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 While most of us prefer to be on the attacking side, quite often we end up under the opponent’s pressure. In fact, the nature of the pressure can lie in the chess realm and/or in the field of psychology. By chess pressure we mean a long-last... http://www.chess.com/article/view/under-pressure Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:57:20 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/under-pressure The final part of the report about the Women's World Team Chess Championship features the last three rounds. These are especially important in terms of the tournament's results. Usually by that point everyone is tired, and the cost of making a mis... http://www.chess.com/article/view/womens-world-team-chess-championship-part-iii Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:00:54 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/womens-world-team-chess-championship-part-iii                   ChessBase Magazine 143(DVD+Booklet) August 2011 www.chessbase.com "Promise that you would not bore me writing on Kazan matches again,"my friend Max  demanded on seeing this issue of ChessBase Magazine.I co... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-143review Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:18:54 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-143review From the battles of the early rounds to the middlegame of the tournament. Our team had to face two tough competitors - Georgia and China. Lately we have scored well against Georgia, but this time that wasn't the case. The match was a really close... http://www.chess.com/article/view/womens-world-team-chess-championship-part-ii Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:49:34 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/womens-world-team-chess-championship-part-ii                             ChessBase Magazine 142(DVD+Booklet) June 2011 http://www.chessbase.com/ "Never saw this fellow before. Who is he?" My friend Max asked, seeing this issue of ChessBase Magazine. "He is ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-142review Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:28:04 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-142review The World Team Chess Championship is one of the most prestigious team events, although women's championships have a very short history. This year's edition in Mardin, Turkey was only the third. The previous two tournaments ended in the same way: 1... http://www.chess.com/article/view/womens-world-team-chess-championship-part-1 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:24:36 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/womens-world-team-chess-championship-part-1 If you missed it, the first half of this tournament report is here. And now for the decisive moment in the match-- The 5th round failed our expectations, and the Oldhands won again. Hort defeated Kulovana, who was fighting rather desperately in ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/snowdrops-vs-oldhands-part-2 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:14:38 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/snowdrops-vs-oldhands-part-2 Kingpin No.41, Summer 2011, Softcover, 64 pages http://www.kingpinchess.net/ "Kingpin 41 is a must-read for everyone who doesn't take chess too seriously; it's especially a must-read for everyone who does take chess seriously!"- Chess Vibe... http://www.chess.com/article/view/kingpin-no41review Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:40:07 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/kingpin-no41review   24th December, 1868.A star was born in Berlinchen, East Brandenburg, Germany. His name was Emanuel Lasker. In the years to come he was to dominate the chess scene as no other player did. He had the longest reign as the world champion for 27 ye... http://www.chess.com/article/view/emanuel-lasker-2nd-world-champion-cdreview Sat, 24 Dec 2011 08:50:52 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/emanuel-lasker-2nd-world-champion-cdreview The Snowdrops vs Oldhands match has been taking place in the Czech resort Marianski Lazne for fourt years in a row. The name of the event is connected with a movie which was quite popular in that country. There are two teams of 4 players each: mal... http://www.chess.com/article/view/snowdrops-vs-oldhands Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:54:53 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/snowdrops-vs-oldhands During my studies in the National Sports Academy we had many other subjects besides chess. Anatomy, psychology, biochemistry, sports medicine, etc. Some of them were not really related to chess, some very close to the aspect of our game. We also h... http://www.chess.com/article/view/recovering-from-a-loss Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:26:35 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/recovering-from-a-loss Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian is currently one of the United States' highest ranked chess players. He became an IM at the age of 16 and a GM at the age of 20. Akobian has won three World Opens, played for the U.S. in two Chess Olympiads, and qualif... http://www.chess.com/article/view/akobian-versus-the-world Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:21:17 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/akobian-versus-the-world                             ChessBase Magazine 141(DVD+Booklet) April 2011 http://www.chessbase.com/                 Hastings 1895. A young handsome American had entered the tournament, raising th... http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-141review Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:47:08 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-141review The European Team Chess Championship finished quite recently, on November 11th. This was my debut year. Generally speaking, this event is held once every two years, and attracts nearly all the top grandmasters from Europe. Exciting and fighting ga... http://www.chess.com/article/view/european-team-chess-championship-2011 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:46:56 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/european-team-chess-championship-2011                   My Career:Volume 2 by Viswanathan Anand ChessBase DVD.2008 www.chessbase.com http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-i http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-ii The second vo... http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-iii Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:55:55 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-iii                   My Career:Volume 1 by Viswanathan Anand ChessBase DVD.2008 www.chessbase.com http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-i In this part of the review I shall deal with the chess content of the D... http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-ii Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:36:04 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-ii                 My Career:Volume 1 by Viswanathan Anand ChessBase DVD.2008 www.chessbase.com Tal Chess Club, Madras 1976.                         A tiny tot has just entered the tournament hall and ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-i Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:44:57 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/vishy-rememberspart-i                             Genius in the background by Tibor Károlyi  and Nick Aplin Softcover, 382 pages  QualityChess. 2009 www.qualitychess.co.uk The title of this book begs the more fundamental question, ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/genius-in-the-backgroundreview Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:51:13 -0800 http://www.chess.com/article/view/genius-in-the-backgroundreview                             San Luis 2005 by Alik Gershon and Igor Nor Softcover.443 pages Quality Chess.2007 www.qualitychessbooks.com When I was young I was enamoured of tournament books. I was, especially, enc... http://www.chess.com/article/view/san-luis-2005review Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:39:21 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/san-luis-2005review Every year in Europe the strongest chess club among men and women is determined. This event is rather short, but very exciting. Among the participants you can see both elite grandmasters and pure amateurs. The main prize is a cup that the team get... http://www.chess.com/article/view/european-club-cup-2011 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:44:51 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/european-club-cup-2011