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 Here is a game I played in a G/60 tournament on 9/24/11. This game is the third of a four round tournament. Both my opponent and I have one point and need to win to have a chance of doing something in the fourth round. I am playing white... http://www.chess.com/article/view/identical-twins-the-kia-and-the-london-system Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:18:36 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/identical-twins-the-kia-and-the-london-system The king is the main piece in chess, and the central object in any player’s thoughts. How do I protect my own king and checkmate the opponent’s monarch? While being quite valuable, the king can’t boast being mobile enough to figh... http://www.chess.com/article/view/brave-kings Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:23:46 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/brave-kings "I read Winning Chess Strategies and RAYC 4th Ed. this year and then decided to enter my first OTB tournament in 20 years: the 2011 U.S. Class Championship.  "GM Timur Gareev, at over 2700, was heading up the master section, while I was settling... http://www.chess.com/article/view/winning-a-dead-won-game Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:53 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/winning-a-dead-won-game Vivasyriaa (1651) – JoLou77USA (1259), chess.com 2011 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 Ah, the Philidor Defense! There's a lot more to this interesting opening than most realize. 3.d4 Nf6 Gambit lovers occasionally try 3…f5.   &n... http://www.chess.com/article/view/philidors-ghost Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:11:09 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/philidors-ghost 2000 – 1900, Kolty Merope 2011 [A00a] 1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6  1900 said: “Instead of playing into a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, I chose to transform the structure into a French Defense, with which I have more experience.”&nbsp... http://www.chess.com/article/view/cultivating-a-positive-attitude Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:56:18 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/cultivating-a-positive-attitude checkmateibeatu (1200) vs. jetfighter13 (1130), friendly game, chess.com 2011 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4                             jetfighter13 said - "White has an impressive center built up, my goal... http://www.chess.com/article/view/return-of-the-blunder-gland-part-two Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:37 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/return-of-the-blunder-gland-part-two This must be one of the craziest chess games ever played. This is not a typical Maroczy game, as he and Forgacs duke it out with one wild, unpredictable move after the other. Even the uncommon opening (ten straight pawn moves!?) is notable. Here... http://www.chess.com/article/view/royal-succession Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:52:18 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/royal-succession MB said: "I have a game for your consideration. Lately I have been "playing up" in chess tournaments, trying to raise my own rating or at least learn from the better competition. I often find myself with a small advantage, but one that I've paid f... http://www.chess.com/article/view/countdown-to-mate Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:20:24 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/countdown-to-mate xombie said, “I aim for a restraint formation to prevent black’s development and park on the light squares, following which some tactics emerge in the form of a pawn break and a knight sacrifice. Black’s pieces are too slow to pr... http://www.chess.com/article/view/son-of-nimzovich Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:47:20 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/son-of-nimzovich CP said: “This game was played a few weeks ago, at a strong tournament in which I played up into the Open section. I was playing with the black pieces and lost the game after a five-hour struggle that went past 1 AM – to date the longe... http://www.chess.com/article/view/highway-to-chess-hell Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:27:49 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/highway-to-chess-hell Mr. O'Dowd said: "I'm struggling to get to my best form at the moment, and this game may encapsulate some of my worse thinking - it certainly shows some of my lower areas of positional understanding (I wouldn't send you anything I played as Black ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/threats-real-amp-imagined Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:57:36 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/threats-real-amp-imagined Mr. BallsofSteeel brings us yet another movie-based name (for some reason, with a 3rd "e"), this time from Christopher Walken’s ping-pong film, BALLS OF STEEL. BallsofSteeel (1512) vs. The Butcher’s Daughter (1879), Tournoi De Culo 2... http://www.chess.com/article/view/story-of-a-technical-wizard Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:19:02 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/story-of-a-technical-wizard The guy playing White has a wonderfully colorful name. For those not in the know about what "boomstick" alludes to, it was used in the movie ARMY OF DARKNESS in which Ash (played by the legendary Bruce Campbell), after being accidentally transport... http://www.chess.com/article/view/know-your-positions-agenda Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:51:03 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/know-your-positions-agenda This is an intriguing game. After Gomes is forced to weaken his kingside pawn structure, Netto uncorcks an extremely subtle 14th move. Its purpose is only made clear after his next few moves, in which he blasts open the g-file and finds a winning ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/guardin-gomes Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:23:05 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/guardin-gomes rvkoivu said: “I have one interesting game to offer. It was a 15 10 game played at Chess.com against an opponent rated 2152. I was rated 1521 at that moment, currently 1596 (1930 in CC). I have played chess for three years, and I tend t... http://www.chess.com/article/view/cruise-control Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:57:47 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/cruise-control Quite a while ago I was asked to teach a Southern California chess camp filled with very young children. On the first day, I lectured about some really basic things, only to discover that virtually all the kids would hang everything as quickly as ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-blunder-gland-part-one Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:20:34 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-blunder-gland-part-one David Wagle writes- “This year I returned to the game (after a 10 year hiatus) and competition I love, with the hope of at least not embarrassing myself. And while I’ve played a few games where I did just that, this isn&rsquo... http://www.chess.com/article/view/knowing-when-to-pull-the-trigger Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:33:55 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/knowing-when-to-pull-the-trigger Baumgartner – “As a little background, this was the highest-rated opponent I had played OTB to this point. I had been rated 1400 just a few months ago, but recently had been going to many tournaments and beating quite a ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/apocalypse-in-the-caro-kann Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:32:58 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/apocalypse-in-the-caro-kann knightmagic (1641) - bencikm (1725), ChessCube Game 2011 (1 hour each for whole game) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 White is intending to make use of the very sharp English Attack, which usually starts with 6.Be3. However... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-man-who-wouldnt-castle Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:14:33 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-man-who-wouldnt-castle Tin Phan (1635) – Tae Kim (1860), National High School Championship 2011 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 Nbd7                       &nb... http://www.chess.com/article/view/emotions-vs-cold-reason Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:01:36 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/emotions-vs-cold-reason