One attractive feature of the Dragon Variation is that White cannot get by with merely indiferent play. Planless moves by White usually results in a promising middle game for Black. Take the game below for instance. White plays carelessly; his cen...
Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (1806-1853) was a 19th century chess Master of German descent and a teacher of Mathematics. He is most remembered as the man who lost "The Immortal Game" against Adolph Anderssen in 1851. ...
In this game White offers both his knights early on to gain a lead in development. Black takes them both, and is run over by the ensuing kingside attack.
This game was played in Milwaukee in 1949. White executes a brilliant attack using the opened f-file. One of the important factors that contributed for this smashing attack being successful was the powerful posted White Knight at e5. In the end Bl...
Here is a game from the 2008 Corus Honarary Group, GM Ljubojevic - GM Timman with full annotations and commentary: This game is a nice illustration of the power of knights in closed positions. Both of the black knights were ab...
While positional chess is not my strong point , in my opinion this game is quite instructive . It shows the concepts of overworked peces , holes , and planning . Please comment and rate if you think it benefited you ( please check out the move lis...
Oldrich Duras (1882-1957), was one of the world's premier tournament players from 1905 until the start of the first World War. He was three-time Czech Champion (1905, 1909 and 1911) and tied for first in the German Championship of 1912. F...
This game shows how one should not blunder in sicilian opening. I was white in this game. Hope you enjoy it!(and learn something from it). Any suggestions are most welcome!
Paradoxically, a weakened Queen-side can incur a loss on the opposite wing, as is masterfully demonstrated in the following game, played in New York during the US Championship of 1936. American chess giant Reuben Fine (1914-1993), shows us how it&...
When pure ideas clash, only a fine line separates success from failure. Here are two great Americans in a battle for the ages. Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan is the hypermodernist against the modernist Al Horowitz (photo). The game takes plac...
In this game, White takes advantage of a small error by Black to employ a king-hunt on all 8 ranks. He uses his whole army, even the king, and a blaze of tactics to finish off the enemy king.
Truly amazing game by the master of sacrifices , and Tal's own coach . Enjoy :)
"The jargon of chess is replete with foreign words and phrases, suggesting the universality of the game. From the German, for example, comes the togue twister "Zwischenzug," a tactic that enjoys a respectable reputation. It mea...
Here is a game from the current 2008 Corus Group B event, GM Short - GM L'Ami with full annotations and commentary: This game is a good example of creative opening play and imagination in chess. It shows that you do not al...
In this brilliant game, Black sacrifices a piece in the opening for some devastating passed pawns. He then sacrifices all his remaining material to force them through to the coronation.
Samuel Herman Reshevsky was born on 26 November, 1911 in Ozorkow, Poland. He learned to play chess at the tender age of four. By the time he was eight he was giving simultaneous exhibitions and defeating some of the prominents players of the count...
This is an interesting short game played in New York in 1956. After 12.Bb5+ is all over for Black. Three moves later, Black's choices are to lose his Queen or give up his King. He resigns. (If someone out there know who these players are...
This game, from the World Championship match of 1969 between Tigran petrosian and Boris Spassky, both from the Soviet Union, shows Spassky conducting a brilliant Kingside attack. When Spassky plays 15.g4!, he challenges Petrosian to a battle ...
Being a beginner, I thought this was an excellent game. my opponent made some mistakes, and I capitalized;(i love knights) But I would also like to improve from this. readers, can I have any input?
In the following brilliancy-prize English Opening between GM Ludek Pachman and A. Chirich, the opening is Hipermodern. That is, one side attempts to provoke the other into taking control of the center with the view of taking it back and leavi...
"The intuitive touch, the instinctive factor in winning chess, possessed in varying degrees by all good players, is self-acquired and cannot be learned in the text books. Its highest manifestation is in the flair for decisive combination, usu...
Here is a game from the recent Rilton Cup, GM Kulaots - GM Ernst with full annotations and commentary: This game is a perfect illustration of the typical Sicilian battle. First we saw both players castling on opposite sides of...
The old famous chess trap "Noah's Ark", has caught many naive chess players off guard and even Grandmasters. It is usually the Ruy Lopez which embraces the diabolical set up. Down Argentine way, three-time Argentine C...
Are moves of the Rook Pawns good, bad or do they make little difference? The answer lies in the relative value to the total picture. Curiously, the moves have the atributes of attack, precaution and defense. Sometimes they keep enemy forces from d...
