The weather could not have been nicer for the outdoor opening ceremonies. It took place on an open field behind the Museum of Art, with servers offering an assortment of delicacies.After exiting the Marcel Duchamp exhibit inside the building, I wa...
As the opening remarks began, I found an open seat directly behind Boris Gulko, Gregory Kaidanov and Yury Shulman - a nicer trio of gentlemen would be hard to find.After opening introductions, St. Louis Chess Club founder Rex Sinquefield got up to...
Folks, there is something very special about the upcoming U.S. Chess Championships in St. Louis. People here are excited, they're smiling, and the media assault is beginning. Newspapers, radio stations and television stations have started to reali...
How good do you think you are? Good? We'll see. This game is something that I found in a Chess Life. It had two masters facing off in London. This is a game that they played. Now if you think you are good enough then you can try to guess the next ...
Greetings CLO readers! The 2009 US Championship is fast approaching, and in two days, it will also be time to enter the third annual Fantasy Chess competition! After reading the rules below, login and go to this url to enter: http://uschess.org/...
The Tangled Web We Weave I asked (wrote a note to) the deaf, elderly man I play chess with to stop saying "STUPID" all the time. He berates himself. He gives no credit to the rhyme and reason of my game. He seeks the perfect crime. ...
White to effect smothered mate in 10 moves From the New Zealand Chess Magazine December 2008
This is Smothered Mate is very fun to do against your opponent!!!
Blackburne Gambit
This is a great way to draw if you are losing. Perpetual Check is a great way to force a draw
Pal Benko,Chess Life,1975 Mate in 2
Mate in 2
T.R,Dawson Flakirk Hearld 1914 Mate in 2 white to move (solution below) We are going to work this out from retrograde analysis.Where could have blacks last move been???He can...
Tournament price 1st price 10000$ 2nd price 8000$ 3rd price 5000$ After a long round or chess tournament it came out a result…… A lowest rank in the tournament scoring no win and no draw all game is lost offered a challen...
The first known blindfold event in Europe took placein 1266.Philidor demonstrated his ability to play up to three blindfold games simultaneously in 1783 with great success, with newspapers highlighting his achievement, having taught himself to vis...
Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. - Spielmann
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Here is a little and fun game for you guys, let's see who can solve it first.Over the board below there are 5 chess pieces, a King, a Queen, a Rook a Knight and a Bishop. We don't know his exact location because these are invisible pieces. The num...
During a short intermission on Live Chess, I decided to join in the general conversation. When I was about to start another game someone had posted, "where did chess come from?" I tend to see a lot of these random statements. Others include- H...
Here is what you've all been waiting for - the answers and winners of the Chess.com Holiday Puzzler competition! The standard of entries was incredibly high, so a BIG thank you to all members who submitted answers. Where necessary, equal scores...
Is it possible to bring a Knight to every square on the board in 63 moves?? If you get it, post it in a comment.
Welcome to the 2008 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler! How many of the 20 questions below can you answer? Don't answer in the comments! Send your entries to holidaypuzzler@chess.com and you could win one of these fabulous prizes! 1st Prize: 1 year of...
