If a dozen different masters were asked what was the greatest combination they have ever witnessed, there would be at least a dozen different replies. None, however, would deny the following game its share of immortality. This is one of the most b...
I played this game a while ago against a very good player and a good friend of mine (I will not reveal his name to protect his privacy). We usually beat each other back and forward, I happened to beat him this time. Often we see a game where ...
This game was played in 1923, it only lasted nine moves. Black resigned as soon as he realized that his Queen was trapped. The quiet and amazing way in which White trapped the Black Queen is pure genious. Enjoy...
This game was played in 1936, don't know exactly where but I wanted to share it with you all. It features a 12-move checkmate. White never had a chance in this game, he could well have resigned before the mate was delivered. I don't t...
Chess is often referred to as the "Royal Game" for, way back in the old days, the game used to be played among Kings and important people. The winner of the following game was Prince Andrey Dadian of Mingrelia (1850-1910),...
David Janowski (May 1868-January 1927) was born in Wolkowysk, Russia, he settled in Paris around 1890 and went professional as a Chess player in 1894. He won tournaments in Monte Carlo 1901, Hanover 1902, and tied for first at Vienna 1902 and Barm...
The World's Junior Championship tournament of 1959 was held in Munchestein, Switzerland, the event is limited to players under 21 years of age. The winner at the time was 19-year old Carlos Bielicki (May 1940-), with this remarkable ...
Frank James Marshall (August 1877-November 1944) was the United States Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936. He was considered one of the world's strongest players in the early part of the 20th century. In the game below, played in 1912 at the Bre...
David Bronstein (1924-2006) was one of the best four players in the world from 1948 to 1958. He was one of the youngest Soviet players to be awarded the national master title. He was the winner of the first, and perhaps strongest, Inte...
I came across this game and I wanted to share it for your enjoyment. It was played in East Germany in 1963; the game features a nice Kinghunt. Black gives pieces away to get the White King out of his comfort zone, then he ...
In 1960, Fischer suffered a famous loss against Boris Spasskys King's gambit. Bobby would later write an article entitled "A Bust to the King's Gambit". In 1963, during the US Championship, Fischer played a less popular vari...
It's rare to see four queens on the board at once and remain on the board until the game is over. But that's what happened in this French Defense game where International Master Bernard Zuckerman lost to National Master Louis Levy in...
the main feature of this game is the simultaneous attack of both sides on the f7 and f2 squares, the werakest square on each side.
John Peters was born in Boston, Massachusetts on February 10, 1951. He was champion of New England in 1971, 1974, and 1975. He was a USCF life master at the age of 22. He was Massachusetts State Champion in 1974 and 1975 ...
In 1914, Jose Capablanca travelled to South America for several exhibition games. In Buenos Aires, he played the best chess players in the city and won all his games. Here is a charming miniature in which Capa played the Four Knights D...
First of all, I would like to thank Chessmaster 10th Edition for the info on the game. This is one of Gioachino Greco's best game. Who is Gioahino Greco? He is one of the first Grandmasters. Greco is credited for developing some gambits and pu...
Reuben Fine (1914-1993), an American grandmaster, was among the top eight players in the world from the 1930s to early 1950s. Despite all his chess success, he never won the U.S. Championship and only one New York State Championship (1941).&...
Chess notation is a great device that gives us a unique opportunity for time travel.We can enjoy old good times' chess games.I want to share one of the good games in the history.This gamewas played at Rome a...
This may look like a strange game that black plays.... A good vs a Bad.
In the Bogoljubow Variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4), Black tries to defend his pawn structure after winning a pawn. But this usually leads to quick development for White. In this g...
Mikhail Tal (Riga, Latvia 1936-1992) defeated Mikhail Botvinnik in 1960 to become World Champion, he was 23 at the time, the youngest player ever to win the title (his record was broken in 1985, when Garry Kasparov won the World Title at the ...
Jacques Mieses (1865-1954) was a German-born player who was awarded the Grandmaster title at the age of 85, in 1950. At the time, he was a naturalized British citizen, making him the first British chess grandmaster. In his early years,...
Dear ladies and gents, This is a "re-arranged digested" 1907 game of Karlsbad between Leonhardt and Tartakower, hope you would like it Love,Anthony
