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Articles from aristeidis9

Attacking the uncastled king

Attacking the uncastled king

aristeidis9
| May 3, 2009

Some ways to punish your opponent when his king hasn't castled.            

Endgame studies

Endgame studies

aristeidis9
| Apr 21, 2009

Rubinstein again.Study starts from move 40

Rook+corner pawn at the 7th vs Rook

Rook+corner pawn at the 7th vs Rook

aristeidis9
| Apr 13, 2009

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

Attacking the g7 (g2) pawn

aristeidis9
| Apr 4, 2009

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

Queen+Rook tactics

aristeidis9
| Apr 2, 2009

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

Attacks at the kingside castle

aristeidis9
| Mar 31, 2009

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

Rooks at the 8th:A powerful weapon

aristeidis9
| Mar 23, 2009

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

An amazing example about the power of passed pawns

aristeidis9
| Mar 20, 2009

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!

Fatal Attraction:A rare position and checkmate!

aristeidis9
| Feb 24, 2009

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

History of Blindfold chess

aristeidis9
| Feb 21, 2009

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

Capablanca's endgame genious

aristeidis9
| Feb 17, 2009

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 wins at six moves!

aristeidis9
| Feb 13, 2009

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

Italian punishment-A tactic at Giuoco Piano

aristeidis9
| Feb 11, 2009

White sets a trap and takes control of the board..

Miniatures at Giuoco Piano (Italian)

Miniatures at Giuoco Piano (Italian)

aristeidis9
| Feb 10, 2009

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 Immortal

aristeidis9
| Feb 7, 2009

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 Chigorin,the founder of the Russian 'School of Chess'

aristeidis9
| Feb 5, 2009

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

Morphy-The dancing of the knights

aristeidis9
| Jan 9, 2009

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

Spassky beats Larsen in a delightful miniature

aristeidis9
| May 19, 2008

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

A wonderful miniature from Reti

aristeidis9
| May 9, 2008

Most likely the most famous miniature of all time. The finale is striking and elegant.

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