Mikhail Tal - The Master
Mikhail Tal is one of the best attacking players of all time. One of his best ever games was the one in which he played Black against Bukhuti Gurgenidze and won with a wonderful sacrifice.
My masterpeice
This is my favorite completed game. Leave comments about anything you want to reguarding the game
Weird Enough?
Weird positions call for unusual moves! That's probably what Anand would tell you in this victory where he leaves en prise, among other things, his queen and bishop. By the way, this is my last article before I head off to Texas for a much-nee...
The Octopus Knight
In one of the critical games in this match, Kasparov repeats a daring gambit idea, knowing that Karpov's team has had over a week to prepare for it. The risk pays off, and his "octopus" knight on d3 prevents Karpov's pieces from ...
Memorable Games
I recently played a fellow chess.com member and found the following game the most interesting yet. There was a lot involved tactically, some blunders that went unseen and more importantly highly educational. This game was from an organised t...
The Man Who Out Taled Tal
When we think of daring, attacking, sacrificial masters of the attack. Several names always come to mind. Andersson, Morphy, Blackburne, Marshall and, perhaps first and foremost, Mikhail Tal. But there is another name that deserves to be listed am...
The "Immortal game" puzzle
Here a nice chess puzzle from the immortal game between Anderssen en Kieseritzky. It was played in 1851 in London. The best example of sacrificing in chess
The Story of GM
This is the story of Govind Mohan Lal, affectionately known as 'GM'in the Chess Circuit! He had a bad day in the office and he was livid with himself. He had drawn his crucial 6th round game against his old foe that had pushed him into the...
You Just Gotta Believe
We've all dreamt of creating our own Mona Lisa, and GM Serper is no exception. Imagine sacrificing ALL 7 pieces of yours, while also queening two pawns, in the space of 48 moves! Then you'll be prepared for this game. By the way, this article put...
Develop all of your pieces
Much as been said about one of the rules of chess: "Develop all of your pieces as soon as possible" yet there are players who fail to do this and paid a proce too high. Below there are a couple of miniatures played by me that shows the p...
Slaying the Dragon (again....)
Alright, I admit that I'm not a great player but this game is the best that I've played so far. Of course I must also give credit to my opponent who gave me this opportunity for the combinations. This game was played quite some time ago...
The Most Exciting Game of 2006 Explained (2nd Edition)
I'm certain most of you readers here would have lots of exciting chess games, whether it involves a dramatic greek gift sacrifice, or a brilliant zugwang in an endgame. However, have you ever played a game with such a massive attack ...
good puzzle
This is a puzzle that I found on youtube. You are not trying for mate. You are just trying to get into a position where you are definitely winning.
Slow Playing the Sicilian
Here is a game from the XXI Magistral Ciudad de Leon, GM Ivanchuk - GM Shirov with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white take a slower approach in meeting the Sicilian Defense starting with 3. Nc3 as opposed to 3...
The Master of Defense
Tigran Petrosian comes to the world in a working-class family in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia in 1929. He learns Chess as a youth and quickly moves up the classification ladder. He confirms his rank of candidate-master in 1945 in the Tbilisi Champi...
FAMOUS CHESS TOURNAMNETS
Famous Chess Tournaments (Part 1) Introducing the About Chess register of historical tournaments. For the About Chess register of historical tournaments (see the link box in the upper right corner for three pages covering separate periods), ...
Mikhail Tal
When the 24th USSR Championship opened in Moscow in February 1957, it never occurred to anyone that Mikhail Tal, the youngest contender, might possibly take first prize. Discussing the prospects of this twenty-year-old Riga University student, che...
Transformations: From Closed to Open Positions
Here is a game from the 2008 Bosna Tournament, GM Morozevich - GM Movsesian with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw two different phases of the game. First we saw the battle during the closed part of the game...
Sparks from AVRO
In this game, Botvinnik unleashes one of the most famous combinations in the history of chess, his victim being the mighty Capablanca. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS FROM THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHESS GAMES.
Grand Prix Attack
The opening 1.e4 c5 2.f4 has several names. It is known as the Grand Prix Attack, the Larsen-Santasiere Variation, the McConnell Attack, and Philidor's Variation of the Sicilian. Whatever it is called, it can be a strong opening.&n...
Weird game
This is a game I played recently and interesting position appeared so I want to share this with you. I've never seen anything like that before so I welcome your comment. Enjoy!
Spassky beats Larsen in a delightful miniature
The USSR won this match by a narrow margin. On the top board world champion Spassky demolished Bent Larsen in a delightful miniature. White's king is a sitting duck with four of his pieces out of action on the queenside.
Ponziani Playable?
Here is a game from the 2008 US Championship Women's section, WIM Epstein - WIM Tuvshintugs with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white choose the Ponziani Opening starting with 3. c3 which led to a ver...
Sozin's Attack
Veniamin Sozin (1896-1956) was a strong Soviet master. He played in several USSR championships. He was also an opening expert. The Sozin Attack in the Sicilian was analyzed and played by him in the 1920s and became popular in the...