Source: http://www.bobby-fischer.net/Bobby_Fischer_Biography.html Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago, Illinois at the Michael Reese Hospital by the banks of Lake Michigan on March 9th, 1943. His father Gerhardth Fischer was born in Ber...
As promised in the previous article, today I bring a very curious game. Undoubtedly, two strategists face to face. And besides, two Argentines. Miguel Najdorf, although born in Poland, but developed his most important chess race in my country. S...
I bring to share with you some of my fellow countryman Miguel Najdorf, the greatest chess player in my country (as I understand it). Miguel Najdorf (born Mendel (Mieczysław) Najdorf in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw, Poland, April 15, 1910 – died...
When mankind has wanted to make predictions, he (and she) has (have), over time, turned to the stars, the sun, crystal balls, philosophers, religious prophets and gurus, scriptural writings, and a sundry of other devices, not to ignore history, it...
In this game, Robert Fischer battles Robert Byrne in the U.S. Championship of 1963. They played the King's Indian defence: Finachetto Variation. A notable SAC in this game is 15. Nxf2, played by Fischer! To Byrne, it looked like a tasty treat. To ...
At the end of the first half of this double-round tournament, Capablanca stood a point and a half ahead of his closest rivals, Lasker and Tarrasch. When he met Lasker again in the seventh of the final ten rounds, even a draw would virtually assure...
hou yifan, the 14-year-old chinese chess prodigy, has recently been awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE. in doing so,she has broken the rscord setby judit polgar in 1991 to become the youngest female grandmaster in the history of chess.
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906) was one of the strongest chess players in the world and known for his blindfold chess play and mental feats of memorization. He suffered from tertiary syphilis which may have led to mental illness. Before he di...
Josef Cukierman is a virtually unknown chess player (to some people), but he had some brilliant games in his lifetime. One of them is this one. He breaks out of the gate with a kingside attack, and never looks back. Tartakower is unable to conjure...
First, you must make sure it has a good lead up. Then, you have to think if there is a way out of your sack follow up. If there is no way out try away, but if there is a way out think up a different move or moves. Here is an example for the winnin...
“All I want to do, ever,” Fischer once said, “is play chess.” One might think that there was no room in Fischer’s life for anything else. Yet few know that religion sometimes took precedence over chess for Fischer. In a match with Tigran Pet...
All ecuadorian chess players are now invited to join the group "Ecuador" here in Chess.com There we can talk in Spanish and create or participate in the Forums. See you there,Fernando.
Jacques Mieses (1865-1954) was born in Leipzig, Germany. In 1939, he fled Nazi persecution of Jews. He was accepted in Great Britain where he became a citizen. In 1950, he was the oldest player (85) awarded the grandmaster title and the first Brit...
Today (October 31) is Alexander Alekhine's birthday. Here is some Alekhine trivia. Alexander Alekhine was born on Halloween, October 31, 1892. This would have been October 19 on the Old Style or Russian calendar, which was in affect until 1918....
Frank Marshall (1877-1944) was the chess champion of the United States from 1909 to 1936 when he gave up the title. He played a match against Emanuel Lasker for the world championship in 1907. Despite losing to Lasker with 8 losses and 7 draws, Ma...
Don't you think its werid if people fall for scholar's mate. You would have to be a serious beginner to fall for. I even heard at the nationals people fall for it. Now isn't that sad. Hopefully, people will grow out of it. If you don't know what I...
Capablanca had his own distinct way of thinking. This game is a good illustration of that. He uses principles like zugzwang and preventing counterplay to totally lock down his opponent. Some think he might have read My System and used its principl...
François-André Danican Philidor 1726 - 1785) was a French C\hess player and composer. He was regarded as the best single chess player of his age. Although the title of World Chess Champion was not yet in existence. Philidor's book Anal...
In 2004, Magnus Carlsen of Norway became the second youngest player to earn the title of international grandmaster at 13 years, 4 months, and 27 days. The first norm was at the Corus GMC in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands in January 2004. The second nor...
We've all heard of the great Magnus Carlsen and his achievements. So here's my little tribute to him: a game that will probably make its way into the tactics books within the near future.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was born October 21, 1990 in Nogent-sur-Marne, just outside Paris. He plays 1.e4 and when playing Black, the Sicilian Najdorf or Dragon against it. Maxime prefers the Grunfeld against 1.d4 and 1...c5 or 1...Nf6 against 1.c4...
This is a nice game from the young garry kasparov. Sacrfices abound, with excellent endgame play included. One is reminded of the legendary "game of the century" and bobby fischer.
