Paul Morphy competed in only one tournament in his short career, the 1st American Chess Congress in 1857. In the final round of this knock-out event, he defeated German master Louis Paulsen by a score of +5, =2, -1. In this game, he demonstrates b...
Okay, so I was reading the complaint/lawsuit that Sam Sloan filed against Polgar and the complaint contained the follwing excerpt: "During the recently concluded election campaign, Polgar accused a rival candidate of being a homosexual pedoph...
I am sure that Batgirl knows this information inside and out. But to us chess players and non-chess historians this is different. I found this article to be interesting enough to share with all of you. Enjoy! (Picture from MSN Encarta) ...
I LOVE playing OTB chess at the club. Life doesn't get any better! But this guy below had some weird experience when he went to a club. David Shenk - Drama King. Here's an excerpt from an article that David Shenk wrote about che...
This was a very young Bobby Fischer playing against a seasoned Edmar Mednis. For those of you that don't know, he's a video sleep therapist. Just Kidding! He has a bunch of chess videos that will knock you out if you try to watch them...
Fischer had a slight advantage throughout the game but nothing that would have caused Petrosian to lose drawing chances. Then on move 33 Petrosian got greedy and thought he won a pawn and possibly a second, only to realize that he just g...
Look at this game. What's so exciting? When two Super GMs play it is usually like watching paint dry, water evaporate, or pigs sleeping. I've heard it all: It's because they play so well, the beauty is in the defense not the attack, WH...
Goldhammer - Fischer, Robert James This is classic Fischer. His opponent totally drops the ball and gets creamed. Who does he think he is, not castling against the best player on the planet? I tried to find out why he didn't castle when he ha...
I have decided to scrounge up annotated games wherever I can find them with the purpose of proving the annotator right or wrong. I think this will be a healthy way to improve our game analysis. Let's give this a serious go starting with t...
I'm getting killed by Cecil. He has a knight and TWO PROTECTED PASSED pawns against my lone bishop. Can I stop the ensuing onslaught. I'm down and I'm in a lot of pain. But as Rocky Balboa once said "It ain't about how hard yo...
Chess is a lifelong endeavor. I play it because unlike most other games, it's not a game of chance. It's just you against an opponent. Granted, you may get lucky if he makes a mistake, but it is up to you to take advantage of the mistake. ...
I've never really been a fan of Garry. I root for the underdogs and love upsets. No such luck here. Garry simply DESTROYS Taimanov. He played like a machine and devoured his opponent with ease. Here's Garry punishing a positional error by ...
Here is a really exciting game where Fischer went over the game later and annotated it according to chessgames.com. Fisher uses a strange line of the Hungarian to defeat Tal. I believe the annotations are Fischers because they are direct and as a ...
In the 70s when Fischer was in his prime he was literally unbeatable and known as The Dragon Slayer of his time. Imagine sitting across the table from him as an IM. You have the chance of a lifetime, to scalp Fischer. Your primary weapon is the Si...
Have you ever seen the Roman series of openings where Roman disputes every opening on Earth? Well, Larry Christiansen has an awsome record against Roman using some of the very openings that Roman calls weak. In his videos Roman presents his v...
Just when everybody thought that Garry Kasparov was unbeatable, he gets toppled by Veselin Topalov. The interesting thing about this game is that Kasparov makes a sour trade of Queens which throws the game away.
I'm not sure if this game has been posted before. I searched the blogs but couldn't find it. However, even if it was, it's worth posting again. Fischer at 13 SHOOK THE WORLD! I can't take credit for the annotation. I found the art...
Paul Morphy went crazy because of playing too much blindfold chess! I don't believe it to be true, but chess can drive anybody nuts. Paul Morphy was a daring, attacking wildman. He was notorius for using unsound openings only to rule with his ...
Here's a quote from the Washington Post Monday, September 17, 2007; Page C10 "Chess is an art and should be played in a creative way," opined Czech President Vaclav Klaus during his visit to the Czech Coal Carlsbad tournament, played...
Sorry about the diagram in the last post. Erik couldn't get it to work either. Here's a resubmission: Game Location: New York, Ros-Mem Tournament. King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack (E78). Even the great Fischer had trouble as a ...
Okay, I know just about everybody is going to say "chess is 99% tactics" right? Well, here's a good one for you! I have a chess friend that can solve every tactic in Fred Reinfeld's 1001 tactics book at an impressive pace. Just f...
Did you ever capture a piece for an even exchange only to realize that you set yourself up with a lost position. Here's an example of why it's important to visualize the position before you make your move. Young GM Magnus Carlsen actually ...
Here is what I believe to be one of the greatest endings ever in chess. I'll set the stage, Fischer is going into the endgame as white with two knights and six pawns against Spassky's two Bishops and four pawns. Spassky intentionally playe...
I play chess at many different sites and handles never cease to amaze me. Whatever you do, don't make fun of people's handles. I told one guy that I thought his was a little strange and I still get messages from his periodically. His handl...
