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 Just hilarious! http://www.chessedelic.com/2008/09/27/loek-van-wely%E2%80%9Ci-do-not-believe-in-the-innocence-of-top-chess-players-%E2%80%9C/ http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/loek-van-wely-interviewWed, 26 Aug 2009 18:52:02 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/loek-van-wely-interviewYes, this is what I do on Saturday nights. Play chess against the computer. Initial position taken from my old game which I had lost. Played something else in the original game and wanted to improve that, so I set up the pieces and decided to play...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/grappling-with-fritzSat, 08 Aug 2009 22:22:48 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/grappling-with-fritz     OK what I do now is I look at some of my old games and try to play them against Fritz, and play better than I did in the actual game so I can see how I should have won...in one of those games I am at a point where I reached a rook endgame...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/rook-endgame-questionSun, 26 Jul 2009 19:03:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/rook-endgame-question Dortmund tournament just started today and Magnus Carlsen won his first game against Russia's top rated player Dmitry Jakovenko in the Ruy Lopez Berlin. One of the things I like about Magnus is that he's different from many GMs who just want to ...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/carlsen-rulesThu, 02 Jul 2009 13:38:35 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/carlsen-rulesI understand that blitz rating points are soooo important to all the people who play online, but c'mon, there's limits to everything. I'm slow at blitz and you may succeed in flagging me, but why keep playing when you have a king and a pawn on the...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/all-these-blitz-clowns-have-no-shameMon, 11 May 2009 20:49:35 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/all-these-blitz-clowns-have-no-shameThere are 8 million people in Azerbaijan (like in New York City for example), they are 91st country by population in the world. Yet they are able to field a chess team for a "Azerbaijan vs. The Rest of The World" match. And that even without Kaspa...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/azerbaijanThu, 07 May 2009 16:57:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/azerbaijanPlaying against Shveshnikov Sicialian is a lot of fun, it always gets very crazy. Below is a blitz game I just played, I have no time for decent analysis(I am sure a couple mistakes could be found), I have to run....just the game felt like fun so ...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/shveshnikov-dont-try-this-at-homeTue, 14 Apr 2009 12:02:53 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/shveshnikov-dont-try-this-at-homeIt is heart-warming to see that in this era of computer-assisted chess preparation, Dragon can grow another head. Fischer outlined his 'science' of how to tame the beast 40 years ago, but it can't be that simple if super-GM like Magnus Carlsen cho...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/sicilian-dragonquotthe-report-of-my-death-was-an-exaggerationquotTue, 03 Mar 2009 22:13:50 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/sicilian-dragonquotthe-report-of-my-death-was-an-exaggerationquotJust watching the Kamsky-Topalov match at the moment on playchess, and all the commentary I can see in the kibitzers' window is people arguing between themselves about what their computers tell them about the game, stuff like "my Rybka says that m...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/so-sick-of-all-the-computer-backed-expertsSat, 21 Feb 2009 10:37:41 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/so-sick-of-all-the-computer-backed-expertsWho do you think will be the World Champion, Anand or Kramnik ? It's not easy to predict. I like them both as players, I like Anand's style more than Kramnik's...if I was to pick the winner, I'd say Kramnik though.We'll see, I can't wait to watch ...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/world-championship-match-starts-tomorrowMon, 13 Oct 2008 06:49:58 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/world-championship-match-starts-tomorrowThis is really awesome! Not my kind of music but I recommend that you go to the page of the soul   musician from New Zealand , Reb Fountain , and tell her she's awesome! Why? Because she loves chess boxing , haha! Any other girls into playing it ...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/soul-musician-inspired-by-chess-boxingSat, 04 Oct 2008 10:41:54 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/soul-musician-inspired-by-chess-boxingBeen playing blitz more and more in the last few days and haven't got sick of it yet. Not winning 5 games in a row anymore (like in the last post from few days ago), but still pretty often getting to the positions I enjoy to be in and finding some...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/some-more-games-i-enjoyed-winning-recentlyThu, 24 Jul 2008 19:41:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/some-more-games-i-enjoyed-winning-recentlyYou know what Bobby Fischer said: "When I was eleven, I just got good". Well, I wish I was eleven again, but as they say, better late than never! I just got good today. I don't ever remember winning 5 games in a row after 10pm, comin...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/today-i-just-got-goodTue, 15 Jul 2008 20:51:14 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/today-i-just-got-goodTill June 1 no 5min chess, no 1min chess, no 10min chess, rated, unrated, for fun, drunk, or killing time. Nada. The only speed chess games during this period are going to be over the board ones which I play only for 3 hours a week or so on Friday...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/ok-no-internet-blitz-till-june-1Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:20:46 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/ok-no-internet-blitz-till-june-1Why does Radjabov keep playing it ???? It is of doubtful value, and at the top world level the White player should  have no problem in gaining a good position, vide his game with Bartlomiej Macieja from the Khanty Mantyisk tournament last yea...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/schliemann-defenseFri, 29 Feb 2008 07:23:24 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/schliemann-defensePlayed on Oct 28th at playchess.com , 16 min per player per game.  Partia rozegrana 28 pazdziernika 2007 na playchess.com , 16 min czasu dla kazdego gracza na partie. Klikni na 'Move List' aby zobaczyc moj komentarz i alternatywne war...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/mis3u-chaosking-10Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:30:37 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/mis3u-chaosking-10A game I played yesterday, it was an unrated 5 min blitz- I wouldn't be posting this probably if not for the fact that my opponent is a very strong player, rated 2289 at playchess.com - that's more than 500 points above me! Amazingly I sta...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/creator-mis3u-01Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:59:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/creator-mis3u-01 Played on Sep25th 2007 at playchess.com. 20min per player per game.I won this game mainly because of the better opening- Black's pieces are active by the move 7, whereas by move 9 my opponent's c1 bishop can't m...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/blackknight99-mis3u-01Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:50:49 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/blackknight99-mis3u-01  Played on Sep24th '07 at playchess.com , 20min per player per game.My extra advantage in this game was the time at which it was played- it was only 9pm in Brooklyn but 3am in Budapest whe...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/mis3u-beloborodov-10Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:53:02 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/mis3u-beloborodov-10Bonofox-Mis3u 0:1, played on 08.20.07, blitz game(5min).In most cases speed chess games don't have much of an instructional value due to more messy play and random moves...I chose to publish this one because during the game I was satisfied to ...http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/bonofox-mis3u-01Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:53:29 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mis3u/bonofox-mis3u-01