Submitted by
Qubit on Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:11am.
The Journey begins...
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Submitted by
Masterful_Forfeit on Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:32pm.
As of today, there are 116 332 people and six intelligent monkeys in the United States who are members of chess.com. That's quite the number, isn't it? In fact, those assorted mammals alone make up 43.7% of the site's total members. Impressi... Read more »
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LOB on Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:52am.
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Submitted by
benws on Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:27pm.
From the 8th move onward in this game, Tarrasch maps out a plan that will decide the game. He pries open the g-file, and posts both of his rooks on it. Then he swings the queen over, which crushes the barriers. Finally von Scheve's king cannot hol... Read more »
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Submitted by
Sir_Gawain on Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:34pm.
This was my response to the recent Chess.com survey question as to how many turn-table games we prefer to play at one time. My answer became an article, which I thought I would post here, as such:
From my experience, there are players wh... Read more »
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Submitted by
psml_bhor on Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:08am.
Chess is the game whose ... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:49pm.
The Polgar sisters consist of Susan or Zsuzsanna (April 19, 1969), Sofia or Zsofia (November 2, 1974), and Judit (July 23, 1976). Judit is still active and is the highest rated woman ever. Susan was the Women's World Champion (1996-1999). Despite ... Read more »
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Submitted by
ih8sens on Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:11am.
Mikhail Tal was a rather unique player. His wild, sacrificial style lead to some very different opinions of Tal. To some, he was the most successful patzer ever to play. To others his regular lack of objectivity was the very thing that... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Sat Aug 2, 2008 1:36pm.
Jan Timman, "The Flying Dutchman", needs no introduction. He has been a major force in the chess world since the 1970s. He returns to the Staunton this year hoping for a major victory.
Not only has Jan defeated Kasparov, he has done so from a po... Read more »
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Submitted by
lathajs on Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:58am.
The word tabiya used to refer to the initial position, however, over the years it has come to describe critical points during play at which players decide the future course of the game.
Kasparov became the youngest ever world champion at th... Read more »
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Submitted by
boilermaker1234 on Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:20am.
Note: this article was previously published in The Chess Parrot, Issue 24. An American in King Arthur’s Court By Tim Sanders Richard Wincor had strong ties to the U.K. A graduate of Harvard and Harvard School o... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:18pm.
To get ready for next month's Staunton Memorial I present some games featuring the players in this year's event where I'll be arbiter and will post some reports. First up: Mickey Adams. Information about the event is at http://www.howa... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:22pm.
Episodes of "The Lone Ranger" would often end with someone saying, "Who was that masked man? He never told us his name." Another would answer with, "Why, he's the Lone Ranger." This would be followed by the Lone R... Read more »
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Submitted by
dspsp123 on Mon Jul 7, 2008 7:56am.
Whether you are a begginer or an intermediate player or an advanced player you will find this article very helpful in improving your chess skills and eventually becoming a master.... Chessvideos.tv Just type the following into your adr... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:15pm.
Cambridge Springs 1904 was an international tournament with 16 players. Eight were from Europe and eight were from America. Marshall was clear first with a score of 13-2 consisting of 11 wins, 4 draws, and no losses. A full two points back were Da... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:53pm.
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850-1908) was one of the greatest and most overlooked masters of all time. He challenged Steinitz to the world championship twice, in 1889 and 1892, but lost both times. Nevertheless, he was still one of the best playe... Read more »
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Submitted by
mauerblume on Sun Jun 1, 2008 2:52am.
Michael Botwinnik has done very much for the development of chess theory. Perhaps more than anyone else. And he was a very strong chessplayer - and world champion for a long period. It is an open secret, that he was a lover of a strong pawncenter.... Read more »
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Submitted by
mauerblume on Thu May 29, 2008 10:19pm.
A few days ago here was shown the famous game Mikhail Tal-Tolush (UdSSR-championship 1956) with the brilliant sacrifice 15.Bb5!. If you have not seen yet, please go through it and come back.- In that game we saw Tal in his elements - ... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Mon May 26, 2008 8:25am.
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1929-1984) was a Soviet Grandmaster (1952) and 9th world chess champion (1963-1969). He was Armenian champion at the age of 17. In 1964, he won the championship of the Trade Unions in Moscow. Be... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Fri May 23, 2008 4:42pm.
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906) was one of the greatest American chess players who ever lived. His most famous accomplishment was winning Hastings 1895 as an outside bet. Though he tragically died early from syphilis, he could still create mast... Read more »
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Submitted by
mauerblume on Thu May 22, 2008 5:47am.
Bobby Fischer had an immense importance for the development of chess in germany. After the win of championship many young people got interested in chess and joined in chessclubs. Me to. On my blogside, I show one of his famous games. ... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Wed May 21, 2008 4:43pm.
Machgielis (Max) Euwe (May 20, 1901-Nov 26, 1981) was a former FIDE President (1970-1978) who was twice world champion - 1935-37 and for one day in 1947. In July 1947, the FIDE Congress, held in The Hague, voted for Euwe to be world champion... Read more »
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Submitted by
Chesser777 on Wed May 21, 2008 9:55am.
Alexander McDonnel (1798-1840) is an Irish master that works in the market business, he eventually becomes the secretary of the Committee of West Indian Merchants and because of his good job he has enough time to play chess. William Lewis wa... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Tue May 20, 2008 4:03pm.
Bernhard Horwitz (1807-1885) was a German-born painter (specialized in miniatures) and chess study composer. In 1845, he settled in England and began teaching chess. In 1846, he lost an unofficial world championship match w... Read more »
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Submitted by
TomMac19 on Mon May 19, 2008 8:06am.
I am going to start to try and write some articles about the greatest GMs we have today. i started with my personal favorite Magnus Carlsen and am now going to do Topalov. Veselin Topalov aged 33 is a Bulgarian and former FIDE world ch... Read more »
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