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   In my last post, a movement was started in terms of Adult Chess Improvement Seekers. The movement has morphed from the ashes of the old Knights Errant to a new form that is calling itself A.C.I.S ( pronounced as Axis) of Caissa. A few bloggers...http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/diy--do-it-yourself-ct-artSat, 14 Nov 2009 07:55:18 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/diy--do-it-yourself-ct-art I will be stepping out of the time machine between now and through the holidays. Partly because I am waiting for Christmas before I pick up my next tournament book ( Dear Santa, I want the Grandmaster Chess: The Book of the Louis D. Statham L...http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/adult-chess-improvement-seekers--acisFri, 06 Nov 2009 07:25:18 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/adult-chess-improvement-seekers--acisZurich 1953: Vasily Smyslov, A night at the Opera with the Winner Vasily Smylsov was born March 24, 1921 in Moscow and learned to play chess from his father at the age of 6. His father was a good player. That and his father's library created the ...http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-vasily-smyslov-a-night-at-the-opera-with-the-winnerSat, 24 Oct 2009 14:04:23 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-vasily-smyslov-a-night-at-the-opera-with-the-winnerhttp://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-smyslov-vs-keres-rnd-9Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:51:53 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-smyslov-vs-keres-rnd-9http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-smyslov-vs-reshevsky-rnd-25Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:50:44 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-smyslov-vs-reshevsky-rnd-25http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-smyslov-vs-euwe-rnd-18Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:49:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-smyslov-vs-euwe-rnd-18http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-reshevsky-vs-smyslov-rnd-10Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:48:45 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-reshevsky-vs-smyslov-rnd-10http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-keres-vs-smyslov-rnd-24Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:47:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-keres-vs-smyslov-rnd-24http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-euwe-vs-smyslov-rnd-3Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:46:37 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-euwe-vs-smyslov-rnd-3 David Ionovich Bronstein was born on February 19, 1924 in Bila Tserkva (near Kiev) in Ukraine. He learned to play chess at the age of six from his grandfather. He was trained by an International Master, Alexander Konstantinopolsky as a youth. At...http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-david-bronstein-attack-with-defenseSun, 18 Oct 2009 18:06:24 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-david-bronstein-attack-with-defensehttp://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-taimanov-vs-bronstein-rnd-1Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:45:56 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-taimanov-vs-bronstein-rnd-1http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-reshevsky-vs-bronstein-rnd-13Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:44:44 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-reshevsky-vs-bronstein-rnd-13 editor's note: 10/20/2009 corrected annotation error pointed out by avid reader. Thanks! http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-bronstein-vs-reshevsky-rnd-28Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:43:28 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-bronstein-vs-reshevsky-rnd-28http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-bronstein-vs-keres-rnd-12Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:42:23 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-bronstein-vs-keres-rnd-12 In my previous post on Paul Keres, I made a reference to some controversy about game fixing at the Zurich 1953. A couple of readers posted comments and links to articles that seemed to substantiate more behind the scenes activities around this. I...http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-possible-conspiracies-and-controversiesSun, 04 Oct 2009 18:19:20 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-possible-conspiracies-and-controversies Paul Keres was born in Estonia on January 7, 1916 making him 37 at the time of the candidates match in Zurich. He grew up in Narva, Estonia, a town that had a scarcity of chess literature. He learned the game from his father and older brother an...http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurch-1953-paul-keres-the-attackerTue, 29 Sep 2009 17:47:45 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurch-1953-paul-keres-the-attackerhttp://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-szabo-vs-keres-rnd-3Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:35:34 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-szabo-vs-keres-rnd-3http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-stahlberg-vs-keres-rnd-5Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:34:35 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-stahlberg-vs-keres-rnd-5http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-keres-vs-petrosian-rnd-16Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:33:36 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-keres-vs-petrosian-rnd-16http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-gligoric-vs-keres-rnd-28Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:32:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/zurich-1953-gligoric-vs-keres-rnd-28