in my noggin alarm bells did ring. Digging into the book, my fears were quick... Read more »
3129 reads | 16 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chawil on Mon Dec 1, 2008 4:26pm.
Someone recently achieved a 1200 rating playing against Fritz and posted a thread asking what that means. I wrote a (rather long) reply but, since this subject crops up occasionally, I thought I'd post it here as well. I hope it will be of interes... Read more »
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Submitted by
Laoscala on Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:00am.
Strength and Weakness with respect to Pieces
Question 1) By what system should we measure the Strength of a Piece?
Answer: The Strength of a piece lies in the number of positions/Pieces it is attacking i.e. being aimed at. Hence strength... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:25pm.
Imagine, if you will, a man named 'Silman' enters your home, duct tapes you to a chair and precedes to give you a thorough trepanning. He then pours hot lightening through the aforementioned hole in your head and into your skull. Producing a c... Read more »
2541 reads | 14 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
menofsticks on Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:37pm.
A friend of mine, let's call him "Jay," recently bought a handheld chess computer because he wanted to practice his chess skill without being tethered to his PC. He placed an order with Barnes and Nobles for the New York Times Deluxe Edition To... Read more »
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Submitted by
linus9113 on Sun Nov 9, 2008 9:18am.
You begginers must learn about everything for becoming no longer a begginer, but better than that, you can become a master! A Grandmaster! But, just because you get good like that doesn't mean you have to stop learning. Learning never ends. Here i... Read more »
1617 reads | 21 comments | 6 votes:
Submitted by
shuttlechess92 on Fri Nov 7, 2008 8:05pm.
The Philidor's Defense
The Philidor's Defense is an ancient opening, that although has fallen out of favor over the years, is still in practice today. Its earliest practitioners, most importantly Paul Morphy, has scored great victories... Read more »
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