My games Verses a GM and FM!
Well as you all can see from my title.. I played a FM and GM!! I played them both on I.C.C. Well the GM the time control was 60 0.. After this game i wasted about 48 minutes and the GM wasted about 52 1/2 minutes. Here it is.. No annotations ...
Pillsbury-Lasker: An Explosive Rivalry
Pillsbury without question was the most dangerous opponent that Lasker faced during the first years of his reign. Between 1893 and 1904 these two magnificent gladiators battled in 12 tournament games. The final score was +5 -4 =3 in Lasker’s favor...
The "Exterminator" gets terminated
William Morrison is one of the top players in Maryland. He is nicknamed "The Exterminator" for his "ability to process lower-rated opponents" (I read that somewhere). I presume that means he grinds them up like a food processor and points come o...
There is nothing new under the sun
Just when you think you've created something original, it turns out it's been done before. This happened to me in 2007 at the United States Amateur Team East tournament in Parsippany, NJ. In Round 4, I played the Black side of a King's Indian Defe...
Emmanuel Lasker: A Lethal Weapon
In this article I want to show an incredible game, Emanuel Lasker-William Napier, Cambridge Spring 1904. This is one of the most known Lasker games. It was such a tremendous game, that Napier considered it his best game ever! Napier wrote: “This i...
Mating with Minor Pieces: Two Bishops
Of my last few tournaments, my best result was definitely at San Sebastian, Spain in April. I tied for first there with an undefeated 7.0/9. I included one of my earlier games (against FM Angel Arribas Lopez) in an article titled "Spicing up the E...
The Legend of Lone Pine
Grandmaster Chess: The book of the Louis B. Statham Lone Pine Masters-plus Tournament 1975By GM Isaac Kashdan and the Staff of California Chess Reporter (Jude Acers, Robert Burger, Dennis Fritzinger, Guthrie McClain)Ishi Press 2009 (ISBN:978-0-92...
The Brilliancy Prizes
Why has chess survived the test of time? Because in addition to the enjoyment created by competing and winning, whether it be a match, a master title, or an important prize, it also has the ability to please us when we reproduce and play over beau...
The 14 year old who beat Capablanca!
Pictured at right -- A youthful Botvinnik The legend of Capablanca the prodigy is well known...how he learned the game at 4 years old by watching his father play; how at twelve he won the Championship of Cuba, and would eventually wrest the Worl...
Nighty Knight, Walter Browne!
In this game, John Grefe faced off against Walter Browne in Moranwelz, 1973. Here, we see White's plan unfold with 14. fxg5? pinning it to his Queen. Later, White decided it was time to sacrifice his Queen for two minor pieces. Was this a fatal mi...
Lasker's Finest Hour
Here is an absolutely amazing game by Emmanuel Lasker. I am not sure as to who his opponent was, but Lasker emerges victorious as White:
An Unpleasant Reply
Continuing my coverage of the 1935 World Championship match... After 19 games, the score was in Alekhine's favor (10.5-8.5). To get back into contention, Euwe was in serious need of a win. And here, he shows his fighting spirit in an excellent...
Sense of Danger
This game was played in the third round of the recent Pfalz Open in Germany. I am presenting this game to you because this game contains a very important point. That is "Sense of Danger." For a very strong chess player the alertness level ...
GM Becerra Competes Against the Masses
Here is the recent vote chess game between GM Becerra and the Chess.com members with full annotations and commentary: Thanks to GM Julio Becerra for the very entertaining and hard fought game! And keep your eyes open Chess....
Outcalculating a World Champion
This is one of Timman's best games. Facing off against the world champion Kasparov, he goes on a daring kingside attack. It only takes a minor slip-up for him to start a forcing combination to win the enemy queen. The picture is just to supposed ...
The Best Games of a Chess Coach: A Source of Power
In my new article of the series “Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach”, I would like to present to you one of my best games in my chess career. That game was played at one of the most important tournaments in Bulgaria – The semi...
Many Bridges to Burn
The game I will show you today was played in the first round; and I was playing against the top seed of the tournament, the highly creative Armenian super grandmaster Tigran L Petrosian. I am presenting this game because it's important in ch...
Round 1 Pairings at the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship
This year's U.S. Chess Championship opens today at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and continues until the 17th May. 24 qualified players (list and criteria here) will compete throughout 9-rounds swiss tournament for a $135,400...
Updates on the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis!
They called him one of the best closers of all time in St. Louis Cardinals history. But today, his opening game was hard enough – on the chess board. Over his major league baseball career as a hard-throwing reliever, Todd Worrell has pitched ove...
Superbowl of Chess in St. Louis
The top 24 chess players in the country begin competing this hour in the 2009 U.S. Championship. Also known as "The Super Bowl of Chess" (it's the same as the gridiron version, but without the cheerleaders, testosterone, or multimillion dollar com...
Morphy played blindfold
This game was a series of forceful sacrifices build up to final climax. This game, which Morphy played blindfold, is a illustration of how to draw the enemy king into the open and then annihilate it.
One minute sadness
You know how there are always some games that you win in a really sad way? Well, here are some of my saddest wins.