Here we will be looking at a game from round 10 of the recent UTD Invitational event. Here is GM Ramirez - IM Bartholomew with full annotations and commentary: This game features many interesting moments. First was the opening...
Here is a game from the recent World Cup 2007. This game features an important opening novelty in the Ruy Lopez, Marshall Gambit line. Here is GM Shirov - GM Jakovenko with full annotations and commentary: This game illustrate...
Here is a game from the recent Mediterranean 2013 Open Tournament which illustrates the battle of Material versus Initiative. Here is GM Sedlak - IM Sebenik with full annotations and commentary: This game was a great example o...
This game is from the current 2007 World Cup where IM Anuar Ismagambetov upsets GM Evgeny Alekseev after being outranked by 236 rating points! Here is IM Ismagambetov - GM Alekseev with full annotations and commentary: This wa...
Alex Shabalov is well known as one of the great attacking players of today's game. He really has the passion and desire to blast all of his opponents off of the 64 squares. His style is really a fan favorite and he always produces many flashy ...
Here is an interesting game I played on the internet. It was a 90 5 time control game and my opponent was rated about 200 points above me. I will provide full annotations and commentary: This was a very satisfying win for me as in a few months I w...
Here is a classic game from the 1977 Candidates match between Korchnoi and Spassky, two of the world's best players at the time. I will provide full annotations and commentary: This was a great display from GM Viktor Korchnoi who is still play...
Here is an interesting game from the World Cup event in Khanty Mansyisk, 2005 betwen GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Vladmir Malakhov. At this point Carlsen was down a full point in the match score and this was a must win for him to bring the match to ti...
Here I provide annotations and commentary of game 5 of the match between Herman Steiner and 18 year old Reuben Fine at the time it was played. By the time Reuben Fine turned 18 years old he had only played a few tournaments but already been involv...
Here I present you with a recent simul game I had with GM Jon Speelman. This game was a real battle the whole way. Ok, here is the game with full annotations: This game was truly a case of missed opportunities and bad time management...
Here is another one of my recent USCF tournament games. This is in the last round of the tournament, I was 1/2 going into this game, in the first round defeating an 1834 and in the second round losing to a 1851. Just to set the stage, going into r...
Here is one of my recent tournament games where I reached my peak rating of 1784 USCF! I provide full instructional annotations for your enjoyment.
