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 Wilhelm Steinitz was the first official world champion. He was born on May 17, 1836. He learned chess at the age of 12, and rapidly improved, winning the Vienna Championship in 1861. After this he beat many of the world's top players, such as Blac...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/world-champions---steinitzSat, 11 Jul 2009 12:36:59 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/world-champions---steinitzWorld Champions are the best people to learn from. After all, they were the best in the world! In this series of blog posts I will start with Steinitz and end with Anand. I will provide a short biography and their best game. Fischer took this meth...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/world-champions---introSat, 11 Jul 2009 12:15:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/world-champions---introThere is a lot of debate over who is the best chess player ever. Most experts seem to rank either Fischer or Kasparov as number 1. I want to know who YOU think is the best player ever. You don't have to post here. 1.Click on my name, or click her...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/who-is-the-best-player-everFri, 03 Jul 2009 06:58:45 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/who-is-the-best-player-everThese are my favorite 3 games. If you have any suggestions, post them below! I'll try to add your suggestions to the blog! 3.Morphy-N.N. 2.Nunn-Nataf 1. Anderssen-Kieseritsky http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/3-best-masterpiecesSat, 28 Mar 2009 10:12:11 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/3-best-masterpiecesWell, this tournament was a while ago, but here are some positions that I had from that tournament. Try to solve these puzzles! The Power of a Passed Pawn               Beautiful Knights http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/ken-smith-memorialWed, 24 Dec 2008 13:41:13 -0800http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/ken-smith-memorialDo you want to look at great chess games but you don't know where to look? One great place is Chess Life magazine. They show you modern masterpieces and have lots of advice for the average player. Find Chess Life online at www.uschess.org. If you...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/chess-lifeFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:50:56 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/chess-lifeI ended up with 4 points out of 9, not bad for a Class D player. Here are some important positions from my games. See if you can solve them! Sorry there are no grandmaster games, but they are all boring!(at least the ones I looked at.) If I find...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/us-open--finishedMon, 11 Aug 2008 07:28:17 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/us-open--finishedI had never been in the U.S. Open before, so this was my first time. To my surprise and horror, there was only 1 section! Therefore, I got paired with someone rated way above me, and I lost. Here is that game. This is actually the real color of th...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/us-open--round-1Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:20:26 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/us-open--round-1Despite what I do, my USCF rating won't go above 1400! People have told me to study tactics and it will help, but the truth is the Qxh7 sac never appears in my games, so tactics don't help that much. Endgames are also helpful to learn, people say,...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/im-not-improvingThu, 31 Jul 2008 09:41:58 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/im-not-improving          The U.S. Open will be in Dallas this year. I'm very excited, because this means I will be able to join! (Even though the entry fee is over $100.) The event is a 9 round Swiss event, and I'm go...http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/preparing-for-the-us-openFri, 18 Jul 2008 08:55:03 -0700http://blog.chess.com/bobobbob/preparing-for-the-us-open