Power to the Pawn
"The pawn is the foot soldier of your chess army. He is the weakest member and he has to slog everywhere on foot, one step at a time. Mind you, he can enjoy himself sometimes:" J.N.Walker
Shabalov Flare
Here is a game from the 2008 US Open, GM Shabalov - FM Banawa with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw Shabalov play in his typical fashion, freely giving away pawns to get more active pieces, a lead in develop...
Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach
In my first article from the “Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach” Series, I choose to present one of my most beautiful chess games in my career as a tournament chess player. This game was played during the Bulgaria...
Employing The French
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...
The Hypermodern School
Shortly after World War I, a group of players come into prominence whose ideas are to cause a considerable revision in chess thinking. Richard Reti (1889-1929) and Gyula Breyer (1894-1921) lead the school. Both die young, Breyer at twenty sev...
Fischer vs. Spassky 1972, (Game 7)
In (Game 7), Robert Fischer (Black)-Boris Spassky (White), would take the Game into the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation and battle to the Endgame where, In my opinion, Spassky had the Upper-Hand. BUT Fischer winge...
The Immortal Draw, of 1922
Alexander Alekhine (I'm sure most of you know him) is the 4th world chess champion. He is especially known for his brilliant combinations, excellent positional play and great Endgame technique. &n...
Clash of Titans
Here is a game played a long time ago between the first official World Champion William Steinitz and the father of the Soviet School and Master of Attack, Mikhail Tchigorin. Steinitz castles in the opposite wing on move 19, making it very clear th...
A Remarkable Man
Johannes Zukertort (1842-1888), was a remarkable man. Born in Riga and educated in Germany, he was the all-time Renaissance man of chess. A linguist, he spoke eleven languages fluently and had, in addition, a working knowledge of Arabic, Turk...
Fischer vs. Spassky 1972, (Game 6)
In (Game 6) Robert Fischer lead off the Game with 1. c4 - and went into the Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. Exchange Variation. BUT 41. Qf4 -!!!, would be another brilliant Game-Winning Move for Fischer! In this position Bor...
Unconventional Developments
Here is a game from the 2008 Vlissingen Tournament, FM Van Eijk - GM Landa with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white take on a very unconventional style of play especially early in the game with h2-h4-h5, g2...
Fischer vs. Spassky 1972, (Game 5)
In (Game 5) of the World Championship, Robert Fischer made an INTERESTING/INCREDIBLE Game-Winning Move, 27. - Bxa4!!! With this move, Boris Spassky either gets Checkmated or loses Material, but he chooses to Resign there. This ...
Dancing Queen!
Please look at this amazing lady dance inserted in following diagram. I am sure that you never saw such a dancing queen before ! Otherwise let me know! Please look and enjoy! ( Do not miss the annotations in the first and also the explanations...
Fischer vs. Spassky 1972, (Game 4)
In (Game 4) of the series between Robert Fischer and Boris Spassky, it ends up as a Draw... The Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation was used, and both Fischer (White) and Spassky (Black) fought hard to no avail. BUT even ...
Destroying The French
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...
My Most Memorable Game
Here I was, just 17 years old, less than 2 years into my short chess career, and I found myself facing off against a master in the 3rd round of the NorCal Scholastic K-12 Chess Championships. To say the least, I was nervous, terrified, excited, an...
The Beauty of the Pawnstorm
This game illustrates the beauty of pawnstorms, and old chess games. Played in 1834 between the two best players in the world at the time, this was a game which shows that position is better than mere material. La Bourdonnais was a noisy char...
Fischer vs. Spassky 1972, (Game 3)
After Robert Fischer failed to appear in (Game 2) over a disagreement about the presence of cameras in the playing hall, Boris Spassky was awarded a forfeit win leaving the score: Robert Fischer (0) and Boris Spassky ...
Fischer vs. Spassky 1972, (Game 1)
This is Game 1 of the 1972 World Chess Championship, Robert Fischer (Black)-Boris Spassky (White). In this game they played the Nimzo-Indian Defense which usually ends in a Draw but near the Endgame Robert Fischer played 29. - Bxh2&...
Refuting a Line
Bronstein goes into a sharp and risky line of the Sicilian, somewhat provocative against Kholmov, who proceeds to try a daring pawn sacrifice. After a slip-up by his opponent, he then blows him away with a stream of tactics. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS FRO...
Calmly Defending
Here is a game from the 2008 Canadian Open Chess Championship, NM Yap - WGM Karavade with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white play a very aggressive and enterprising game starting with an early g2-g4 an...
Here's an amazing game I played on online chess.
Feel free to comment.
game
Really cool