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Tactical Super-Test (lite)

After reading your feedback for the Tactical Super-test that we had a couple of weeks ago (http://www.chess.com/article/view/classical-games-everybody-should-know-tactical-super-test), I learned 2 main things: 1) A majority of the readers enjoye... | Read More
- GM Gserper
- | Dec 11, 2011
- | 10898 views
- | Tactics
Avoiding Fatigue during Tournaments

We often hear or say ourselves that “I got tired, and my brain went dead”; “I was tired and blundered”, “I didn’t have enough energy left for the last few rounds”. Standard time control tournaments are especially demanding, as they l... | Read More
- WGM Natalia_Pogonina
- | Oct 4, 2011
- | 7186 views
- | Chess Players
Video Series: White Against the Petroff

This is a quick guide to a video series. This series shows a few different ideas that white can use to play against the Petroff, including the under-investigated Cochrane Gambit. Clearly it would not be a bad idea for a black player of the Petroff... | Read More
- webmaster
- | Sep 11, 2011
- | 3496 views
- | Chess.com Help
Video Guide

Need a little help navigating the hundreds of videos on chess.com? This evolving work-in-progress article is an attempt to organize them for you. Split first by general area of the game (Opening, Tactics, Strategy, Endgame, Other); and then by dif... | Read More
- webmaster
- | Sep 8, 2011
- | 21992 views
- | Chess.com Help
Opening Survey: The Mrphy Gambit

This is a survey of the literature on the Morphy Gambit, an excellent weapon for White that begins 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3. It is also a nice sharp reply to the boring Petroff. I present the views from the following sources with many ... | Read More
- FM FM_Eric_Schiller
- | Aug 14, 2011
- | 5108 views
- | Opening Theory

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Villemson's Gambit in the KGA

Many openings go by various names. The opening(s) we'll be looking at in this presentation not only go by many names, the situation, like gambits themselves, gets very messy, muddy and uncertain very quickly. The title of this ... | Read More
- batgirl
- | May 11, 2013
- | 1442 views
- | 9 comments
Discovered attacks

Hey guys, I think it's about time to talk to you guys about a very important concept in chess: the 'discovered' or 'revealed' attack. A discovered attack is when one piece moves, and behind it lays an attacking piece. These attacks should never ... | Read More
- Jlambs
- | May 8, 2013
- | 145 views
- | 5 comments
Tomorrow

We have a very big day ahead of us tomorrow, that will bring huge celebrations and sorrows among chess players and fans everywhere. The last 2 rounds of the Candidates tournament have been incredibly dramatic- Magnus finally losing a game of chess... | Read More
- Shankland
- | Mar 31, 2013
- | 990 views
- | 10 comments
Opening Index by ECO Codes

Click on the ECO Code (A00 - E99) to go directly to the game. You can also look games up by the name of the opening (ie Ruy Lopez - Berlin Variation, QGD - Tartakower Defense etc) or by the players names in my other indices. A00 Sokolsky Openin... | Read More
- NimzoRoy
- | Feb 14, 2013
- | 616 views
- | 6 comments
Opening Index by Names - and some Nimzovitch trivia

Click on the opening to go to the game. Multiple entries for the same name and/or ECO code refer to different games and aren't duplicate entries. Pictured here is the great hypermodern GM Aron Nimzovitch, who probably holds the record for the mos... | Read More
- NimzoRoy
- | Dec 29, 2012
- | 489 views
- | 1 comment

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Grenke Round 9: Anand Catches Caruana

PRESS RELEASE: Round 9 - Anand catches Caruana The script of the GRENKE Chess Classic had seemed to be carved in stone – a single decisive game a day, the World Champion struggling to win and Caruana surviving scares on his way to an inevitable... | Read More
- SonofPearl
- | Feb 16, 2013
- | 5693 reads
- | Chess event coverage
Grenke Round 5: Anand Wins!

PRESS RELEASE: Round 5 The GRENKE Chess Classic reached the mid-way point on Rosenmontag, the highlight of the German Carnival season, and a day when paupers can traditionally trade places with kings. It seemed the same might happen on the stage,... | Read More
- SonofPearl
- | Feb 11, 2013
- | 4125 reads
- | Chess event coverage
Tata Steel 2013 Round 3

The 2013 Tata Steel Chess is taking place from 12-27 January in Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. This famous annual tournament has three separate single round-robin competitions, the A, B, and C Groups, each featuring 14 players. The strongest t... | Read More
- SonofPearl
- | Jan 14, 2013
- | 5567 reads
- | Chess event coverage
Superb Gelfand Frustrates Anand

Vishy Anand had his third game with the white pieces today, and for the third time he failed to breach the defences of his Israeli challenger. The game started promisingly when Anand switched to 1.e4 and instead of responding with his usual solid... | Read More
- SonofPearl
- | May 17, 2012
- | 5593 reads
- | Chess event coverage
Kramnik Holds For A Draw In Game 2

The second game of the Zurich Chess Challenge ended in a draw today, leaving Levon Aronian ahead by 1½-½ after the opening pair of games in this 6-game match. Aronian sprung a surprise by playing 1.e4 for the first time in many years, and Kram... | Read More
- SonofPearl
- | Apr 22, 2012
- | 7624 reads
- | Chess event coverage

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Play Against the Petroff? 2
- by IM David Pruess
- | Nov 17, 2009
IM Pruess shows another masterful recent GM game in the Petroff Defense. There are good lessons here about using a development advantage and creating and taking advantage of weaknesses with the help of the initiative. This game takes place in a very usual mainline, and the patterns seen are quite typical for the Petroff. | Watch video
- 20 min
- | 5072 views
- | 17 comments
- | Category: Openings
Play Against the Petroff?
- by IM David Pruess
- | Nov 4, 2009
IM David Pruess brings to video 2 recent games by top 10 GM’s featuring sharp, playable lines for white in the Petroff. New ideas in the Petroff, is it possible? But isn’t that the drawish, boring defense against 1.e4? Nay says Chess.com’s David Pruess showing us 2 beautiful games with great lines against 2…Nf6. | Watch video
- 25 min
- | 8668 views
- | 37 comments
- | Category: Openings
The Petroff Defence
- by FM Valeri Lilov
- | Jun 1, 2009
FM Valeri Lilov teaches the Petroff Defence for Beginners. An interesting opening with black attempting to equalize in the first moves of the game. This system is not for the faint hearted with many pitfalls for black. Lilov navigates lethal attacks and blunders to be avoided for both sides in this very interesting beginners introduction to the Petroff Defense. | Watch video
- 23 min
- | 12282 views
- | 36 comments
- | Category: Openings

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