The Death of Chess?
The Death of Chess?I In a recent article Dr. Ray Kurzweil, the inventor of optical character recognition used in flat bed scanners amongst other things, has sugges...
Talk Right!
Listen everyone... this article, i felt, was very important to write as there are many scoundrels on this site that talk abuse to others on the chat dialogue box, as had happened to my friend whose name id not lyk to mention, just a few days ago. ...
Die Unsterbliche
unsterbliche Partie Anderssen - Kieseritzky London 1851 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Lc4 Dh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Lxb5 Sf6 6. Sf3 Dh6 7. d...
Chess
Chess is awesome! All people should like it even if they can't play it!
A special player
What would you think about a player that enters in a challenge with you, he (or she) is pressing about moving ("move plz"; "Are you there?") and when he has a smal advantage take his time to move (days)? You look for his ...
No Sense
Okay, this is a magic trick, a mind magic trick. First pick any number, but a number 1-10 would be easier for you. Got it? Good. Now double your number (times is by two). Then add 10. Divide it by 2. Now take the number you started with and subtra...
Positioning
Positioning was key in this game. I had a chance to take black's queen, but instead, I ended up taking the game.
if you dont get any match, you can still try!
If your a beginner and want to play your first game, then you might just run into some trouble right before you start the game,and its always going to be in the place where you get matched up with another player. If that happens, just go ah...
It's not about winning
Hey, I may be a beginner on this site but i've played before. Any way something that i think is completely wrong with chess (and trust me there is almost nothing wrong with chess) is that when u beat someone sometimes they don't tak...
Bughouse Chess
Recently, i've stumbled upon a variation of chess called bughouse chess in my local chess club. I've tried out a couple of games and i have to say, i havn't been disappointed. In case your wondering waht bughouse chess is, well ...
Great site
I just would like to say that this is the best chess site that I´ve ever visited. It´s Friendly and easy to play with all over the world´s players. Congratulations to owners and members Jordi Casta (M...
The Power of a Chess Set
Chess is a game of mystery to the many people who don’t know its rules. Often even the most intelligent will remark that they don’t really know how it’s played, or never really understood it. For them the existence of a chess boa...
What do you do after E4
What do you do after E4? Well what about E5. Actually that is quite good. But I would like to talk about something different? What if you play D5. That would actually be quite a big mistake. Okay, E4 takes, then queen takes. The problem is that yo...
How I start playing chess
I start chess wen I was 5 years old .I learn chess with my mother now I 9 years old .But I stop playing chess wen I go to school now I learning again chess .But I think that I can't learn chess because the school gonna start again .I play ches...
Index of Articles
Here is an index of all 110 articles at www.chess.com as of August 7, 2007 and excluding the Amazing Games. NAME &nbs...
Best Chess Players
There is some forum discussion on who are the top 50 chess players in the world or who the best player in the world is (or was). Well, if we look at current Elo (FIDE) ratings, they publish a list of the top players in the world. If we look at i...
Annotated game: Matt Helfst - Internet Opponent
Here is an interesting game I played on the internet. It was a 90 5 time control game and my opponent was rated about 200 points above me. I will provide full annotations and commentary: This was a very satisfying win for me as in a few months I w...
Annotated game: GM Carlsen - GM Malakhov
Here is an interesting game from the World Cup event in Khanty Mansyisk, 2005 betwen GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Vladmir Malakhov. At this point Carlsen was down a full point in the match score and this was a must win for him to bring the match to ti...
Annotated game: Herman Steiner - Reuben Fine
Here I provide annotations and commentary of game 5 of the match between Herman Steiner and 18 year old Reuben Fine at the time it was played. By the time Reuben Fine turned 18 years old he had only played a few tournaments but already been involv...
World War II and Chess
On August 23, 1939, the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires was formerly opened. Play began on August 24, 1939. The world women’s chess championship also took place at the same time in Buenos Aires. Due to political events, prom...
My draw against GM Jon Speelman
Here I present you with a recent simul game I had with GM Jon Speelman. This game was a real battle the whole way. Ok, here is the game with full annotations: This game was truly a case of missed opportunities and bad time management...
Annotated game: Matt Helfst - John Claxton
Here is another one of my recent USCF tournament games. This is in the last round of the tournament, I was 1/2 going into this game, in the first round defeating an 1834 and in the second round losing to a 1851. Just to set the stage, going into r...
Annotated game: Bobby Waddel - Matt Helfst
Here is one of my recent tournament games where I reached my peak rating of 1784 USCF! I provide full instructional annotations for your enjoyment.