Submitted by
WhiteFire on Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:27pm.
It has come to my attention that there are many important things in chess that nobody talks about. The true masters of chess don't say anything. We all know the opening principles and names to various tatics, but what ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Wed Jun 4, 2008 6:10pm.
It always seems that whenever we lose our queen, our means to attack shut down, and none will succeed. But the truth is, some of the best attacks come with the queens gone and imagination at its highest rate. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS BY EDMAR MEDNIS.&nbs... Read more »
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Submitted by
Vegeta2 on Tue Jun 3, 2008 2:23am.
This puzzle is a weird mysterious puzzle but find the best move!so good luck!! Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Sun Jun 1, 2008 2:47pm.
black to move Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Mon May 26, 2008 9:55pm.
black to move Read more »
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Submitted by
Vegeta2 on Wed May 21, 2008 3:47am.
Have you ever felt like playing a strong guy and then he plays lots of tactics and gives you a hard time?He/she is like a queen up and you have no chance of winning. Sometimes people play weird openings and win,e.g weird gambits then they hav... Read more »
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Submitted by
colinh on Sat May 17, 2008 1:50pm.
I have noticed that computers will not let you do the move, En passant. It is a very rare move an that is probably why you can not do it. In the picture to the right, the pawn on e4 would move to d5 and take the pawn on e5. Read more »
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Submitted by
redandblack on Thu May 15, 2008 6:27pm.
I played a game once on chess.com, and on looking back at it, I realized that it is very constructive, as it illustrates many of the basic tactics and principles of chess, including skewers, forks, double checks, development, fianchettoes, pawn ho... Read more »
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Submitted by
addiction_to_chess on Thu May 15, 2008 3:41am.
Overloading is when a piece is assigned to protect two or more other pieces, squares or threats at the same time. In situations like this opportunities often arise to benefit from the overloading by distracting the piece from one or several of its... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Wed May 7, 2008 5:42pm.
Watch Tarrasch's knight in this game as it leaps around the board, forcing a weary Black to resign. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS AND TITLE BY IRVING CHERNEV. Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Fri May 2, 2008 1:39pm.
The Flea House designated the Chess and Checker Club of New York, which was located on 42nd Street near Times Square. It was a place where players could come and play chess, checkers, Russian checkers, Spanish checkers, dominoes, go, backgam... Read more »
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Submitted by
PrideNSorrow on Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:57am.
For those unfamiliar with the chess games of Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov or Super Nezh for short, we'll go through a great game of his which served as inspiration for a recent blitz game I played. By the way, if you have no clue who I'... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:52pm.
This game shows Lasker in his best form as he shows the best way to deal with an isolated pawn. He wins material, but still must win an endgame. How he does this is a treat to watch. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS AND TITLE BY IRVING CHERNEV. Read more »
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Submitted by
Przemowiersz on Wed Apr 9, 2008 5:28am.
Sometimes are moment when we are so confident of ourself and the games with weaks players this make that we make a huge blunder, but for our luck he didn't spot tactics. Read more »
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Submitted by
Torkil on Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:03am.
Yesterday's puzzle (March, 29th, titled "Advanced Tactics") was very interesting, and I posted quite a long text about it. As it is somewhere in the middle of several pages of posts, I suspect it won't be read much. Therefore I w... Read more »
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Submitted by
kent440 on Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:51am.
This is one of my best game here in chess.com. Enjoy. Read more »
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Submitted by
Morillin on Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:38pm.
In this article you can see a tactic White uses to gain a queen by an error usually made by some chess players. You can now know the tactic, and avoid someone uses it against you. Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:37am.
Early in this game, White gets a grip on the queenside (known as the Pillsbury bind) to keep his opponent busy there. Then he conjures up mating threats on the kingside. Strained to the maximum, his opponent then falls victim to the inevitable com... Read more »
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Submitted by
venkatesh920 on Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:01am.
Here is one of my games which shows the importance of position over material... Comments are most welcome! Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Thu Dec 6, 2007 3:57pm.
In this game the great Petrosian conjures up threats against a queenside pawn. Pachman is busy defending that, when suddenly a queen sacrifice on the kingside ends the battle.
EDIT: one more comment and I will get this article locked or deleted. ... Read more »
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Submitted by
ChessSoldier on Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:39pm.
Unless a pinned piece is pinned to the king, it can still move. You must still try calculate what happens if the opponent lets you get the queen, or mating square, or forking square, behind the "pinned" piece, because they just mig... Read more »
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Submitted by
amntony on Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:58pm.
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Submitted by
Boring304 on Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:03am.
There is a trick very usefull trick that is called: "center fork trick", it's accures alot in games and give the player who used it a usualy better position. Now, for the trick: ... Read more »
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Submitted by
fleiman on Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:58am.
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