Boris Spassky won game 20 of his match against a seemingly passive Bobby Fischer. After letting Spassky off the hook in their previous game and settling for a draw, it was widely expected that Fischer would come out very aggressive in this g...
October 10, 1992 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Bobby Fischer won his second consecutive game of match, prevailing against Boris Spassky’s Siciilian Defense in game 17 of their rematch for the world chess championship. Fischer had previou...
Isn’t it incredible how some games can be important for reasons that no-one but yourself can understand and appreciate. I had one such experience last night at our local club. I knew to expect a visitor from a neighbouring town, a man ...
October 7, 1992 Belgrade, Yugoslavia After one loss and three draws since moving the match to Belgrade, Fischer picks up his first win in the Yugoslav capital. Spassky tried a relatively outdated opening in the Accelerated Averbakh At...
A few months ago, I was doing a weekly posting on some of the games from the 1992 Fischer-Spassky rematch. I was not getting much feedback and kind of abandoned this for other articles of interest. After purchasing and reading a book by Cart...
Albert Beauregard Hodges (1861-1944) was one of the greatest American chess players in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. He lost a title match for the U.S. Championship early in 1894 to Jackson W. Showalter, but won their re-matc...
(This article is from my new chess blog Chessedelic.com - mind boggling chess blogging...) Since the beginning of 2003 I'm taking an interest in (Tibetan) Buddhism.To me the beauty of Buddhism lies in the fact that one does not necessaril...
Today we bring you a game from the infamous St. Petersburg International Chess Tournament of 1914. Then world champion, Emanuel Lasker plays the young up and coming Russian player, Alexander Alekhine. Lasker was 45 years old at the time...
The recent 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup in Odessa, Ukraine provided us with a stroll down memory lane, as the 34-year old rivalry between Victor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov was renewed for a brief period of time. The background on this storied ...
1. What is the origin of the game of chess? Chess is a game of war that was created in India in the 700’s. It may have been used to train warriors or as a civilized way for kingdoms to settle their differences since chess is a battle between...
Chess History 1(531-999) 0531 INDIA; Chess introduced into Persia from India during reign of Khusrau Nushirwan. (531-578). 0550 Chaturanga, earliest chess precursor, created in the Punjab. 0570 CHINA; Form of chess being played...
The 1896 cable match between the United States and Great Britain took place on Friday, March 13th and Saturday, March 14th. The final rosters for each team were to be decided in the last few days leading up to the actual match. Brookly...
This was probably one of my best comebacks, but....i got disconnected. Nevertheless, it was a good game.
I made a tournament called, 1st Bangladeshi Knockout. I was expecting for only Bangladeshis to join it, but no one from Bangladesh joined and peoples from other countries joined.It was really unexpected.Don't you think? And please give me some...
Anderssen's Mate This checkmate occurs from a corner square with a Rook or a Queen, defended and protected by a pawn or a Bishop in the long diagonal which includes the corner square. The opposing King is checkmated at the s...
Rook, knight and pawn Mate Usually seen in endgames, this mate "is extremely useful to know." The combination of a Rook, Knight, and a pawn often proves to be a very potent fighting unit against an opposing King in an endga...
Anastasia's Mate Part 2: Since the previous article about the Anastasia's Mate became to long, i am going to post the game (analysed) here. Enjoi ... And a little puzzl...
Pillsbury's Mate Pillsbury's Mate.Pillsbury's Mate is a variation of Morphy's Mate*1, but the Rook delivers checkmate while the Bishop prevents the opposing King from fleeing to the corner square. Below is an ex...
Réti's Mate (My favourite) This checkmate came from Réti-Tartakower, Vienna 1910, and involves White dropping an early checkmate on Black's uncastled King at c7 by White's Queen Bishop at d7 defended ...
Epaulette Mate Epaulette Mate. This mate occurs when the opposing King is sandwiched in between two pieces on the back rank with the Queen delivering mate from the opposing player's third rank...
This is the first part of a couple of articles where i am gonna talk about mating patterns, each article will contain one mating pattern. The mating pattern now?Gueridon's Mate! Gueridon's Mate This mating pattern and ...
The first United States Chess Federation (USCF) National Rating List was published in Chess Life magazine on November 20, 1950. The first list had nine classifications and rated 2,306 players. A Grandmaster was anyone with a rat...
Here's a game which I won recently at the Durham Chess Congress. I scored 3/5 in my category: not too bad for my first tournament, but I lost at least one game which I should have won. I needed to win both my games on the last day to get the &...
Chess is a game of endless proportion. We love this ancient game, because it goes on, and on, and it never bores us. The possibilities on the chess board are positively endless. Why, after just four moves into the game, the combination of po...
