In this game, Robert Fischer launched a deadly King-side attack through 28. Nxh3. This allowed his Bishop to wreak havoc on White's King and this left Viktor Korchnoi defenceless! Fischer took advantage of this with a quick Knight-Bishop swap. Her...
Tal breaks out in style in this game, with a long combination lasting no less than 13 moves. It involves quite a few sacrifices, with the inevitable queening of a pawn. It helped him to get bronze in this championship. EDIT: FINE. THESE ANNOTATIO...
Here is one of Robert Fischer's BEST games where he faces off against Milan Matulovic. They played the Spanish Game: Schliemann Defence- Dyckhoff Variation. With his sacrifices, he is down on material with time ticking away (3 MINUTES). To counter...
This is a game that took place in London, 1841. It is between H W Popert and N.A. Here, Popert makes an extraordinary Knight SAC to gain some positional advantage. His SAC worked leaving N.A. with an undeveloped Bishop & Rook WHILE Popert's pi...
MIR SULTAN KHAN (born 1905, died Apr-25-1966) Pakistan Mir Sultan Khan was born in 1905 in Mittha in the Punjab, India. His prowess at the Indian variety of chess brought him to the notice of Colonel Nawab Sir Umar Hayat Khan who taught him the ...
To sacrifice or not to sacrifice? That is the question. Of course, sacrifice at time can be demanded by positions for either swift mate or protection of one's own monarch. The real test of a player then may lay in his ability to recognize the s...
There is one guy who is trying to show me that chess is not luck. Look for responses in my previous articles. That's why I'm submit my game from 13-14.12.2008. In this tournament I scored 7.0/9.0 and this game come from last round in which I...
Benko is in his element in this game, as he quickly acquires a passed pawn on the 7th rank. However, it takes some fancy manoeuvring to get white's defense to crack. This he accomplishes in style. IMPORTANT: need some help, guys. A friend of mine...
Sergey Karjakin is at work in this game. Black's slighty odd development gives him the chance to storm his kingside with a double piece-sacrifice. After that, there is no return.
Here's a wonderful and I daresay instructive finish to a game between two storied opponents. One a great champion, and the other, a great hustler, and... the hustler comes out on top. There was a lively chess scene in the cafes of Edwardian Londo...
Here is a game from the 2008 US Chess League final tie-break, NM Esserman - FM Schneider with full annotations and commentary: This game was played with a 5 5 time control in the US Chess League championship match, in a series ...
Eighty-seven-year-old Dan Mayers played the following game during the 2008 World Open in Philadelphia. The 218-player Under 2000 section was, as it always is, a brutal competition. "After a win in the first round, Dan dropped five in a row. A les...
Here is a drawed game played by Michael Adams.
Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams.
Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams!
Here is a game played against the current World Chess Champion. Also the quickest win by a GM against a GM.
Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams.
White concentrates his forces on the kingside, but black seems to hold while starting his own attack. Then comes a few missiles that blow open the black king from nowhere. A few pawns, supported by rooks, are all it takes to overwhelm black, even ...
In today’s article, part of the “Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach” Series, I would like to show you one of my most interesting games in my chess career. I say interesting, since then I used my own opening system in a serious...
In today’s article, part of the „Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach” Series, I chose to show you my very good theoretically-based win with black. This game was played in the third round of the international chess festival for ...
Here is a well won game played by Michael Adams as black. Please vote for me on the best article of the month, I am 3 votes from winning!
So i'm reading a magazine, and i found this game. It's a very nice one, showing how to punish your opponent if he carelessly sets up an annoying pin. White breaks it in nice fashion, giving up his queen, to force a king hint all the way down to hi...
