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 The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug) What is chess? How many times have you had the discussion about whether chess was a sport or a science or maybe even an art?  I know it has been discussed in multiple areas here at Chess.com. ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---what-is-chess Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:10:35 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---what-is-chess GM Ray Keene and I will be doing a book on the upcoming Anand-Kramnik match that will appear shortly after the match. We mplan to preview much of the material here. We'll start with a bit Ray wrote on a new computer predicition project. Persona... http://www.chess.com/article/view/world-championship-computer-assisted-predictions Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:44:30 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/world-championship-computer-assisted-predictions The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Is There Life After Chess? In my last column I attempted to answer the question, "Is there chess after life?"  If you will recall, I spoke with my friend the Caissic Psychic, who tried to contact th... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---is-there-life-after-chess Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:10:33 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---is-there-life-after-chess The 16th Computer Games Championship ended in a tie with Rybka and Hiarcs, an England Chess Computer. They beat all the other computers, but didn't play each other. Rybka drawed against Cluster Toga. Hiarcs drawed against Cluster Toga too. http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-16th-computer-games-championship-results Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:28:38 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-16th-computer-games-championship-results A quarter of the games of th 1985 World Championship mathc between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were over adn Karpov was leading b the score of 3.5-2.5. Kasparov does seem to have upped his game after defeats in games 4 and 5 which turned his... http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-kasparov-world-championship-1985-game-7 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:14:45 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-kasparov-world-championship-1985-game-7 The 1985 World Championship match had clearly taken a major turn in the last two games. After three games, challenger Garry Kasparov was leading 2-1 with a win and two draws but world champion Anatoly Karpov upped his game to win games 4 and 5 and... http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-kasparov-world-championship-1985-game-6 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:07:42 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-kasparov-world-championship-1985-game-6 It was all square between reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Garry Kasparov after 4 games of the 1985 World Championship with two draws and both players having one win each. With Karpov winning the most recent game, Game 4 is se... http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-kasparov-world-championship-1985-game-5 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:52:22 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-kasparov-world-championship-1985-game-5 The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Is There Chess After Life? There is an old story Alexander Alekhine liked to tell about his rival Efim Bogolubov.  Alekhine faced Bogolubov a couple of times in matches for the world championship an... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---is-there-chess-after-life Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:52:49 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---is-there-chess-after-life Try to solve this one. Thought it up and gave it to my folks to solve and they couldn't. You probably can, and really easy at that, but here it is anyway. http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-chess-puzzle Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:35:14 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-chess-puzzle This is a game I played at a chess club near where I live. I am in the Open section because I qualified for it after my last tournament. My opponent is rated almost 400 poisnts higher than I am. I had played my opponent once before and lost to him... http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-once-a-week-tournament-win Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:04:42 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-once-a-week-tournament-win The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Retrograde Help, Mate! How many of you have ever heard of retrograde analysis in chess?  Well, if not, then you're in for a treat.  The basic idea is this.  A position is set up on the board, and ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---retrograde-help-mate Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:20:27 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---retrograde-help-mate The 1983 qualifying cycle to determine a challenger for Anatoly Karpov was filled with chess legends both past and future.  In the quarterfinal round, up and coming Russian player Garry Kasparov faced off against fellow Russian, Alexander Beliavs... http://www.chess.com/article/view/kasparov-undone Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:35:19 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/kasparov-undone Erik, the King of Chess.com , was gracious enough to grant me an interview for GameSquad, a gaming website I help to edit.  I am reposting the interview here for the enjoyment of the entire Chess.com community. Again, a big thank you to Erik for... http://www.chess.com/article/view/gamesquad-interview-with-erik Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:26:09 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/gamesquad-interview-with-erik I HATE EVERYBODY http://www.chess.com/article/view/hate Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:48:03 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/hate -   http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-highest-tournament-win Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:14:57 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-highest-tournament-win Here is a game I played recently, with titus26... with notes from the both of us (merged, to keep it simple). Clearly, he was the better player, and deserved to win. I committed many errors - some that contributed to my loss. Yet, I had many gai... http://www.chess.com/article/view/game-analysis---turning-points Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:29:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/game-analysis---turning-points The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Unsung Hero Even though it has been 20 years, I remember him like it was yesterday.  I was at the World Open in Philadelphia in 1988 when I first met Joe Kennedy. I saw him in a far corner of the to... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---unsung-hero Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:27:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-open-file---unsung-hero  Greetings- It has been 34 years since I have played in a chess tournament- I plan on returning to the battlefield on October 25, 2008. Let the good times roll- Victory shall prevail!         &nbsp... http://www.chess.com/article/view/returning-to-victory Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:22:51 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/returning-to-victory The English Chess Federation (ECF) has announced plans to change its rating system from next season. After many seasons of alleged rating deflation, the ECF has worked back through years of calculations to fix the issue. The biggest issue however ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/ecf-ratings-change-for-next-season Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:28:05 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/ecf-ratings-change-for-next-season The London International Chess Congress of 1922 provided us with many memorable games.  Jose Raul Capablanca was the reigning world champion at the time and headlined an impressive cast of participants.  His first round game was against ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-capablanca-masterpiece Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:35:26 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-capablanca-masterpiece