Kasparov's games and other
Here is games played by grandmasters and people, (games):
Cheating In Chess
Compared to other sports cheating in chess are relatively few and almost negligible among professional players –cheating to win that is- until the advent of computer programs and wireless technology. Cheating to lose is however another matter. Th...
Chess boxing
Chess boxing is a game where two people play chess and boxing. They play three minutes of each game. Who ever gets KO or checkmate loses. On to the video.
300,000 Members!
HOURRAYYY! Chess.com has reached an all time high of 300,000 Members! I Congratulate and thank all the staff, erik, and of course the members that have contributed and made this site a better place. I have only been at this site for a couple of mo...
World Championship Computer-assisted Predictions
GM Ray Keene and I will be doing a book on the upcoming Anand-Kramnik match that will appear shortly after the match. We mplan to preview much of the material here. We'll start with a bit Ray wrote on a new computer predicition project. Persona...
The 16th Computer Games Championship results
The 16th Computer Games Championship ended in a tie with Rybka and Hiarcs, an England Chess Computer. They beat all the other computers, but didn't play each other. Rybka drawed against Cluster Toga. Hiarcs drawed against Cluster Toga too.
Karpov-Kasparov World Championship 1985 (Game 7)
A quarter of the games of th 1985 World Championship mathc between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov were over adn Karpov was leading b the score of 3.5-2.5. Kasparov does seem to have upped his game after defeats in games 4 and 5 which turned his...
Karpov-Kasparov World Championship 1985 (Game 6)
The 1985 World Championship match had clearly taken a major turn in the last two games. After three games, challenger Garry Kasparov was leading 2-1 with a win and two draws but world champion Anatoly Karpov upped his game to win games 4 and 5 and...
Karpov-Kasparov World Championship 1985 (Game 5)
It was all square between reigning world champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Garry Kasparov after 4 games of the 1985 World Championship with two draws and both players having one win each. With Karpov winning the most recent game, Game 4 is se...
My Chess Puzzle
Try to solve this one. Thought it up and gave it to my folks to solve and they couldn't. You probably can, and really easy at that, but here it is anyway.
Kasparov Undone
The 1983 qualifying cycle to determine a challenger for Anatoly Karpov was filled with chess legends both past and future. In the quarterfinal round, up and coming Russian player Garry Kasparov faced off against fellow Russian, Alexander Beliavsk...
GameSquad Interview with Erik
Erik, the King of Chess.com , was gracious enough to grant me an interview for GameSquad, a gaming website I help to edit. I am reposting the interview here for the enjoyment of the entire Chess.com community. Again, a big thank you to Erik for ...
Game analysis - turning points
Here is a game I played recently, with titus26... with notes from the both of us (merged, to keep it simple). Clearly, he was the better player, and deserved to win. I committed many errors - some that contributed to my loss. Yet, I had many gai...
ECF Grading Overhaul for 2009/2010
The English Chess Federation (ECF) has announced plans to change its rating system from next season. After many seasons of alleged rating deflation, the ECF has worked back through years of calculations to fix the issue. The biggest issue however ...
A Capablanca Masterpiece
The London International Chess Congress of 1922 provided us with many memorable games. Jose Raul Capablanca was the reigning world champion at the time and headlined an impressive cast of participants. His first round game was against ...
Hermann Helms (1870-1963)
Hermann Helms, “the dean of American chess”, was an accomplished chess columnist and an attacking chess player of national master caliber. His chess career included wins over American legends Harry Nelson Pillsbury and Frank Jame...
Triangle Match - 1915
The 1915 triangle match in Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA) was contested between Frank J. Marshall (United States champion), Sydney T. Sharp (Pennsylvania state champion), and Wilbur L. Moorman of Lynchburg, VA (USA). The format consist...
New scam targets chess coaches
I'd like to warn our chess community that there is a new scam going around trying to defraud chess coaches. Recently I received an e-mail that seemed legitimate enough but was an attempt to set up a bank fraud. I quickly realized what ...
Staunton Memorial final Rd. 11: Mickey takes the gold!
Mickey Adams won the Staunton Memorial with 8/11 as he drew with Loek Van Wely in the last round. Van Wely could have caught him with a win but chose a quiet line against Adams' Moscow Sicilian and settled for second place. Jan Smeets took third a...
Karpov-Kasparov World Championship 1985 (Game 3)
The first two games of the 1985 World Championship Match between challenger Garry Kasparov and world champion Anatoly Karpov were quite exciting. In both games Kasparov took the edge and went all out for a win. In the first game he suceeded, but i...
Fischer-Spassky 1992 (Epilogue)
Now that the Bobby Fischer had defeated Boris Spassky in a rematch of their legendary encounter in 1972 Reykjavik, the burning question was whether or not he would play again. His belief that he was still the true world champion did not bode...
Staunton Memorial Rd.10: Dutch Treat
Games ended early today and we have an early start tomorrow at noon so here is the update. Games will follow in the morning. Round 10Wells 1/2 SpeelmanSokolov 1/2 AdamsVan Wely 1-0 CherniaevSmeets 1-0 ShortWerle 1-0 WadeL'Ami 1/2TimmanFinal Roun...
Staunton Memorial Rd 9: Leaders win big
Round 9L'Ami 1/2WellsTimman 1-0 WerleWade 0-1 SmeetsShort 1/2 Van WelyCherniaev 0-1 SokolovAdams 1-0 SpeelmanRound 10Wells vs. SpeelmanSokolov vs. AdamsVan Wely vs. CherniaevSmeets vs. ShortWerle vs. WadeL'Ami vs. TimmanAn exciting day with 4 deci...
Staunton Memorial Rd.8: To the bitter end
Round 8Wells 1/2 AdamsSpeelman 1/2 CherniaevSokolov 1/2 ShortVan Wely 1-0 WadeSmeets 1/2 TimmanWerle 1/2 L'Ami Round 9L'Ami vs. WellsTimman vs. WerleWade vs. SmeetsSort vs. Van WelyCherniaev vs. SokolovAdams vs. SpeelmanTalk about playing it ...