Here is what you've all been waiting for - the answers and winners of the Chess.com Holiday Puzzler competition! The standard of entries was incredibly high, so a BIG thank you to all members who submitted answers. Where necessary, equal scores...
Welcome to the 2008 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler! How many of the 20 questions below can you answer? Don't answer in the comments! Send your entries to holidaypuzzler@chess.com and you could win one of these fabulous prizes! 1st Prize: 1 year of...
Do you have a burning question about chess that you would like to have answered? You're in the right place! I am very pleased to announce that starting soon at Chess.com is a new weekly column by International Master Andrew Martin from Lon...
Chess computer programs are excellent at calculating tactics, so it's normally best to try to keep the position 'closed' when you play against them. However, if you are a pretty decent player and are quite brave you could try to ...
What are Veselin Topalov and Vishy Anand saying to each other? No prizes! Just for fun!
Most chess players know that it is a good idea to double rooks on an open file or rank (especially the 7th, where there may be pawns waiting to be eaten!), but what if your opponent's defences still hold? Well, if your Queen is still on the bo...
The importance of the 'centre' of the chessboard is often stressed to beginners, but the reasons are not always explained. One of the reasons that the centre is important is that the chess pieces control more squares from the centre ...
