Apart from shedding light on the advance variation of the French defence, this three part series is meant to promote the group French Defense Fanatics, of which yours truly is of course a member. ...
Here is a game from the 83rd French Championship, GM Apicella - IM Abergel with full annotations and commentary: This game was an excellent display of an attack on the enemy King. In this game we saw black start the kingside initiati...
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway ( 1911-1980), was a Belgian Grandmaster in 1956 and an International Correspondence Grandmaster in 1962, most famous for being the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1959 and 1...
In the previous article of this series we saw a very interesting miniature climaxed by an incredible white attack. In the name of keeping the universe balanced (or at least keeping the French lovers happy!), this game will be the exact oppos...
When I first became serious about playing chess, I only played on or against a computer. Eventually, I was hankerin’ for some over-the-board play, so I decided to buy some chess gear. After a bit of investigation, I determined th...
The French Defense is really an interesting opening. Some players swear by it as black and some players swear they can refute it as white. The game below is a nice example of the latter. I was privileged to play a rather strong opponent in the f...
Most players prepare for games by memorizing variations. I prefer to go over games in my selected opening, and try to observe tactical patterns and strategy. In this article I give an example of how such study can pay off. For my game against GM S...
Alexander McDonnel (1798-1840) is an Irish master that works in the market business, he eventually becomes the secretary of the Committee of West Indian Merchants and because of his good job he has enough time to play chess. William Lewis wa...
The French Defence is a chess opening. It is characterized by the moves: 1. e4 e6The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages. Black often gains counterattac...
The Caro-Kann Defence is a common chess opening characterized by the moves: 1.e4 c6. The usual continuation is 2.d4 d5 followed by 3.Nc3 (the Classical Variation), 3.Nd2 (the Classical Variation), 3.exd5 (the Exchange Variation), or 3.e5 (th...
I believe these are most of the openings and gambits and traps there is.... Anderssen's Opening: 1. a3 Anderssen's Opening, Polish Gambit: 1. a3 a5 2. b4 Anderssen's Opening, Creepy Crawly Formation: 1. a3 e5 2. h3 d5 Anderssen&...
The King's Indian Attack (KIA) is a chess opening system for white, most notably used by Bobby Fischer. Its typical formation is shown in the diagram to the right. The opening is not a series of specific moves, but rather a system that can be ...
This text is translated from Dutch to English. Correct me on my mistakes if u see some please, thanks. The openings that i am going to give a look at are all played regularly at all levels. Its important you can recognize them a...
Reuben Fine was born in New York City on October 11, 1914. He learned to play chess from his uncle in 1923 at the age of 8. He began tournament level chess at the Marshall Chess Club. He won the 15th Marshall Chess Club Ch...
My darling Petrovna, I never thought I'd be sending something like this; but after a relationship as tempestuous and complicated as ours, I thought it would be best to get my feelings down on paper, so there would be no misunderst...
Here is my own Satire of Satires, an homage to Ambrose Bierce's brilliant work, The Devil's Dictionary which contained comical (and cynical) definitions of commonplace words. Analysis- A language with no known native speakers....
Vasily Smyslov, outstanding member of the Soviet School comes to the world in 1921. He learns the game of Chess when he is still a child, his first teacher is his father, an engineer who works at the Moscow Motor Works. When it...
Who was Bobby Fischer’s father? Was it Dr. Paul Nemenyi or Hans-Gerhardt Fischer? Robert James Fischer’s surname could just as easily have been Nemenyi or Wender. Paul Felix Nemenyi (ne-MEN-yi) was born on June 5, 1895 in...
The Immortal Game was a chess game played on June 21, 1851 by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky. The very bold sacrifices made by Anderssen to finally secure victory have made it one of the most famous che...
Here I will try to sketch Black's possible answers to 1.e4 excluding 1...e5. There are a number of very suitable defences: By far the most popular is the Sicilian (1.e4 c5), to which I will devote another full post. At this place it is su...
As I obviously don't play all of the systems I'm going to mention, please comment on that list, correct me where you believe me to be wrong and give your own opinions about systems you are familiar with! 1.d4 tends to lead to less ...
Hi everybody, being a member of the All Nations Chess League (located on www.playchess.com), I used our team forum to post a few brief overviews of the most common chess openings last year. My intention was not to give a fully detailed rev...
Here is a list of Black responses to 1. e4: Enjoy! Cornstalk Defense, Corn Stalks, or Ware Defense: 1. e4 a5 St. George Defense, Baker Defense, or Birmingham Defense: 1. e4 a6 Owen's Defense, Que...
For many years, the Russian chess players have been dominating the field. Unlike the US, the Russian government, acting as sponsors, promoted a vast program of chess activitiy, encouraged and professionalized its top flight talent. Because no othe...
