From the Interzonal Tournament in Gothenburg 1955, the game between Arthur Bisguier and David Bronstein (pictured) will be presented. The American citizen, Bisguier, and the Soviet subject, Bronstein, met at the Helsinki Olympiad in 1952 and becam...
Vasily Smyslov, the former world champion, died on March 27, 2010. He was born on March 24, 1921. His passing has been reported in newspapers and chess sites that included some of his achievements and games. Smyslov first played for the world cha...
Robert James Fischer was born March 9, 1943. He was over the board World Champion 1972-1975. Hans Berliner was born January 27, 1929 in Berlin, Germany. Berliner's family moved to the United States to escape the Nazis. Hans was eight. Five years l...
Viswanathan Anand, who was born December 11, 1969, became India's first grandmaster in 1988. In 1995, he played for Garry Kasparov's world title and lost 10.5-7.5. Anand won the FIDE championship in 2000 by defeating Alexei Shirov 3.5-0.5. He lost...
Arthur Bisguier was born October 8, 1929 in the Bronx in New York City. In 1950, the first year of FIDE titles, he became an International Master. He became the 39th International Grandmaster in 1957. He has told me "there were so few of us." N...
Magnus Carlsen (pictured), today's number one, recently played the Ruy Lopez with 5.d3. This is something old, strong, and relevant now. Other players are making this move part of their repertoire. Sometimes, d3 is played later as part of an Anti-...
Bobby Fischer was having a very good performance at the Interzonal held in Palma de Mallorca in 1970. He had 14.5 points out of 19. His only loss was to the Great Dane, Bent Larsen. In round 21, he was to face the Brazilian prodigy Henrique Meckin...
Erwin l'Ami was born April 5, 1985 and has become a leading Dutch grandmaster. In addition to having good tournament results, he has assisted Cheparinov and Topalov. In the following game, he plays the white pieces. His opponent is Nikolai Ninov, ...
Wesley So was born October 9, 1993. At the age of 14 years, 1 month, and 28 days he became an International Grandmaster (December 8, 2007). Only six players have done it at a younger age. In October 2008, he became the youngest player to ever be r...
Levon Aronian was born October 6, 1982 in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1994 he won the World Youth Championship U-12. In 2002 he won the Armenian Championship and the World Junior Championship. Aronian won the World Rapid Championship in 2009. He won the ...
I have stated that chess pieces are connected. As a result, I have been asked to explain how pieces are connected. The way a player deploys the pieces should take into consideration their coordination. The first part of this is simply development....
Henrique Mecking was born January 23, 1952 in Brazil and became an International Grandmaster in 1971. He won the Petropolis Interzonal in 1973 an the Manila Interzonal in 1976. After each interzonal win, he lost a quarterfinals Candidates Match, ...
Las Palmas 1996 was the first ever category 21 tournament. The players had an average rating of 2756. Garry Kasparov, the world champion at the time, and Anatoly Karpov, his immediate predecessor, were playing. Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik,...
John Watson was born in 1951 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He earned the title of International Master, but is better known as a chess theorist and writer. He has written dozens of books and pamphlets. His Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advance...
The world famous Mihail Tal was born in Latvia November 9, 1936. By the time he died June 28, 1992 he was celebrated for his achievements, style, and personality. On his way to winning the World Championship from Mikhail Botvinnik in 1960, he had ...
The following endgame analysis stems from a game between Andy Soltis and Joe Tamargo in the Marshall Chess Club Championship of 1976. Andrew Soltis was born May 28, 1947 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania. He became an international master in 1974 and a gr...
Larry M. Evans was born March 23, 1932 in New York City. At the age of 15, he became the youngest champion the Marshall Chess Club had ever had. In 1949, he tied for first place with Arthur Bisguier in the US Junior Championship. He began playing ...
Vasily Panov (Nov. 1, 1906-Jan. 3, 1973) is known today for the Panov Attack in the Caro-Kann Defense. He won the Moscow Championship in 1929 and played in the USSR Championship five times. Unfortunately, not all of his games are found in database...
Alexander Beliavsky (Belyavsky) was born December 17, 1953 in Lviv, Ukraine. He is now living in Slovenia. In 1973, he won the World Junior Championship. Beliavsky won the USSR Championship in 1974, 1980, 1987, and 1990. He was a candidate for the...
Mark Evgenievich Taimanov was born on February 7, 1926 in Kharkiv. He became a grandmaster in 1952 and was one of the world's top players for years. His record of playing in 23 USSR championships was matched only by Efim Geller. He tied for first ...
Judit Polgar was born July 23, 1976. She became a grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, which was the youngest ever at the time (1991). She is the strongest ever female player and was rated as high as eighth in the world. It was actuall...
Vasily Panov was born November 1, 1906 and died January 3, 1973. In 1929, he won the Moscow Championship. He played in the USSR Championship five times from 1935 to 1948. FIDE awarded him the title of International Master in 1950. He was better kn...
Arthur Bisguier faced the new kid, Bobby Fischer, in the third Rosenwald in 1956. In the same event Fischer's win against Donald Byrne was called the game of the century. Fischer was already a player. The kid played the King's Indian Defense, also...
Paul Keres was among the world's eight top players who met at the AVRO tournament in the Netherlands in 1938. He and Reuben Fine scored 8.5 out of 14 to tie for first place. Keres had scored 1.5 out of 2 against Fine in the event and this was used...
