L. Alster - czechoslovakian champion
This is the game between Ladislav Alster and Jan Sefc on the czechoslovakian championship in 1956, in which Alster succeeded and later he became the champion. Nice win as black.
The 1956 Olympiads
Julio Bolbochan (1920-1996) was an Argentine Champion in 1946 and 1948. He was awarded the International Master title in 1955 and became Grandmaster in 1977. He played in six Olympiads and qualified for three interzonals. The following g...
Don't be intimidated by rating!
This game is from the current 2007 World Cup where IM Anuar Ismagambetov upsets GM Evgeny Alekseev after being outranked by 236 rating points! Here is IM Ismagambetov - GM Alekseev with full annotations and commentary: This wa...
FISCHER'S LEGACY.
Bobby Fischer was born in 1943. From the time he was a six year old living in Brooklyn until he won the world championship at twenty-nine, he was totally preoccupied with chess. At the age of fourteen, he won the United States championship, an unp...
Beating chess computers
Chess computer programs are excellent at calculating tactics, so it's normally best to try to keep the position 'closed' when you play against them. However, if you are a pretty decent player and are quite brave you could try to ...
No pain, no gain!
This involves the sacrifice of both queen and the rooks for checkmate...a well calculated game by black....
Bolt from the Blue
This game is full with brilliant ideas and sacrifices. Watch what all White's combination play comes to, and you might be surprised.
Fischer Wins at Stockholm
For unexplainable reasons, a player often loses his head and makes absolutely inane stupid moves only because his opponent's reputation. In the game shown here, Bobby Fischer, winner of the great Stockholm Interzonal Tournament of 1962, p...
What a trick!
This is a game when White does nice sacrifises!I bet this is one of the best game ever.Please do see this game and please post your comments.I bet you will find this interesting.This game was played in 2003.Its an amazing game!
Gligoric vs Fischer
Yugoslav Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric plays White against Robert Fischer in this amazing game at Bled International in 1961. The result is a draw, but not the typical grandmaster draw, famous for their lack of interest on the part of the con...
Khalifman-Akopian 1999
Khalifman - Akopian Las Vegas/USA 1999 1.d4 Sf6 2.Sf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Sc3 a6 7.a4 g6 8.Sd2 Sbd7 ...
Ponomarjow-Ivanchuk 2002
Ponomarjow - Ivanchuk Moskau 2002 1.e4 Sf6 2.e5 Sd5 3.d4 d6 4.Sf3 Sc6 5.c4 Sb6 6.e6 fxe6 7.Sc3 g6 8.Le3 Lg7 9.h...
An Immortal Brilliancy
Edward Lasker (1885-1981) was an engineer and an author. He was awarded the title of International Master, even when his play was of Grandmaster strenght. He was five times US Open Champion (1916, 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1921).&nb...
Spassky-Petrosjan 1966
Spasski - Petrosjan Moskau 1966 1.d4 Sf6 2.Sf3 e6 3.Lg5 d5 4.Sbd2 Le7 5.e3 Sbd7 6.Ld3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.0-0 Lb7 9.Se5 ...
Shirov-Anand 2000
Shirov - Anand Indien/Irak 2000 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Sc6 5.Sf3 Db6 6.a3 a5 7.Ld3 Ld7 8.0-0 cxd4 9.cxd4&...
It's not over till it's over
Though I am neither fat, not a 'lady', it's true that if you stay with it, opportunities open up. Here, I managed to put myself into a losing position, then a winning position, before losing the plot. My most enjoyable game on the won...
A Curious Setting
Svetozar Gligoric (1923-) is a Serbian Grandmaster and one of the all-time great figures in Chess history. He is considered the best Chess player ever in Serbia; he has also been Champion of Yugoslavia an impressive 12 times. The following game wa...
Karpow-Kasparow 1985 Moskau
Karpow - Kasparow Moskau 1985 1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 Sf6 5.Sc3 a6 6.Le2 e6 7.0-0 Le7 8.f4 0-0 9.Kh1 ...
Spassky-Fischer 1972 Island
Spasski - Fischer Island 1972 1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e6 3.Sf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Sc3 g6 7.Sd2 Sbd7 8.e4 Lg7 9.Le2 0-0 ...
Kramnik-Kasparow 2000
Kramnik - Kasparow England 2000 1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e6 3.Sc3 Lb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Ld3 d5 6.Sf3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4&n...
Smyslow-Botwinnik 1948
Smyslow - Botwinnik Den Haag/Moskau 1948 1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 Sf6 5.Sc3 d6 6.Lg5 e6 7.Le2 Le7 8.0-0&n...
Steinitz-Lasker 1894
Steinitz - Lasker USA 1894 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Sc3 Sf6 4.f3 c5 5.dxc5 Lxc5 6.cxd5 Sxd5 7.e4 Sxc3 8.Dxd8+ Kxd8...
Tal-Botwinnik 1960
Tal - Botwinnik Moskau 1960 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Sc3 dxe4 4.Sxe4 Lf5 5.Sg3 Lg6 6.Lc4 e6 7.S1e2 Sf6 8.Sf4 Ld6 9.Sx...