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...
The Importance of the Open File
Here is a game from the 2008 Limburg Open, IM Swinkels - GM Berg with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw a battle of structure versus open lines. Black decided early to go for the doubling of white's pawn...
My game
This is one game I played 2 weeks ago in an important tournament in Italy that I won!! 6\7 points!
More on Morra
The Morra or Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4) is an interesting gambit in the Sicilian Defense. I co-wrote two books on the Smith-Morra with Ken Smith a few years ago and collected as many examples of the Smith-Morra Accepted and the S...
Good Game for me
What a impossible WIN made by me last week in a tournament!although i made some mistake early,but fortunately my opponent made just a big mistake and straight give me just a opportunity to win!everyone can give me some suggest or comments to me,Th...
A wonderful miniature from Reti
Most likely the most famous miniature of all time. The finale is striking and elegant.
Me VS. a coach
i had a game last month with one of the coaches of chess.com ....... was pretty good one...but i was expecting more from a coach
a amazing game
In this game black was Steinz William,the first world chess champion. He did a amazing Queen sacrafice in this game. Enjoy it!
The Art of Sacrifice
Here is a game for you sacrifice lovers to enjoy. White makes one sacrifice after another to have the enemy King exactly where he wants him. Notice the brilliant 19.Bg6+, a move combined with confident and bad intentions, after which, Black can pr...
Alekhine and Lasker
Emanuel Lasker and Alexander Alekhine met eight times in their career. Seven of the games were from tournament games. Their first game was considered an exhibition game. Lasker and Alekhine first met in an exhibition ...
Bronstein's Brilliant Game - confronting the Latvian Gambit
David Bronstein was born in 1924. He was a master at age 16 and was playing in the USSR championship semilfinals at age 17. In 1941, the USSR semifinals was held in Rostov. Bronstein was 17 when he played in it, defeating veteran...
Thematic Sacrifice
Here is a game from the 16th Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament, GM Timman - GM Hillarp Persson with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw black play the very common and thematic exchange sacrifice in the Sicilian with ...
Mighty Pawn
Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946), became the fourth World Champion after defeating the invincible Jose Raul Capablanca in 1927. The result of this match surprised almost everyone since Capablanca was the widely favorite to win (Alekhi...
Brilliant Career of a Pawn
A exciting game, showing an opening fight for a slight adavantage and the crowning of a passed pawn in style. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS AND TITLE BY IRVING CHERNEV.
A Hungarian Legend
Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) was a Hungarian Chess player. He was a leading member of the Hypermodern school of chess theory, which favored controlling the center with pieces on the wings. In 1912 Breyer won the Hungarian Championship i...
Kingside Play in the Sicilian Dragon
This game was found in the book 107 Great Chess Battles by the well known Grandmaster Alexander Alekhine. After a classical style response to the Sililian Defense, Dragon Variation with 6 Be2, Hasenfuss makes an intersting pawn push with 8...
Importance of Accuracy in Sharp Positions
Here is a game from the XIV International Tournament of Dos Hermanas, GM Shirov - GM Vallejo: In this game we saw a very sharp battle starting with 5. g4!? all the way to the end of the game. There were many critical points where the...
A Spark of Genius
Here is a good miniature from the late 1800's that shows an amazing display of chess mastery. New York State Champion Julius Finn defeats his opponent in a beautiful way. In the final position, White offers his Rook in exchange for the Black K...
Advantageous Transposition
Here is a game from the 2008 Russian Team Championship, GM Svidler - GM Alekseev with full annotations and commentary: This game was a perfect example of the power of transpositions in chess. The game started off with white pl...