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 fireworks are spectacular events always. In the recent past I saw two real fireworks in August at Balaton Lake from the window of my house. 20 August is a national day in Hungary. This is the feast of first Hungarian King. (Saint Stephanus, re...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhine-fireworks-on-the-land-of-volcanosSun, 23 Oct 2011 03:18:04 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhine-fireworks-on-the-land-of-volcanos In New York Alekhine held a blindfold simul on 26 board. It happened in 17 April, 1924. The final result: +16 -5 =5. In this game Alekhine presented the evening meal for his adversary in form ′mate in 3" or ′mate in 4". His opponent could ...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhinersquos-menu-in-new-york-mate-in-3-or-mate-in-4Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:03:22 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhinersquos-menu-in-new-york-mate-in-3-or-mate-in-4 Here is the front page of the book about this Olympiad. István Bilek wrote in this book: We were turning into the finishing straight with half point before the great rival as it is said: their breath hits our nape already. XII. round, 3 Dece...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/sprint-race-for-the-gold-medals-ndash-malta-1980-part-3Thu, 20 May 2010 03:36:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/sprint-race-for-the-gold-medals-ndash-malta-1980-part-3 In 8, May, after 3 days of his 99th birthday died GM Andor Lilienthal the great old man of Universal Chess-playing. In his life he defeated 6 world champions and achieved numerous successes. One of these there was in the Warsaw Olympiad in 1935....http://blog.chess.com/cgs/he-played-chess-for-84-years-ndash-died-andor-lilienthalSun, 09 May 2010 02:57:07 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/he-played-chess-for-84-years-ndash-died-andor-lilienthal   The XXIVth Chess Olympiad took place in a Knightly Hospital which had built in the 16th century. This Hall is in the Mediterranean Conference Centre. The Hall is one of largest halls in Europe, its lenght is 161 m, width is 12 m. (on the pict...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/sprint-race-for-the-gold-medals-ndash-malta-1980-part-2Sat, 01 May 2010 01:59:44 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/sprint-race-for-the-gold-medals-ndash-malta-1980-part-2This headline is identical with the title of a Hungarian chess-book about this Chess Olympiad. Grandmaster István Bilek edited this book in 1982. 30 years ago this result was the best result of  Hungarian Chessplaying. At men this was the final ...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/sprint-race-for-the-gold-medals-ndash-malta-1980-part-1Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:43:05 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/sprint-race-for-the-gold-medals-ndash-malta-1980-part-1Now I demonstrate two games where Alekhine was playing against his opening the Alekhine Defense. The first played during a blindfold simul in Paris in 1925. In February 1925 Alekhine broke the world blindfold record by playing 28 games blindfold ...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhine-versus-alekhine-ndash-games-from-paris-and-kemeriFri, 26 Feb 2010 09:30:16 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhine-versus-alekhine-ndash-games-from-paris-and-kemeriThis article is connecting to my previous articles: ′The Cozma monument" and ′Mediaeval church..." This monument was establihed to memory of a Roumanian handball player Marian Cozma. The inauguration event happened in 6 February, 2010 (one y...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/the-inauguration-of-the-cozma-monument-in-veszpreacutem-ndash-the-bdquogenius-locirdquoThu, 18 Feb 2010 11:23:47 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/the-inauguration-of-the-cozma-monument-in-veszpreacutem-ndash-the-bdquogenius-locirdquoIt was to be wished that read fresh chess news and for this reason gleaned in the French chess journal in ′Le Palaméde" of the 1846 volume. This journal was published in Paris in monthly. The journal earlier was edited by La Bourdonnais but he ...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/chess-journal-anno-1846-ndash-le-palameacutedeTue, 22 Dec 2009 07:06:46 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/chess-journal-anno-1846-ndash-le-palameacutedeIn this game Alekhine demonstrated the case when the Pawn is stronger as the Queen. In the Hungarian language the names of chess pieces have two expressions - except the King. We have an official and a popular expression of chess pieces. Here I'll...