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 All of us admire chess sacrifices. Sometimes it is possible to win (quite correctly, not as a result of an opponent’s blunder) even being a piece down. Usually it is connected with an opportunity to convey a tactical operation – give a... http://www.chess.com/article/view/winning-when-a-piece-down Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:25:31 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/winning-when-a-piece-down  In his illustrious career Korchnoi has played a number of memorable games. For this review I have chosen his game against Kasparov from the DVD.Garry also annotated this game in brief for the Informant. I have made use of his comments as well.... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-legend-speakspart-ii Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:07 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-legend-speakspart-ii In my younger years, I had a headache when there were too many pawns in the center and too many possible captures. With white pawns on d4, c4 and black on d5, c5 my thought process went like this: I take on c5, he takes back, oh no he takes on c4 ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/what-to-do-with-the-pawn-center Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:41:57 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/what-to-do-with-the-pawn-center Sometimes openings have certain positional or thematic goals that they wish to accomplish.  For example, in the King's Gambit (1.e4 e5  2. f4), one of the primary goals for White is to open the f-file and get play against the square f7 with a ro... http://www.chess.com/article/view/king-safety-trumps-theory Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:58:45 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/king-safety-trumps-theory Are you embarrassed each time you thump a rook down on the chessboard in a blitz game because the weight inside rattles badly?  You are not alone; my own pieces did this very thing for quite some time.  Then one day I got motivated and d... http://www.chess.com/article/view/fixing-chess-pieces-that-rattle Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:42:45 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/fixing-chess-pieces-that-rattle Hi everyone I want to tell you something about winning mentality. I personaly think that this kind of mentality is very important in every day life, in other sports and also in chess. I was training basketball for about 7 years and in that time I ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/winning-mentality Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:37:47 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/winning-mentality Russians called Napoleon's 1812 invasion "The Patriotic War".  The largest army up to that point in history, 690,000 French troops, crossed the river Nemen intent on taking the Russian capital Moscow.  After brave defenses and predicting the cit... http://www.chess.com/article/view/siciliian-defense-4---surviving-the-onslaught Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:16:58 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/siciliian-defense-4---surviving-the-onslaught “Every once in a while a man comes to the game and changes the way the world looks at it.” This is a quote from an advertisement portraying Sachin Tendulkar as the “Man” and the game obviously being “Cricket”. If you do not know Sachin... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-ki-revolution-by-gm-arun-and-gm-magesh Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:34:41 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-ki-revolution-by-gm-arun-and-gm-magesh Publishing a quality piece of content is like preparing a good meal - it requires careful attention at each step. You must plan, prepare, execute, and serve with an eye toward the final meal. You don't want to serve junk food on fine china, nor do... http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-properly-publish-a-post Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:53:48 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-properly-publish-a-post Sometimes you play games where things almost magically unfold before you, seemingly without any help from you.  "Wow, that worked like a charm, didn't it?", you marvel at your amazing attack.  Yet it did have help from you.  If you play active,... http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-attack-out-of-the-blue Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:39:22 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-attack-out-of-the-blue The fifth world champion Max Euwe (1901-1981) was a truly interesting man: mathematician, engineer, astronomer and computer specialist. He is the only world champion that was not a professional! But this did not impede him from reaching the chess... http://www.chess.com/article/view/max-euwes-immortal-game Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:33:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/max-euwes-immortal-game White to play and mate in two. Hint: A close look at Black's possible moves shows that in every single case White can reply with an immediate mate. It follows that a waiting move would solve the problem. But this is another typical example of dec... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-problem--6 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:53:54 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-problem--6 I just finished playing in a reasonably strong round-robin in Montreal. I finished with 6.5/9 in the category 7 field (2411 FIDE average). In the third round, I played an interesting game with IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon. The game was not perfect by... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-3rd-rank-barrier Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:21:07 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-3rd-rank-barrier http://www.chess.com/article/view/great-game2 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:46:50 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/great-game2 Once upon a time, chess was a game for kings! How irresistible it is to note that this graceful and imaginative game indeed inherited a touch of nobility. Everything about this game was carefully crafted yet, what brings it to life is two creative... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessmen Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:07:03 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessmen Sometimes a move has more than one purpose.  And sometimes, the obvious purpose is so non-threatening, and relaxes your opponent so much, that he ignores your move and doesn't look for any other, more hidden, threats.  In the first game, White's... http://www.chess.com/article/view/why-did-he-play-that Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:59:39 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/why-did-he-play-that White to play and mate in two. Hint:Black threatens to take on b1, so White must create a strong threat. At the moment White's queen is under-employed, doing nothing more than cover b4 and c5, a job which could  equally well be performed by a bi... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-problem--5 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:54:43 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-problem--5 ML asked: I've been having problems deciding on an opening repertoire for Black. I've been trying all sorts of stuff – Sicilian Dragon, Pirc, French, 1…e5, Alekhine, and even 1...b6.I’m searching for a repertoire which I feel very safe and ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/picking-a-reptertoire Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:56:09 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/picking-a-reptertoire Figured I would share them. I analyzed them in Fritz 9. Click on "Moves List" to see the proposed variants. Some interesting games, in my opinion. I nearly blew the second one. I finished the tournament 2-1-2 (two bye's, due to a conflict on the m... http://www.chess.com/article/view/eastern-ontario-open-june-2009---my-tournament-games Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:14:10 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/eastern-ontario-open-june-2009---my-tournament-games Here are some endgame/middlegame puzzles: 1) Difficulty Easy                             2) Difficulty Easy                           Today I only had time to create 2 puzzles. I will ma... http://www.chess.com/article/view/2-endgamemiddlegame-puzzles Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:00:39 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/2-endgamemiddlegame-puzzles