MASTERING MATERIAL IMBALANCES HiddenDeath said: “After reading your HOW TO REASSESS YOUR CHESS 4th Edition and going over the examples where a player sacrificed his queen for two pieces, a pawn, and some positive imbalances, I decided to give thi...
This game is yet another fantastic effort by the great Mikhail Tal. On his 11th move, he sacrifices a knight, apparently for no reason. However, after whipping up an attack on Szukzszta's king out of nowhere, Tal throws in a couple of neat sacrifi...
After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 we get the exciting Two Knights Defense. In that case, white’s most combative move is 4.Ng5 when 4…d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7!? is the Fried Liver Attack (an amateur favorite… the name alone makes y...
IMPORTANT: [At the end of the puzzles, you should click MOVE LIST so you can see my instructive notes and variations. If you are having trouble solving a problem, just click SOLUTION, and then MOVE LIST. Even if you solve everything, DO click M...
The following game was played just a few hours ago. It's a wonderful miniature which Bacrot won because either Morozevic didn't want a draw or simply missed how to get it (I think he was probably still trying to win by inertia, after what seemed l...
IMPORTANT: [At the end of the puzzles, you should click MOVE LIST so you can see my instructive notes and variations. If you are having trouble solving a problem, just click SOLUTION, and then MOVE LIST. Even if you solve everything, DO click MOVE...
IMPORTANT: [At the end of the puzzles, you should click MOVE LIST so you can see my instructive notes and variations. If you are having trouble solving a problem, just click SOLUTION, and then MOVE LIST. Even if you solve everything, DO click MO...
IMPORTANT: [At the end of the puzzles, you should click MOVE LIST so you can see my instructive notes and variations. If you are having trouble solving a problem, just click SOLUTION, and then MOVE LIST. Even if you solve everything, DO click MO...
BREAKING A WELL-KNOWN RULE luke-duke (1206) - bagpiper123456 (1198), chess.com (14 days per move), 2012 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 Here White usually plays 4.Ba4, keeping the tension. However, the Exchange Variation (4.Bxc6) also had/has many ...
THE PROS & CONS OF SICILIAN NAJDORF MEGA-THEORY [As you can see, I did something a bit different this week. Other than the fact that I like to keep people guessing (you never know if you’ll get tactics, Tiny Tim, positional lessons, or...
IF YOU HAVE SPACE, NOTICE IT AND USE IT! mixiz said: “I think this is the key position. I think white must win this, having in mind that the opponent won’t play actively since he willingly came so far, and is obviously happy with t...
All the positions this week are in "test" format. However, though finding the right answer is nice, what I really want is for everyone to read the copious prose that I've added. Thus, after you try your hand at the solution, PLEASE click on "Move ...
This is the first article featuring my newly created format. It addresses several problems, a couple of which were: * Doing one game a week means those sending in games must wait a long, long time to see their name in lights. * The articles go o...
Misspumkin (1895) – Darkschyte (1586), Chess.com 2012 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3!? Darkschyte said, “I think it’s not pleasant for him to meet …Bg4 but it wasn’t necessary to create that weakness, because …Bg4 its not pa...
This is the video archive of past Chess.com Death Matches. Look below to watch the live video coverage from each Death Match. Read the Death Match Rules See the Results of Past Death Matches Death Match 12: Arnold vs Ipatov Dea...
Glob said: “While I played a lot when I was younger, I stopped playing chess for several years. I got back into chess via chess.com and after playing for a while here (chess.com rating around 1500), I decided it was time to play some classical gam...
NachtWulf (1587) – Tnhayseed (1616), [C02] Chess.com 2012 (TC: 1 in 3 days) 1.e4 e6 Nachtwulf said: “French. I play it as black, but rarely get the chance to practice against it as white.” 2.d4 Obviously best, but those ...
Jared Collins (1528) - John Laning (1478), B12, Foolish Moves Mobile AL, 2009 45 minutes on the clock for each player 1.e4 c6 2.d4 Jared Collins said: “I tend to be aggressive, and when offered the entire center I will usually ta...
Mahto_Man said: “This game was from a local tournament between schools in the district, which is pretty low rated to begin with. Being on board 3, most of the games are won or lost from simple tactical blunders, so most aren’t good to ...
Mr. Schell said: "Last weekend I played in the 40th Annual Queen of Hearts tournament in Montgomery, Alabama. I found the atmosphere overwhelmingly friendly and competitive. In the interests of full disclosure, I withdrew after the third round bec...
I would like to introduce you to a game, played by the 4th World Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine. The game was played in 1925, when he was 33 years old. Two years later, he won the World Title against Capablanca. Alekhine played this ...
N.N. (1770) - Vanilla Cokehead (1820), England 2012 [time controls: 30 moves in an hour and 15 minute blitz finish] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 2.Nf3 g6 is known as the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon. Instead of playing 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6...
N.N. (1950) - Sam (1850), Bristol District League 2012 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 Not so long ago, the extremely dangerous Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ ...
Collopy: “This game was played in a serious manner (about an hour each spent on it) - although without clocks.” David S (2066) – R. Collopy (1722), Friendly match 2012 ECO: E10 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 A...
