Opening Trap
Here is a game between Amedee Gibaud, five times French champion, and Fredric Lazard. Gibuad was defeated in four moves.
CALLING A BLUFF
A GRANDMASTER WHO HAD 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND WROTE MORE THAN 40 INSTRUCTIONAL MANUALS WAS ONCE CHECKMATED IN 11 MOVES.
The Best Games of a Chess Coach: Outflanking the Trompowsky
In today’s article of the „Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach” Series I would like to show you one of my first great wins against strong chess masters with a more than 2450 ELO rating. This game was played in 2006 at the stro...
Best Games of a Chess Coach: Masterpiece in the French
In the fifth article, part of the “Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a ChessCoach” Series I would like to present you one very good positional win of mine as played in French Defense. When a tournament player has to play a spec...
Short Take
The shortest tournament game between two masters!
Hoi Ploy
A nice game by Hoi, in which he outwits an great russian player. He commits himself to a kingside attack early, and doesn't turn back. A few astounding sacrifices follow, and when his opponent stumbles, catches him in a unique mate. oh yeah...and...
Michael Adams vs Pavel Blatny
Here is a wonderful game played by Michael Adams but lost.
He's Still Got It!
Here is a game from the special Kasparov & Corse Team match, GM Kasparov - CM Vilaisarn with full annotations and commentary: This game brings back old memories of when Kasparov was at the top of the chess world. But it is ...
India keeps Coming Strong
Parimarjan Negi (1993-) is a 15-year-old chess prodigy from India. In July 2005, he earned his third and final International Master norm at the Sort International Open Chess Tournament in Sort, Spain. On July 2006, at the tender age of 13 years, 4...
Classic double rook sac
Sacrifices can be advantageous, or spiteful, depending on how well it is calculated. However, without a doubt they do have a talent of making games more interesting, as you will see in the following game. P.s. by no means, an...
Miles' Immortal
I just love this famous game. According to Wikipedia: "In 1976, Tony Miles became the first ever Grandmaster born in the UK, narrowly beating Raymond Keene to the accolade.He was in many ways a controversial figure. Once, in the last round of a ...
Brutal Attack
A very nice attack by Keene. A subtle rook lift in the opening leads to a double piece sacrifice on black's kingside. Then a subtle queen lift rounds off the game. (Notes by Raymond Keene)
Alekhine's Brother
Alexander Alekhine had a brother, Alexey (1888-1939), four years older, who took the game of Chess seriously. When Alexey was 13 he made a draw with Harry Nelson Pillsbury in a 22-board blindfold simultaneous in Moscow. As a tasty sample of his ta...
The Immortal Sacrifice Game
An amazing demonstration of the art of the sacrifice. One can imagine the guts white must have had in going forward. Faced with a threefold repetition, he gave away a rook and even more for mate.
The First EVER Budapest Gambit!
Okay... I'm sure a game existed somewhere before this one - but this is the first recorded one by a "Grandmaster" (hence the invention of the name). Alder – Maróczy, Budapest, 18961.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3The standard opening of ...
Amazing loss
This was a famous game played by Capablanca. Its really short. I couldn't help, but posting it. Of course, Capablanca won, but that was short for grandmasters isn't it?
Rating Inferiority Complex
Here is a game from the 61st Russian Championship, GM Tomashevsky - GM Morozevich with full annotations and commentary: This game is a good example of overcoming the "Rating Inferiority Complex". Many times players will...
What a Year!
It is amazing how time flies. I have been in Chess.com a little over a year, it has been a year of many joyful Chess victories as well as devastating and frustrating losses. I have also enjoyed the privilege of meeting wonderful people in the US a...
rook sac2
A 10/0 game i played: this is a game i played with a friend in this game i saced a rook at the opening and got got play for it and i eventually won
Michael Adams vs Lars Schandorff
Here is a wonderful game played by Michael Adams.
Michael Adams vs Michael Hennigan
Here is a wonderful game by Michael Adams.
Michael Adams vs Peter K Wells
Here is a wonderful game played by Michael Adams.
Michael Joseph Freeman vs Michael Adams
Here is a wonderful game played by Michael Adams with the Nimzo Indian.