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 Veniamin Sozin (1896-1956) was a strong Soviet master.  He played in several USSR championships.  He was also an opening expert.  The Sozin Attack in the Sicilian was analyzed and played by him in the 1920s and became popular in the... http://www.chess.com/article/view/sozins-attack Thu, 15 May 2008 13:32:56 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/sozins-attack Here is a game from the 2008 Limburg Open, IM Swinkels - GM Berg with full annotations and commentary:       In this game we saw a battle of structure versus open lines. Black decided early to go for the doubling of white's pawn... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-importance-of-the-open-file Mon, 12 May 2008 12:18:36 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-importance-of-the-open-file  This is one game I played 2 weeks ago in an important tournament in Italy that I won!! 6\7 points! http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-game3 Mon, 12 May 2008 08:02:46 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-game3 The Morra or Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4) is an interesting gambit in the Sicilian Defense.  I co-wrote two books on the Smith-Morra with Ken Smith a few years ago and collected as many examples of the Smith-Morra Accepted and the S... http://www.chess.com/article/view/more-on-morra Sun, 11 May 2008 17:53:49 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/more-on-morra What a impossible WIN made by me last week in a tournament!although i made some mistake early,but fortunately my opponent made just a big mistake and straight give me just a opportunity to win!everyone can give me some suggest or comments to me,Th... http://www.chess.com/article/view/good-game-for-me Fri, 09 May 2008 08:05:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/good-game-for-me Most likely the most famous miniature of all time. The finale is striking and elegant. http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-wonderful-miniature-from-keres Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:41 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-wonderful-miniature-from-keres i had a game last month with one of the coaches of chess.com ....... was pretty good one...but i was expecting more from a coach http://www.chess.com/article/view/me-vs-a-coach Thu, 08 May 2008 03:30:57 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/me-vs-a-coach http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-game-by-steinz Mon, 05 May 2008 18:31:53 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-game-by-steinz   *Best Games of Chess Part I*        list by GM Andrew Soltis                         &nbsp... http://www.chess.com/article/view/best-games-of-chess-part-i-gm-andrew-soltis-list Mon, 05 May 2008 18:29:45 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/best-games-of-chess-part-i-gm-andrew-soltis-list In this game black was Steinz William,the first world chess champion. He did a amazing Queen sacrafice in this game. Enjoy it! http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-amazing-game Sun, 04 May 2008 15:20:24 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-amazing-game Here is a game for you sacrifice lovers to enjoy. White makes one sacrifice after another to have the enemy King exactly where he wants him. Notice the brilliant 19.Bg6+, a move combined with confident and bad intentions, after which, Black can pr... http://www.chess.com/article/view/sacrifice Sat, 03 May 2008 12:41:56 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/sacrifice   Emanuel Lasker and Alexander Alekhine met eight times in their career.  Seven of the games were from tournament games.  Their first game was considered an exhibition game.   Lasker and Alekhine first met in an exhibition ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/alekhine-and-lasker Sat, 03 May 2008 11:23:34 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/alekhine-and-lasker http://www.chess.com/article/view/kasparovs-immortal-rook-and-knight-sacrifice Thu, 01 May 2008 04:34:10 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/kasparovs-immortal-rook-and-knight-sacrifice David Bronstein was born in 1924.  He was a master at age 16 and was playing in the USSR championship semilfinals at age 17.  In 1941, the USSR semifinals was held in Rostov.  Bronstein was 17 when he played in it, defeating veteran... http://www.chess.com/article/view/bronsteins-brilliant-game---defeating-the-latvian-gambit Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:54:00 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/bronsteins-brilliant-game---defeating-the-latvian-gambit Here is a game from the 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, GM Timman - GM Hillarp Persson with full annotations and commentary:     In this game we saw black play the very common and thematic exchange sacrifice in the Sicilian with ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/thematic-sacrifice Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:53:54 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/thematic-sacrifice Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946), became the fourth World Champion after defeating the invincible Jose Raul Capablanca in 1927. The result of this match surprised almost everyone since Capablanca was the widely favorite to win (Alekhi... http://www.chess.com/article/view/jjkkk Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:48:11 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/jjkkk A exciting game, showing an opening fight for a slight adavantage and the crowning of a passed pawn in style. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS AND TITLE BY IRVING CHERNEV.      http://www.chess.com/article/view/brilliant-career-of-a-pawn Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:31:17 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/brilliant-career-of-a-pawn Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) was a Hungarian Chess player. He was a leading member of the Hypermodern school of chess theory, which favored controlling the center with pieces on the wings. In 1912 Breyer won the Hungarian Championship i... http://www.chess.com/article/view/mate Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:43:19 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mate   This game was found in the book 107 Great Chess Battles by the well known Grandmaster Alexander Alekhine. After a classical style response to the Sililian Defense, Dragon Variation with 6 Be2, Hasenfuss makes an intersting pawn push with 8... http://www.chess.com/article/view/kingside-play-in-the-sicilian-dragon Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:32:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/kingside-play-in-the-sicilian-dragon Here is a game from the XIV International Tournament of Dos Hermanas, GM Shirov - GM Vallejo:     In this game we saw a very sharp battle starting with 5. g4!? all the way to the end of the game. There were many critical points where the... http://www.chess.com/article/view/importance-of-accuracy-in-sharp-positions Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:56:53 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/importance-of-accuracy-in-sharp-positions