Submitted by
Jupitar on Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:54pm.
In this game, black resigned after white queen put his king in check, I was wondering why? There are still moves to be made, and I dont see a mate anytime soon. Also, mistakes could be made. I learned a while back that early resignations wer... Read more »
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Submitted by
seanki on Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:35am.
Here is games played by grandmasters and people, (games):
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Submitted by
gerryj17ouano on Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:06am.
Compared to other sports cheating in chess are relatively few and almost negligible among professional players –cheating to win that is- until the advent of computer programs and wireless technology.
Cheating to lose is however another matter. ... Read more »
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Submitted by
promotedpawn on Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:20pm.
HOURRAYYY! Chess.com has reached an all time high of 300,000 Members! I Congratulate and thank all the staff, erik, and of course the members that have contributed and made this site a better place. I have only been at this site for a couple of mo... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:10am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)
What is chess?
How many times have you had the discussion about whether chess was a sport or a science or maybe even an art? I know it has been discussed in multiple areas here at Chess.com. ... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM FM_Eric_Schiller on Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:44pm.
GM Ray Keene and I will be doing a book on the upcoming Anand-Kramnik match that will appear shortly after the match. We mplan to preview much of the material here. We'll start with a bit Ray wrote on a new computer predicition project.
Persona... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Oct 6, 2008 9:10am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Is There Life After Chess?
In my last column I attempted to answer the question, "Is there chess after life?" If you will recall, I spoke with my friend the Caissic Psychic, who tried to contact th... Read more »
815 reads | 3 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
jaller435718 on Fri Oct 3, 2008 2:28pm.
The 16th Computer Games Championship ended in a tie with Rybka and Hiarcs, an England Chess Computer. They beat all the other computers, but didn't play each other. Rybka drawed against Cluster Toga. Hiarcs drawed against Cluster Toga too. Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Fri Oct 3, 2008 8:14am.
A quarter of the games of th 1985 World Championship mathc between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were over adn Karpov was leading b the score of 3.5-2.5. Kasparov does seem to have upped his game after defeats in games 4 and 5 which turned his... Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Thu Oct 2, 2008 7:07am.
The 1985 World Championship match had clearly taken a major turn in the last two games. After three games, challenger Garry Kasparov was leading 2-1 with a win and two draws but world champion Anatoly Karpov upped his game to win games 4 and 5 and... Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:52am.
It was all square between reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Garry Kasparov after 4 games of the 1985 World Championship with two draws and both players having one win each. With Karpov winning the most recent game, Game 4 is se... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:52am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Is There Chess After Life?
There is an old story Alexander Alekhine liked to tell about his rival Efim Bogolubov. Alekhine faced Bogolubov a couple of times in matches for the world championship an... Read more »
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Submitted by
MarkShinelov on Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:35am.
Try to solve this one. Thought it up and gave it to my folks to solve and they couldn't. You probably can, and really easy at that, but here it is anyway. Read more »
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Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:20am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Retrograde Help, Mate!
How many of you have ever heard of retrograde analysis in chess? Well, if not, then you're in for a treat. The basic idea is this. A position is set up on the board, and ... Read more »
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Submitted by
RookHouse on Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:35am.
The 1983 qualifying cycle to determine a challenger for Anatoly Karpov was filled with chess legends both past and future. In the quarterfinal round, up and coming Russian player Garry Kasparov faced off against fellow Russian, Alexander Beliavs... Read more »
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Submitted by
RooksBailey on Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:26pm.
Erik, the King of Chess.com , was gracious enough to grant me an interview for GameSquad, a gaming website I help to edit. I am reposting the interview here for the enjoyment of the entire Chess.com community.
Again, a big thank you to Erik for... Read more »
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Submitted by
Sas3 on Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:29am.
Here is a game I played recently, with titus26... with notes from the both of us (merged, to keep it simple). Clearly, he was the better player, and deserved to win.
I committed many errors - some that contributed to my loss. Yet, I had many gai... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:27pm.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Unsung Hero
Even though it has been 20 years, I remember him like it was yesterday. I was at the World Open in Philadelphia in 1988 when I first met Joe Kennedy. I saw him in a far corner of the to... Read more »
2320 reads | 23 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
alexholowczak on Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:28am.
The English Chess Federation (ECF) has announced plans to change its rating system from next season. After many seasons of alleged rating deflation, the ECF has worked back through years of calculations to fix the issue. The biggest issue however ... Read more »
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Submitted by
RookHouse on Mon Sep 8, 2008 8:35am.
The London International Chess Congress of 1922 provided us with many memorable games. Jose Raul Capablanca was the reigning world champion at the time and headlined an impressive cast of participants. His first round game was against ... Read more »
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NM Zug on Mon Sep 8, 2008 5:38am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Alien Customs
Report to Central Space Committee, Commodore GrelpFrom Scout Vessel Plegner I, Observer Ledon ReportingWe made orbit of Sol III as scheduled and used the cloaking device to prevent ... Read more »
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Submitted by
RookHouse on Tue Sep 2, 2008 5:05pm.
Hermann Helms, “the dean of American chess”, was an accomplished chess columnist and an attacking chess player of national master caliber. His chess career included wins over American legends Harry Nelson Pillsbury and Frank Jame... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Sep 1, 2008 6:44am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)
Hurricane Truth
I live in Florida. As I write this, I've been keeping track of a couple of storms; Gustav in the Gulf of Mexico, and Hanna that is meandering in the Atlantic. As I write ... Read more »
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Submitted by
ricksell86 on Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:14am.
where did i go wrong? A good attack gone terribly wrong Read more »
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Submitted by
RookHouse on Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:55pm.
The 1915 triangle match in Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA) was contested between Frank J. Marshall (United States champion), Sydney T. Sharp (Pennsylvania state champion), and Wilbur L. Moorman of Lynchburg, VA (USA). The format consist... Read more »
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