Great Start!
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Major Rule Changes by FIDE
At the recent FIDE Congress, delegates from the 103 countries represented made some rule changes that had been debated for the past few years. Here are the highlights- 1. Changes for title requriements: a. By a margin of 100-4, it was voted fo...
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Schrödinger's Chess Puzzle
Warning - the article you are about to read might produce a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. ***...
Surprise Me!
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Romantic Chess
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Swiss Win-Win Clock
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Chess.com Rating Comparisons
Please Note: This rating comparison is from 2014. For the most recent comparisons, please visit https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/ Many players are curious about how the different chess.com ratings stack up against each other. ...
Pumping Tata Steel
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Death Match 20 - A Family Affair
For the first time in Death Match history, we may have to ask the wives to leave the room. American GM Yury Shulman and German GM Daniel Fridman are both married to titled chess players, but there won't be any consultation allowed during their mat...
Oh, How the Mighty Fall
There is no question that chess masters are lightyears ahead of the average player in both technical skill and understanding. Sometimes we even think of these players as superhuman at least in chess terms and that perception remains pretty ...
The Haunted Tournament
Chess is a scary game – as Vladimir Nabokov wrote in his book The Luzhin Defense (which, if you haven’t read, you should!): Suddenly, something occurred outside his being, a scorching pain - and he let out a loud cry, shaking his han...
USCL 2012 Preview: East
USCL 2012 Preview - East If you are interested in the rubric based on which I'm evaluating these teams; or in my predictions for the Western Division, they can be found here. If you don't know what the US Chess League is, it is an exciting, prof...
USCL 2012 Preview: West
As I write this, we are just hours from the opening pawn pushes of the 8th US Chess League season. And what an exciting season it will be! One of the major innovations of the season is that the games will be shown on both ICC and Chess.com, and th...
Playing for a Draw
Mikhail Tal once described a typical case in his book. In 1959, at the Candidates Tournament (which was won by him, and which gave him the right to challenge the world champion at the time Mikhail Botvinnik) Tal was leading by 2.5 points ahead of ...
Death-Match Historical Archive
Death-Matches are grueling, all-out battles of wit, speed, skill, and endurance. For the rules governing these matches, check here. This article will maintain a list of all previous Death-Match Winners. Death-Match 1 On January 13, 2012, ...
Behind the Stone Wall
An easy approach to the walls must be provided against: indeed they should be surrounded by uneven ground, and the roads leading to the gates should be winding and turn to the left from the gates. – Marcus Vitruvius Pollio A wall is not a natur...
Older Chess Players
Now that I am an older player in my 60s, old age is creeping up on me (I can feel it in my knees), but I can still enjoy chess. Even after playing almost 50 years in hundreds of tournaments, I still like the chess tournament atmosphere and can al...
Records in Chess
Best match player. William Steinitz played 27 chess matches from 1862 to 1896, and won 25 of the 27. He won 160 games, lost 70, and drew 57. Best Selling Chess Book. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess has sold over one million copies. Best world c...
Joke Chess
Since the chess.com staff seems to have run out of good April Fool's Day jokes, I have decided to post an article on joke chess problems. They are puzzles in chess which use humor as a primary or secondary element. ...
In Aotearoa
Aotearoa, or "the land of the long white cloud", or simple New Zealand as most of you know it hosted an exceptional event- the Queenstown Classic Chess Tournament. It is exceptional first of all for its occurrence-- only once every three years-- a...
Primus Inter Pares
This is how the German team must have felt after winning the prestigious European Team Competition. I am a kind of breaking the chronological turn of events, but so be it! What these players did was surprising, exceptional and thrilling. After all...
Chess By The Numbers
Chess... by the numbers! Our favorite game is amazing.
Pronounce That Chess Word
Here is a list of chess terms and personalities and their pronunciation. Abramov (ah-BRAHM-ahf), Lev - Russian arbiter and Correspondence International Master (IM)Acs (larch), Peter - Hungarian GMAdorjan (A-door-yan), Andras - Hungarian Grandmast...