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 Hastings 1895 brought with it the surprise victory of the great Pillsbury. This is one of his games, in which he demonstrates his forceful and powerful play. A dashing kingside attack is what insues. http://www.chess.com/article/view/hurricane Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:54:09 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/hurricane Hey guys! Recently an article was posted called, "The Magnus Effect," where Magnus Carlsen finished a game like this: I thought,"Wow!" That's a beautiful mate. So in one of my quick games, I tried to recreate it and it worked!! http://www.chess.com/article/view/learning-from-magnus Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:21:52 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/learning-from-magnus In this game, I make an intuitive sacrifice that untimately leads to a winning endgame. I felt that the sac(a bishop), would give me the initiative, more space, time, and development, plus physcological fear from my opponent. http://www.chess.com/article/view/hows-your-intuition Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:10:18 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/hows-your-intuition Destructive sacrifice - "sacrificing material to destroy the pawn cover or other protection around the enemy king. Usually a point of no return" (dictionary).   Many of us are familiar with the bishop sacrifices - Bxh2/h7/h3/h6/... etc. Rook ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/destructive-rook-sacrifice Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:10:37 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/destructive-rook-sacrifice This article is about a game I played about 7 weeks ago. Let me tell you a little background of myself as far as chess is concerned. I live in Lahore, Pakistan and I picked up chess from my cousins. One of my cousin is currently Lahore number 4 pl... http://www.chess.com/article/view/kings-dont-like-open-files Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:29:22 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/kings-dont-like-open-files Bronstein siezes the initiative with a few curious moves, and then a piece goes into breaking up black's kingside. Keres misses his chance and Bronstein claws back all the invested material and then wraps up the game. http://www.chess.com/article/view/quick-strike Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:19:02 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/quick-strike A great player once said "Chess is 99% tactics!" While modern masters argue chess is only 90% tactics these days, it's still the most profitable area for amateurs to study. Tactical Warfare: The Pin Target Audience: <1600 on chess.com The ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactial-warfare-the-pin Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:05:21 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactial-warfare-the-pin I just recently purchased a book from Amazon.com called "The Art Of Boxing In Chess"   Stragtegic Principles  By : Thomas L .Grady.What a great asset to your arsenal of knowledge.After reading it you will get a great insight on how you can bec... http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-art-of-boxing-in-chess Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:04:40 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-art-of-boxing-in-chess This game turns into a race between white's kingside attack and black's attempts to destroy white's center. Geller gets his one fueled and going much better, and some subtle touches allow him to penetrate. A few tactics round it off. http://www.chess.com/article/view/model-moves Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:20:03 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/model-moves The Enigma of Chess  Chess, as with human design, presents the mystery of allowing sufficient time and space, or more accurately, comprehending one's limitations.  Much like driving a car, one learns the benefits or consequences of allowing s... http://www.chess.com/article/view/series-how-chess-resembles-life-the-enigma-of-chess Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:15:57 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/series-how-chess-resembles-life-the-enigma-of-chess In the following game, White resigned. White is grandmaster Mikhail Rytshagov of Estonia. Black is Boris Gelfand (illustrated) of Israel. He has held Soviet and European junior championships. For the last 15 years he has been a candidate for the w... http://www.chess.com/article/view/2b-or-not-2b-resigned Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:51:38 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/2b-or-not-2b-resigned Alekhine starts up a kingside attack in this game, aided with the help of a lethal cocktail of "edge moves." When Maroczy makes a slip, the attack comes crashing through and black is forced to resign. EDIT: sorry guys, i added in the rest of the... http://www.chess.com/article/view/edging-it-out Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:18:47 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/edging-it-out Karpov was devastating in Linares 1994, and this is one of his games. He obtains the advantage in the opening, and slowly begins to creep toward black's king. Then comes a blaze of sacrfices, inculding three rook sacs! http://www.chess.com/article/view/three-rook-sacs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:21:15 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/three-rook-sacs Jackson Showalter (1860-1935) was the United States chess champion four times in the period of 1890 to 1898. He held the title a fifth time from 1906 to 1909. Altogether he won the title five times in matches against four rivals and lost title mat... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-tactic-of-gossip Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:11:13 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-tactic-of-gossip This is the second of my game analysis.  It is a game played online here, where black plays a courageous and an unusual defense classifed here as Carr defense.  I have included an analysis of the opening  and discussed the poisoned ... http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-unusual-defense2 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:12:43 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-unusual-defense2 In this game, Tal appears to be focused on the queenside, but after a mistake by his opponent, he switches to the kingside. The result is a brilliant tactical display followed by mate. http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-tal-tale Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:57:55 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-tal-tale Here is a very nice chess composition I found: This composition includes a very interesting imbalance. Black has many advanced pawns while white in compensation has a Rook. What will prevail? The advanced pawns or the Rook? This ch... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-beautiful-save Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:51:23 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-beautiful-save Olafsson's play in this game is simple and elegant. He lures his opponent into winning the exchange, and then exploits the weaknesses he has left behind. When he obtains two connected passed pawns, their power is unstoppable. http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-flash-of-a-mighty-surprise Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:55:43 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-flash-of-a-mighty-surprise Petrosian knows how to make the most of a small advantage. He takes one, transforms it into another, and yet another. Eventually, his centralization allows him to start a flank attack with his pawns. After his rook manages to make it to the 7th ra... http://www.chess.com/article/view/phlanx-of-pawns Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:43:04 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/phlanx-of-pawns Keres takes advantage of an opening slip by his opponent, and quickly mounts a kingside attack. With the help of a few rook sacrifces, the final breakthrough provides an elegant finish to a model game. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST... http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-well-oiled-machine Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:50:30 -0700 http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-well-oiled-machine