Submitted by
bronzefeet on Thu Jul 2, 2009 9:16am.
Russians called Napoleon's 1812 invasion "The Patriotic War". The largest army up to that point in history, 690,000 French troops, crossed the river Nemen intent on taking the Russian capital Moscow. After brave defenses and predicting the cit... Read more »
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Submitted by
spassky on Wed Jul 1, 2009 3:39pm.
Sometimes you play games where things almost magically unfold before you, seemingly without any help from you. "Wow, that worked like a charm, didn't it?", you marvel at your amazing attack. Yet it did have help from you. If you play active,... Read more »
733 reads | 14 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
spassky on Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:59am.
Sometimes a move has more than one purpose. And sometimes, the obvious purpose is so non-threatening, and relaxes your opponent so much, that he ignores your move and doesn't look for any other, more hidden, threats. In the first game, White's... Read more »
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Submitted by
Ripper89 on Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:13pm.
This article is about playing f4 as white in different parts of a game like Bird Opening,King's Gambit,Bishop's Game,Sicilian.
After viewing the article don't forget to lookup the Kairav's chess masters (KCM) homepage:http://www.chess.com/groups/... Read more »
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Submitted by
cs_master on Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:32pm.
Chess puzzles. Ya gotta love’em. Speaking personally, I can’t get enough of them. Nothing satisfies the soul like solving a chess puzzle that you deem truly worthy of your intellect.
Working chess puzzles actually can give a serious boo... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Mon Jun 1, 2009 11:49pm.
Here is a game from the 2009 Copper State Open, IM Ginsburg - WFM Cardona with full annotations and commentary:
This was a nice game to observe as it shows a common theme in chess. The b7 and b2 squares for both sides can be a sens... Read more »
2162 reads | 18 comments | 8 votes:
Submitted by
MagicMan01 on Mon Jun 1, 2009 11:23pm.
Initiative: The Imbalance Used By the Masters.
The Initiative and a lead in development are two important imbalances within chess; however both of these imbalances are largely misunderstood. Most chess players will be able to recognize if they ha... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Mon May 25, 2009 10:48pm.
Here is a game from the 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup, GM Movsesian - GM Tregubov with full annotations and commentary:
I believe this is a very instructive game which can change the mind set of playing against the Sicilian Defense. Many... Read more »
3688 reads | 27 comments | 5 votes:
Submitted by
PMorphy123 on Tue May 19, 2009 11:15pm.
Having the correct mindset when going into a chess game is critical in the way you play out the game, even if you only need a draw. My coach told me that you play what the position gives you and go from there. I was recently at the Ontario Open in... Read more »
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Submitted by
Alphastar18 on Sun May 10, 2009 1:31pm.
Often when a player is paired with someone ranked much higher, he doesn't follow his usual routine. A player who usually uses the Morra gambit against the sicilian suddenly goes for a quieter line. Others will try to trade off as much material as ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Jochem220 on Wed May 6, 2009 6:32pm.
Black to move. Mate in 13. I know there are lots of variations to this puzzle so don't lose your cool if the variation you play isn't the correct move. Read more »
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Submitted by
rab63 on Mon May 4, 2009 11:19am.
This Gambit is Named after russian Player Sergey Urusoff 1827-1897 who introduced new ideas in the King's Gambit And the Scotch Game here is just one of many examples i could find of it in grandmaster play Read more »
590 reads | 7 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
Mikhail-Tal on Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:47pm.
Hi chessplayers, here s a funny match i have played, from first sight, it appear a boring game, but the fun is at the end !! ( you know!like a rock concert!) , perhaps the title is somehow strange, but it will show it self in the game..i want to s... Read more »
495 reads | 4 comments | 1 vote:
Submitted by
Patzer24 on Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:44pm.
Here is a game from the 16th Asian Cities Team Championship, GM Ghaem Maghami - IM Eid with full annotations and commentary:
This game was very interesting as it featured two important points where both sides made questio... Read more »
3766 reads | 37 comments | 6 votes:
Submitted by
atomichicken on Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:54pm.
This principle applies no more so than in the tricky d-pawn 'specials' (Torre Attack, London System, Stonewall and the Colle Systems). Here I'm going to show 2 games which I hope may be useful in illustrating this: one of my own games and then a... Read more »
628 reads | 2 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
Power_Of_Pawn on Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:49pm.
"The pawn (♙♟) is the weakest . . .piece in the game of chess, representing infantry, or more particularly armed peasants of pikemen."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_(chess)] It's true that a pawn only has a value of 1 point. But let's try ... Read more »
623 reads | 5 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
GeniusKJ on Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:19pm.
The term "Control the Center" refers to gaining power at the center of the board. Why is this good? This is good because you limit your opponent's attacking moves and make some squares places that your opponent can't enter. You want to have a fe... Read more »
610 reads | 4 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
GM vbhat on Tue Apr 7, 2009 12:10am.
One of the dilemmas of modern chess is that opening theory has grown to huge proportions. The advent of computers and databases mean that there is plenty of information about a player's tendencies, strengths, weaknesses, etc. Throw in some strong ... Read more »
3768 reads | 18 comments | 4 votes:
Submitted by
Grakovsky on Sat Apr 4, 2009 6:41pm.
The knight - a strange figure, isn't like anyone else. Many beginner chess books simply waste hundreds of words trying to explain how this piece moves. We will use an old Russian war song: "There where the infantry won't pass, where the armored tr... Read more »
1260 reads | 9 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
invaderX17 on Sat Apr 4, 2009 12:44pm.
Part I:Discovery
Discovery is a way to devastate you opponent's material using a check by moving aside a piece and placing that piece where you can threaten opposing pieces. one of those pieces would be already lost, since your opponent has to do... Read more »
480 reads | 8 comments | 1 vote:
Submitted by
Grakovsky on Fri Apr 3, 2009 5:00pm.
The knight - a strange figure, isn't like anyone else. Many beginner chess books simply waste hundreds of words trying to explain how this piece moves. We will use an old Russian war song: "There where the infantry won't pass, where the armored tr... Read more »
1744 reads | 13 comments | 6 votes:
Submitted by
Grakovsky on Thu Apr 2, 2009 6:40pm.
The knight - a strange figure, isn't like anyone else. Many beginner chess books simply waste hundreds of words trying to explain how this piece moves. We will use an old Russian war song: "There where the infantry won't pass, where the armored tr... Read more »
1693 reads | 16 comments | 7 votes:
Submitted by
GM vbhat on Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:19am.
When I used to attend the chess class at the Fremont Public Library every Friday afternoon, Richard Shorman often used to show us the games of Morphy and Capablanca. I tend to play crazy games these days (see the game with Bobras), but that sort o... Read more »
2854 reads | 24 comments | 7 votes:
Submitted by
Patzer24 on Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:24pm.
Here is a game from the 2009 Reykjavik Open, GM Oleksienko - IM Grandelius with full annotations and commentary:
This game was a very instructive lesson about pawn play, especially flank pawns. When you advance your flank pawns as ... Read more »
4262 reads | 34 comments | 9 votes:
Submitted by
cludi on Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:28am.
In many lines of the Open Sicilian the d5 square is strategically very important.This recent game is no exception.After 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 this is the position
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