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Here's yet another miniature for everyone to enjoy, this one featuring a neat series of sacrifices by Rudolf Spielmann.
Note the way he sets up the final attack, especially his eighteenth and twenty-third moves.
In other news, I am graduating fr... | Read More
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So, I celebrated my 18th birthday yesterday. That officially makes me an adult. Quite hard to believe, isn't it? In just a few months, I will be graduating from high school!
To celebrate, here is a neat miniature won by Dr. Carl Hartlaub. It feat... | Read More
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Nakamura launches an attack out of nothing in this game. He gives up the exchange to break up a drawish middlegame, but his sacrifice does not appear to garner him any advantage at all. However, he shocks his opponent with a queen sacrifice that e... | Read More
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Simply put, I am speechless. Today marks the end of five years of my life spent on chess.com. I have truly come a long way. When I first created my account and began sharing my thoughts with the world through my posts, I was a young whippersnapper... | Read More
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This is a rather interesting miniature. Clemenz opts for the Evans Gambit and immediately opens lines to his opponent's king. With several of his pieces hanging, he then pulls off some neat sacrifices, a one-two punch that leads to a picturesque m... | Read More
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Here is a miniature that I doubt you guys have seen before. Black makes a crucial mistake on his eleventh move, when he weakens the dark squares around his kingside. White quickly takes advantage by castling queenside and offering up one of his ro... | Read More
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Check out this great miniature, which is filled with sacrifices! A Scotch Gambit quickly turns interesting when Bayer tries to save his material advantage, at the cost of his right to castle. Soon, he comes under the pressure of an attack by Mulle... | Read More
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Here is a game in which the great Alekhine goes down in a mere twelve moves. It is yet another example of how you should never let your guard down, even if you are the reigning world champion. As far as I can tell, no other champion has lost this ... | Read More
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This is a very interesting game. Kasparov and Kramnik square off in a battle of wits. Kasparov sacrifices his queen in order to launch a daring attack, only to win it back (in a sense) a few moves later. He manages to equalize, but Kramnik, under ... | Read More
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Here's a great Morphy game that everyone should check out. It's very short, but filled with tactics. Morphy, playing without his queenside rook, sacrifices a few pawns to set up an attack. His opponent, feeling the pressure, decides to trade queen... | Read More