Attacking the uncastled king
Some ways to punish your opponent when his king hasn't castled.
Endgame studies
Rubinstein again.Study starts from move 40
Rook+corner pawn at the 7th vs Rook
Some tactics about how the a (or h pawn) at the 7th (or 2nd) can proceed to queen.Some of them take place very often at the chessboard and it's very useful to know them.. ...
Attacking the g7 (g2) pawn
After king has castled,attacking the g2 pawn (usually with rook) to destroy enemy's defenses is a method that we are going to analyze with some examples. At the first diagram black is threatening Qa1 mate but white takes adv...
Queen+Rook tactics
Some combinations and tactics with queen and rook and how these pieces can give winning possibilities. For some other variants check "MOVE LIST" At the first example white threatens Qxc7+ and Qb7 mate.Also white's b...
Attacks at the kingside castle
Below i have two interesting examples about how someone can penetrate king's defenses.Enjoy! Don't forget to check "MOVE LIST"
Rooks at the 8th:A powerful weapon
We will see with some examples of how useful is the invasion of one (or two) rook at the 8th (or 1st) rank.
An amazing example about the power of passed pawns
Below we see an instructive example about the strength of the passed pawns.The game was played in Madrid at 1934.White seems better as he has his rook at the 7th rank and black's Bishop is blocked from his own pawn.But black has to move...Don't fo...
Fatal Attraction:A rare position and checkmate!
Edward Lasker (1885 – 1981) was a leading American chess and Go player.In Berlin, he won the City Championship (1909).Edward Lasker published several books on American checkers, chess, and Go. He won five U.S. Open Chess Championships (1916, 1917,...
History of Blindfold chess
The first known blindfold event in Europe took placein 1266.Philidor demonstrated his ability to play up to three blindfold games simultaneously in 1783 with great success, with newspapers highlighting his achievement, having taught himself to vis...
Capablanca's endgame genious
Watch how Capablanca manages to win against Tartakower at this didactical (end)game (which starts about move #34).Annotations from Alekhine and Reti.
Keres wins at six moves!
Keres was probably the strongest player who never played for the world championship and he has beaten nine world champions during his career.Here is a miniature against Arlamowski. To learn and see more games about Paul Ker...
Italian punishment-A tactic at Giuoco Piano
White sets a trap and takes control of the board..
Miniatures at Giuoco Piano (Italian)
The Giuoco Piano (Italian: "quiet game") is the oldest recorded opening.Damiano played it at the beginning of the 16th century and the Italian Greco played it at the beginning of the 17th century. The opening is also known as the Italian Game, alt...
Zukertort's Immortal
Zukertort's win in the London 1883 chess tournament was his most significant success: he won his games against most of the world's leading players, scoring 22/26, and he finished 3 points ahead of Steinitz, who was second with 19/26.This tournamen...
Mikhail Chigorin,the founder of the Russian 'School of Chess'
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was a leading Russian chess player. He served as a major source of inspiration for the "Soviet school of chess," which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century.He became serious about ...
Morphy-The dancing of the knights
A wonderful game from Morphy.. For many amazing games,photos,biographies and articles about Paul Morphy come and join "Paul Morphy's group" http://www.chess.com/groups/view/paul-morphys-group See you there!!
Spassky beats Larsen in a delightful miniature
The USSR won this match by a narrow margin. On the top board world champion Spassky demolished Bent Larsen in a delightful miniature. White's king is a sitting duck with four of his pieces out of action on the queenside.
A wonderful miniature from Reti
Most likely the most famous miniature of all time. The finale is striking and elegant.