Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com Glob said: "While I played a lot when I was younger, I stopped playing chess for several years. I got back into chess via chess.com and after playing for a while here (chess.com rating around 1500), I decided it was time to play some classical gam... http://www.chess.com/article/view/english-opening-botvinnik-system Tue, 15 May 2012 22:33:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/english-opening-botvinnik-system I haven't posted a Reshevsky game in quite a while, so here goes... This game of his is notable because he manages to get one of his knights to the sixth rank. It then stays there for the rest of the game, and completely disrupts Treysman's plans... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-knight-to-remember Tue, 15 May 2012 19:57:28 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-knight-to-remember When referring to general chess principles, approaches and structures in my articles I always add a disclaimer warning that a lot depends on the particular situation. A certain method might work in 9 cases out of 9, only to fail in the 10th. A gen... http://www.chess.com/article/view/concrete-approach Tue, 15 May 2012 00:15:46 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/concrete-approach Good tactical skills are all about pattern recognition. If, for example, you have solved a dozen 'back rank checkmate' problems, then I can guarantee that next time you play a tournament game and your opponent doesn't create a luft for his King by... http://www.chess.com/article/view/twins Sat, 12 May 2012 23:08:09 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/twins New in Chess Magazine:2/2012 Paperback Edition:106 pages http://www.newinchess.com/ "In a jovial mood, rivals Magnus Carlsen and Levan Aronian exchanged jokes at the opening ceremony of the Tata Steel T... http://www.chess.com/article/view/new-in-chess-22012review Fri, 11 May 2012 13:39:11 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/new-in-chess-22012review New in Chess Magazine:1/2012 Paperback Edition:98 Pages http://www.newinchess.com/ "With big strides Vladimir Kramnik went for the players' exit of the auditorium of the Pashkov  House. With barely suppr... http://www.chess.com/article/view/new-in-chess-12012review Thu, 10 May 2012 07:25:32 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/new-in-chess-12012review NachtWulf (1587) – Tnhayseed (1616), [C02] Chess.com 2012 (TC: 1 in 3 days) 1.e4 e6 Nachtwulf said: “French. I play it as black, but rarely get the chance to practice against it as white.” 2.d4 Obviously best, but those ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-pawn-center-strength-or-weakness Tue, 08 May 2012 23:33:40 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-pawn-center-strength-or-weakness (Four versus Three on the Same Flank: Part 1-Attack)  As the rooks are the most clumsy chess pieces and as they tend to get in the game very late, one of the most common endgames that arises on the board is the rook endgame. Therefore, st... http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-rook-endgames Tue, 08 May 2012 23:22:14 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-rook-endgames When you see games published involving king hunts, there tends to be only one result: at the end there is a spectacular checkmate. But what about those games where the king gets away? Does that ever happen? Of course it does, and this often prov... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-exiled-king Tue, 08 May 2012 23:04:14 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-exiled-king In Part I and Part II we were discussing the first four rounds of the Russian Team Chess Championship '12. A few important clashes have happened already, but the most critical rounds are usually the final ones. The teams were competing not only fo... http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-festival---part-iii Mon, 07 May 2012 16:35:46 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-festival---part-iii Let me start with a disclaimer: I cannot read other people's minds. It would be extremely helpful in many different activities but especially so when you play chess.  The good news is, sometimes you don't even need to guess your opponent's th... http://www.chess.com/article/view/read-your-opponents-mind Sat, 05 May 2012 21:53:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/read-your-opponents-mind                 "The uniqueness of the forthcoming match, as I see it, is in the fact that for the first time in the modern World Chess Championships history the match between the legitima... http://www.chess.com/article/view/twenty-three-years-after Fri, 04 May 2012 22:41:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/twenty-three-years-after Today's article is a set of positions that illustrate the technique of converting material and positional advantages. The protagonist of all the examples is GM Kramnik, who is particularly prominent in the field of converting advantages. We will u... http://www.chess.com/article/view/compare-your-endgame-skills-to-kramniks Fri, 04 May 2012 00:48:45 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/compare-your-endgame-skills-to-kramniks Here is a very unique game. The final position features five queens on the board, which is most likely a record. The opening features Mackic attacking his opponent, Maksimenko's kingside relentlessly, but to no avail. Maksimenko fights off the att... http://www.chess.com/article/view/five-more-queens Thu, 03 May 2012 21:41:56 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/five-more-queens                   ChessBase Magazine 145(DVD+Booklet) December 2011 http://www.chessbase.com/ This issue of the ChessBase Magazine includes games from the World cup, European Club Championship and Grand Slam Final eve... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-145review Thu, 03 May 2012 08:01:20 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-145review No time to study opening theory? Shock your opponent with an SOS! With an SOS you deviate early (usually before move 6!) from regular lines in mainstream openings. So you will reach positions you have actually studied without having memorized ton... http://www.chess.com/article/view/sos---secrets-of-opening-surprises7 Thu, 03 May 2012 01:10:49 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/sos---secrets-of-opening-surprises7 In the real, physical world, a "nail" is a small but sharp thing. In the chess world, a "nail" is not a common term, but it has been used to describe a pawn that is lodged deep in the opponent's camp, near their king. It is blocked and immobile, b... http://www.chess.com/article/view/hammering-the-nail Wed, 02 May 2012 23:58:37 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/hammering-the-nail Jared Collins (1528) - John Laning (1478), B12, Foolish Moves Mobile AL, 2009 45 minutes on the clock for each player 1.e4 c6 2.d4  Jared Collins said: “I tend to be aggressive, and when offered the entire center I will usually ta... http://www.chess.com/article/view/swinging-for-the-fences Wed, 02 May 2012 07:21:30 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/swinging-for-the-fences Part I was published last week. The third round became the duel of heavyweights. SHSM-64 vs Tomsk-400, St. Petersburg vs Ugra. Saratov was facing a solid team Nagivator (Moscow) with Sutovsky and Sasikiran on the top boards. Given the short dista... http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-festival---part-ii Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:37:01 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-festival---part-ii http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/ When I reviewed Ivan Sokolov's book on the Nimzo-Indian this month,* one of our readers evinced interest in a particular variation shown to be better for White by the author. I offered to check the present ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/what-is-new-in-theoryapr12 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:27:20 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/what-is-new-in-theoryapr12