What a King!
This game of Short is a delight to play through. White's attack seemingly comes to a standstill when the king comes in and settles matters.
The Pillsbury Bind
Early in this game, White gets a grip on the queenside (known as the Pillsbury bind) to keep his opponent busy there. Then he conjures up mating threats on the kingside. Strained to the maximum, his opponent then falls victim to the inevitable com...
Prophetic Strategy
This unknown game is full of brilliant strategy ideas. Watch how the outpost b7 is utilized, how combinations on one side of the board win a pawn at the other, and the ending, where Black's knight is imprisoned and his king tries to be in two ...
Surprise! Surprise!
In this game the great Petrosian conjures up threats against a queenside pawn. Pachman is busy defending that, when suddenly a queen sacrifice on the kingside ends the battle. EDIT: one more comment and I will get this article locked or deleted. ...
March of the Little Pawns
This was taken from the last round of the great 1895 Hastings tournament. Here the then-unknown Pillsbury needed a win to take undivided first place...
Bolt from the Blue
This game is full with brilliant ideas and sacrifices. Watch what all White's combination play comes to, and you might be surprised.
The Singular Strategy of Steinitz
Steinitz's play in this game might seem strange-delayed castling, absurd-looking moves, a quixotic journey of a knight over 5 squares to the edge of the board. But in reality it teaches us a lot about modern chess strategy.