Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:02pm.
Siegbert Tarrasch was born March 5, 1862 and died February 17, 1934. He was one of the best players of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Around 1890, he may have been the best. World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz offered him the opportunity to p... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM Julio_Becerra on Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:15am.
Nine years later after the match between Labourdonnais and Mac Donnell, the same situation occurred but this time, in Paris, with an Englishman challenging a Frenchman, and in both cases the guest triumphed. The match Saint Amant – Staunton ... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:57pm.
Tony Miles (April 23, 1955-November 12, 2001) became the first over-the-board grandmaster born in the United Kingdom in 1976. His best results were in the 1970s and 1980s. He was able to win games against several former world champions. His most f... Read more »
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Submitted by
alloyace on Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:44am.
I felt bad for all those people (non rated) in chess tournaments so this article is about them! This article shows what is your real rating suppose to be?
0-500 rating
If you lost many games... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM Julio_Becerra on Wed Apr 8, 2009 1:13am.
In this article, as a continuation from last week, we will discuss the lives and games of Labourdonnais and Mac Donnell and their epic match, a match we consider to be the first battleground in chess. The match also constitutes a turning po... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:01pm.
Samuel Reshevsky was born in Russian ruled Poland Nov. 26, 1911 and died in New York April 4, 1992. After learning to play at age four, Reshevsky was a celebrated prodigy who gave simultaneous exhibitions at the age of eight. His family came to th... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM Julio_Becerra on Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:48am.
The fame of invincibility that Capablanca had in his younger years is general knowledge. After his 8-1 victory in the match against Frank J. Marshall in 1909, there followed an almost uninterrupted series of successes until his crowning as World C... Read more »
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Submitted by
MyNames on Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:56pm.
This is another one of Adolf Anderssens greatest games. It is absolutely beautiful and it has a similar look to the Immortal Game Read more »
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Submitted by
warwind on Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:58pm.
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
Country: Soviet Union/ Russia
Born: August 17, 1911 Kuokala, Finland
Died: May 5, 1995 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia
World Champion 1948-1957
... Read more »
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Submitted by
sevenhunt on Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:47am.
You are comment match Topalov-Kamsky in romanian language of MM Mihail Marin at this adress http://iulianceausescu.wordpress.com
I have 1200 articles of chess in this site about chess. Search from the site what do you do!
The match 3 comment is ... Read more »
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Submitted by
gab2112 on Sat Feb 7, 2009 3:29am.
Eugene Torre is part of Philippine history because of his skills in playing the game of CHESS.He is known as Asia's First Chess International Grand master.He competed and won in many competitions abroad.He is best known for his victory over Anatol... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Mon Feb 2, 2009 4:06pm.
Sergey Karjakin wrapped up his Corus win yesterday by winning his last round game. Here is the game from the 12th, penultimate game, which put him into the leader group tied with 5 others. His more active pieces make all the difference.
(btw, i e... Read more »
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Submitted by
pepperland on Mon Feb 2, 2009 8:15am.
This is a game with I play a strong attack over the kingside with my anotations
I hope you enjoy it.........good luck!!! Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sun Feb 1, 2009 10:21am.
What a day for Corus. The last round was filled with surprises, as 3 solo winners emerged from the pack.
In the A Group, 6 came into the round tied for the lead. 4 of those leaders drew, but Sergey Karjakin emerged victorious in his game with Dom... Read more »
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Submitted by
studentne on Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:40pm.
This game was good. It consisted of good tactical and strategical planing. The ending was a total, total blunder. I hung a peice with while giving him mate. Read more »
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Submitted by
jaller435718 on Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:02am.
For my next set of articles I am going to feature the greatest chess player of all! Capablanca! I believe his games will be an excellent source of knowledge for all levels of play. Read more »
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Submitted by
WilliamDupree on Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:54pm.
Given the ongoing articles concerning Bobby Fischer, I was reflecting on how we could tangibly remember him.A few possibilities come immediately to mind:
[1] A de novo Bobby Fischer biography. It may be that the American-based fans m... Read more »
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Submitted by
harriet on Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:28pm.
You might remember Wesley So as a Promil kid a couple of years back, but now he’s more known as one of Philippine chess’s rising stars. Last year, at the tender age of 12 years, he became the youngest-ever Pinoy to get the rank of Internationa... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:03pm.
As Andrew Martin has the week off, let me pay a little tribute by presenting one of his games in the Sicilian Grand Prix Attack, the variation he helped establish as a major weapon in the 1980s. Here he plays a popular line against a defensive pla... Read more »
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Submitted by
harriet on Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:14pm.
Player Profile - Wesley So
Top Philippines player and currently world's youngest Grandmaster
Wesley So, the World’s Youngest Grandmaster (at 14 years 1 month) and the No. 1 ranked player in the Philippines, was born on 9 October 1993 in Cavite... Read more »
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Submitted by
mcrotolo on Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:32am.
As promised in the previous article, today I bring a very curious game.
Undoubtedly, two strategists face to face. And besides, two Argentines. Miguel Najdorf, although born in Poland, but developed his most important chess race in my country. S... Read more »
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Submitted by
mcrotolo on Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:56pm.
I bring to share with you some of my fellow countryman Miguel Najdorf, the greatest chess player in my country (as I understand it). Miguel Najdorf (born Mendel (Mieczysław) Najdorf in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw, Poland, April 15, 1910 – d... Read more »
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Submitted by
Sir_Gawain on Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:56am.
When mankind has wanted to make predictions, he (and she) has (have), over time, turned to the stars, the sun, crystal balls, philosophers, religious prophets and gurus, scriptural writings, and a sundry of other devices, not to ignore history, i... Read more »
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Submitted by
Blunderprone on Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:25am.
I’ll begin this series with the eleventh place finisher ( last) Dawid Janowski, the representative from France who was 56 at the time of this event. He’s a good cross-over point from the Hasting’s 1895 event where he finished 13th ( top ... Read more »
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Submitted by
ADK on Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:38am.
In this game, Robert Fischer battles Robert Byrne in the U.S. Championship of 1963. They played the King's Indian defence: Finachetto Variation. A notable SAC in this game is 15. Nxf2, played by Fischer! To Byrne, it looked like a tasty treat. To ... Read more »
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