It's surprising to us when a chess giant (such as boris spassky) falls in a mere 12 moves. But it happened in this game. Spassky commits an oversight that allows Korchnoi to create a nice tactics display. so what do you guys think? are short defe...
The weakness of black's back rank is a major theme in this game. White leaves his queen en prise and then blows the black position open with a lethal rook+bishop combo. In the end he only needs two pieces to mate.
In this game, Duras ignores the threat to his own king and plunges into a head on attack on his opponent's king. He sticks his pieces into active positions, and rounds off the game with a queen sac.
It's really strange, but some how all my articles keep disappearing from the front page...i wonder who's behind that? (cough) anyway...a game.
I'm not sure how i did it, but i've scored 3.5/5 (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss) at the NC Open. And i haven't played tournament chess in 4 months. With the exception of a third round game that i collapsed in (), i think i played well. So what do you gu...
A nice game by Hoi, in which he outwits an great russian player. He commits himself to a kingside attack early, and doesn't turn back. A few astounding sacrifices follow, and when his opponent stumbles, catches him in a unique mate. oh yeah...and...
This is a nice demonstration of the power of the pawn. The white f-pawn quickly goes to work by picking off a black rook and then giving itself up (queen sac included) to allow the winning double check checkmate.
The telegraph match of 1890/91 between Chigorin and Steinitz was probably one of the more interesting ones in history. This game, the first of the two, demonstrates Chigorin's unique style of play.
A very nice attack by Keene. A subtle rook lift in the opening leads to a double piece sacrifice on black's kingside. Then a subtle queen lift rounds off the game. (Notes by Raymond Keene)
A nice game by Kasparov, in which he makes use of Karpov's play and forces his pieces back to his own 1st rank. Next he forces a favorable trade of pieces (with the help of a passed pawn), and despite being down in material, finds a winning combin...
An amazing demonstration of the art of the sacrifice. One can imagine the guts white must have had in going forward. Faced with a threefold repetition, he gave away a rook and even more for mate.
The preliminary tournament of St Petersburg 1914 brought with it many great games, such as this one: (http://blog.chess.com/benws/double-bishop-strike), but the one that beat it out for the first brilliancy prize was this nice tactics battle by Ca...
Capablanca had his own distinct way of thinking. This game is a good illustration of that. He uses principles like zugzwang and preventing counterplay to totally lock down his opponent. Some think he might have read My System and used its principl...
Hastings 1895 brought with it the surprise victory of the great Pillsbury. This is one of his games, in which he demonstrates his forceful and powerful play. A dashing kingside attack is what insues.
We've all heard of the great Magnus Carlsen and his achievements. So here's my little tribute to him: a game that will probably make its way into the tactics books within the near future.
Well, I can't believe it. Yesterday, I celebrated my one-year anniversary on chess.com. I'm very surprised that my account is still here... My experience has helped me to realize just how far an idea can go. In a year, this once-small website (wi...
It is rare to pin down a world championship match to just one game, but this is very likely the case here. Alekhine unleashes a fantastic opening idea, and Euwe immediately goes wrong and is crushed. And he was unable to get back into the match, c...
This is a nice game from the young garry kasparov. Sacrfices abound, with excellent endgame play included. One is reminded of the legendary "game of the century" and bobby fischer.
Bronstein siezes the initiative with a few curious moves, and then a piece goes into breaking up black's kingside. Keres misses his chance and Bronstein claws back all the invested material and then wraps up the game.
This is Gufeld's "Immortal Game." The game begins with both players attacking on opposite wings. Gufeld finds some nice moves to delay his opponent, and when he stumbles, finds some spectacular sacrifices.
This game turns into a race between white's kingside attack and black's attempts to destroy white's center. Geller gets his one fueled and going much better, and some subtle touches allow him to penetrate. A few tactics round it off.
A magnificent game by Rubenstein. Early in the game, Lasker sacs a pawn for complications, but he plays brilliantly on the defensive, first squashing all counterplay and then forcing his opponent into a lost rook & pawn ending.
Have you ever been carried along in the flow of an attack, relentlessly striking at your opponent, but finding that you are missing just one little thing? Maybe you should stop and think about it, and you may find a quiet move in the position. Let...
Alekhine starts up a kingside attack in this game, aided with the help of a lethal cocktail of "edge moves." When Maroczy makes a slip, the attack comes crashing through and black is forced to resign. EDIT: sorry guys, i added in the rest of the ...