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/giant-pawn-on-the-f7-field-ndash-alekhinersquos-miniatureTue, 08 Dec 2009 11:34:05 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/giant-pawn-on-the-f7-field-ndash-alekhinersquos-miniatureP. master the notary of Hungarian King III. Béla (1172-1196 AD) wrote down the history of Hungarian people. His work is visible in Budapest. This history was written in Latin between 1196 and 1203. Anonymus (P. master) gave the title of his work:...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/besiged-romans-in-the-castle-of-veszpreacutem-ndash-gesta-hungarorumThu, 19 Nov 2009 02:25:55 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/besiged-romans-in-the-castle-of-veszpreacutem-ndash-gesta-hungarorumThis article is connected with my previous article. There is in territory of Romania - where are living Hungarian population - in a little village in Székelyderzs (Darjiu in Romanian) a fortified Church from the early Middle Ages. Today the pari...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/mediaeval-church-and-opening-of-late-middle-agesFri, 16 Oct 2009 13:23:21 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/mediaeval-church-and-opening-of-late-middle-ages I'm writing these rows from Veszprém city where in 9 February died the Romanian handball player Marian Cozma in consequence of gipsy band's attack. He was the member of Romanian representative team and MKB Veszprém team. Here in chess.com was...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/the-cozma-monumentSat, 26 Sep 2009 07:38:47 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/the-cozma-monument                                            In my previous article demonstrated an interesting game of Alekhine. According to a number of people Alekhine made it up. Now i read in his biography that in...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/a-real-alekhine-gameSun, 30 Aug 2009 06:18:34 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/a-real-alekhine-gameGenerally there aren't five Queens in a real chessgame. Earlier was demonstrated four Queens in my article. (Four Queens on the chessboard) Then was playing another chess giant: Andor Lilienthal. Now Alekhine plays with Nikolay Grigoriev who was ...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhinersquos-guinness-record-five-queens-on-the-chessboard-ndash-at-the-same-timeSun, 23 Aug 2009 06:15:34 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhinersquos-guinness-record-five-queens-on-the-chessboard-ndash-at-the-same-timeThe first Hungarian who played chess was Beatrix Queen the wife of Mathew Corvinus King (Mathias Rex). The Queen played chess with the Czech King in July, 1479. On the first picture there is the bust of Beatrix from the Louvre. She wore crown on h...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/bowler-hat-and-blood-of-a-snail-ndash-the-most-beautiful-game-in-dresdenSat, 14 Mar 2009 02:01:01 -0700http://blog.chess.com/cgs/bowler-hat-and-blood-of-a-snail-ndash-the-most-beautiful-game-in-dresdenIt was the motto of great emperor (imperator) Caesar. Morphy toke Caesar's advice when arrived to Europa and swept the European chess kings. But Morphy not only came, saw and won, he was still famous by his exhibitions of blidfold play. Neverthele...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/veni-vidi-vici-ndash-morphy-on-the-diamond-skySat, 28 Feb 2009 06:59:15 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/veni-vidi-vici-ndash-morphy-on-the-diamond-skyIn an interesting way in the Hungarian language the chess pieces are called as dark- and light-coloured pieces. The knight is called as hussar, and so thus we have arrived to the dark-coloured horse, which was the next to the last sacrifice of Ale...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/according-to-the-ancient-pagan-custom-alekhine-sacrificed-his-dark-coloured-horseSun, 25 Jan 2009 08:53:25 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/according-to-the-ancient-pagan-custom-alekhine-sacrificed-his-dark-coloured-horseIt happened 13 years ago. At the beginning of December was published a Morphy-book in Hungary, in my editing, in Hungarian language. My good friend grandmaster István Bilek scrutinized the manuscript and wrote an article in the ′Sportissimo" ma...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/morphyologiaTue, 23 Dec 2008 04:19:15 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/morphyologiaThe story revived in the Olympiad in Leipzig in 1960. In the Letelier - Fischer game was a protagonist on the chessboard: the Black Queen. She sent her Rooks forward to raise the White King from his throne, from f2 to e3. As it happened in that m...http://blog.chess.com/cgs/when-the-black-queen-enticed-the-white-king-from-his-throne-ndash-in-a-fischer-gameFri, 19 Dec 2008 10:52:29 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cgs/when-the-black-queen-enticed-the-white-king-from-his-throne-ndash-in-a-fischer-game