Submitted by
rubyflyer on Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:04pm.
In this game, I made many critical mistakes losing pieces. As you can see, I was down a bishop and a knight (along with many pawns. But then, my oppenent made a critical mistake, allowing me to draw. My opponent moved his bishop from d3 to b1... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:00pm.
It's surprising to us when a chess giant (such as boris spassky) falls in a mere 12 moves. But it happened in this game. Spassky commits an oversight that allows Korchnoi to create a nice tactics display.
so what do you guys think? are short defe... Read more »
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Submitted by
rubyflyer on Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:58pm.
Before you execute a tactic, you should check it. If it goes against you, you probably shouldn't use it. Here's an example. This puzzle is from the "The Usborne Internet-Linked Complete Book of Chess."
After solving this puzzle, check out the ne... Read more »
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Submitted by
MY_turn on Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:45pm.
black to move
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Submitted by
benws on Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:49pm.
In this game, Duras ignores the threat to his own king and plunges into a head on attack on his opponent's king. He sticks his pieces into active positions, and rounds off the game with a queen sac.
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Submitted by
benws on Fri Nov 7, 2008 7:29pm.
It's really strange, but some how all my articles keep disappearing from the front page...i wonder who's behind that? (cough)
anyway...a game.
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Submitted by
chesslife on Wed Nov 5, 2008 8:11pm.
this is a cool puzzle but its too easy.good luck!
LOL Read more »
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Submitted by
kumar12 on Sun Nov 2, 2008 2:57pm.
it is not mine but i got it from internet, nice puzzle, black to moove and win, Read more »
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Submitted by
Extraordinary on Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:01am.
I decide to share this amazing puzzle with rest of the chess world. Some people thinks, that endgamepuzzles are easy, since you can count evrey move when there is only 5-7 pieces on the board, so I decided to show that it is nonsense. White to mov... Read more »
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Submitted by
Ficheall on Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:57pm.
Black moves. He plays 1 ... RxB! Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:09pm.
A nice demonstration of the power of the pawn. The white f-pawn quickly goes to work by picking off a black rook and then giving itself up (queen sac included) to allow the winning double check checkmate.
And for all those people in the US: DON'T... Read more »
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Submitted by
ShahidAnwer on Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:50am.
Miles was in many ways a controversial figure. Once, in the last round of a tournament with Miles needing a draw for first place, and his opponent wanting a draw for a high placing, he agreed a draw without playing any moves. The arbiter decided t... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:49am.
The telegraph match of 1890/91 between Chigorin and Steinitz was probably one of the more interesting ones in history. This game, the first of the two, demonstrates Chigorin's unique style of play.
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Submitted by
mauerblume on Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:50am.
We all like to have a passed pawn in our games. A passed pawn in our opponent`s hands may be not to our pleasure. So we should try to get him ourselves as a measure to set our opponent under pressure.-
When the passed pawn comes more forward, th... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:55am.
A nice game by Kasparov, in which he makes use of Karpov's play and forces his pieces back to his own 1st rank. Next he forces a favorable trade of pieces (with the help of a passed pawn), and despite being down in material, finds a winning combin... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:28pm.
The preliminary tournament of St Petersburg 1914 brought with it many great games, such as this one: (http://blog.chess.com/benws/double-bishop-strike), but the one that beat it out for the first brilliancy prize was this nice tactics battle by Ca... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:54pm.
Hastings 1895 brought with it the surprise victory of the great Pillsbury. This is one of his games, in which he demonstrates his forceful and powerful play. A dashing kingside attack is what insues. Read more »
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Submitted by
rollingpawns on Wed Oct 1, 2008 3:10pm.
Destructive sacrifice - "sacrificing material to destroy the pawn cover or other protection around the enemy king. Usually a point of no return" (dictionary).
Many of us are familiar with the bishop sacrifices - Bxh2/h7/h3/h6/... etc. Rook ... Read more »
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Submitted by
ShahidAnwer on Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:29pm.
This article is about a game I played about 7 weeks ago. Let me tell you a little background of myself as far as chess is concerned. I live in Lahore, Pakistan and I picked up chess from my cousins. One of my cousin is currently Lahore number 4 pl... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:19am.
Bronstein siezes the initiative with a few curious moves, and then a piece goes into breaking up black's kingside. Keres misses his chance and Bronstein claws back all the invested material and then wraps up the game.
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Submitted by
likesforests on Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:05pm.
A great player once said "Chess is 99% tactics!" While modern masters argue chess is only 90% tactics these days, it's still the most profitable area for amateurs to study.
Tactical Warfare: The Pin
Target Audience: <1600 on chess.com
The ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:20am.
This game turns into a race between white's kingside attack and black's attempts to destroy white's center. Geller gets his one fueled and going much better, and some subtle touches allow him to penetrate. A few tactics round it off.
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Submitted by
Sir_Gawain on Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:15am.
The Enigma of Chess
Chess, as with human design, presents the mystery of allowing sufficient time and space, or more accurately, comprehending one's limitations. Much like driving a car, one learns the benefits or consequences of allowing s... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:51pm.
In the following game, White resigned. White is grandmaster Mikhail Rytshagov of Estonia. Black is Boris Gelfand (illustrated) of Israel. He has held Soviet and European junior championships. For the last 15 years he has been a candidate for the w... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Tue Sep 9, 2008 6:18pm.
Alekhine starts up a kingside attack in this game, aided with the help of a lethal cocktail of "edge moves." When Maroczy makes a slip, the attack comes crashing through and black is forced to resign.
EDIT: sorry guys, i added in the rest of the... Read more »
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