I have playing a few games, and I have discovered a quick pin. It does have its flaws, however I will post it for now as the unfinished version. The pin is quite an enjoyable one; keeping a knight from fear of the death of the queen. I got this mo...
Keres is out for blood here. With Byrne rolling a dangerous pawn front down his queenside, he goes after Byrne's seemingly safe king. However, a crushing rook sac brings an end to the game, despite the extra queens.
After Tal beat Botvinnik in the 1960 WC Match, many thought that the old master would retire in the face of such an opponent. Howeber, Botvinnik proved them all wrong by winning the return match a year later. Here is one of his favorite games. (n...
Earlier this night I was feeling lazy and decided to follow some games in livechess. Watching one game, I thought I saw a trick that the players overlooked. I was wrong, but with a slight alteration the trick would have worked and in fact be a lot...
Black unleashes a devastating maneuver in this game. In a combination reminiscent of the Rubinstein masterpiece, two bishops on the long diagonal and rooks watching over them lead to a nice queen sac.
The object of the game is to checkmate your opponent's king. Sadly, throwing pieces at your opponent's king will not work. You need to have at least a hint of clue on what you're doing. Not all squares on the chessboard are created equally. The f...
Fine is at his best here, using ingenuity to take down Capablanca. The endgame is a classic knights vs bishops standoff. In fact, Fine even gave up a pawn to achieve this situation.
I was reviewing a few games and this was a really interesting game i came along. Studying this game i can clearly see that he set his opponent up for this blinded check mate. I know before i saw this i never considered the power of double che...
suffer from ''chess stress''? this introductory version of the braingame from winning moves games lets you learn at your own pace
White seeks material gain early in this game, and Pratten complies, giving up both his rooks on their starting squares. Next he initiates a strong attack with his minor pieces, giving up his queen in the mix to force the point.
White employs a few nice ploys in this battle, leaving his queen en prise for several moves until black is forced to take, which allows white to storm the bastions. The rooks+bishops combo is very effective, as can be shown by black's quick resign...
The diagram to the left represents a classic bishop sacrifice sometimes called the greek gift. The theme varies but usually it involves a bishop sac and a queen and knight attack against the castled king. I am taking this example from Vuković 's e...
Taco123 breaks through the 1500 mark with this intensely tactical game! Background: Roughly a month ago, I reached a new high rating of 1780 at this same time my friend Taco123 reached a new high of 1380. I proposed a race to increase our 'best...
In this game, I made many critical mistakes losing pieces. As you can see, I was down a bishop and a knight (along with many pawns. But then, my oppenent made a critical mistake, allowing me to draw. My opponent moved his bishop from d3 to b1. ...
It's surprising to us when a chess giant (such as boris spassky) falls in a mere 12 moves. But it happened in this game. Spassky commits an oversight that allows Korchnoi to create a nice tactics display. so what do you guys think? are short defe...
Before you execute a tactic, you should check it. If it goes against you, you probably shouldn't use it. Here's an example. This puzzle is from the "The Usborne Internet-Linked Complete Book of Chess." After solving this puzzle, check out the ne...
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In this game, Duras ignores the threat to his own king and plunges into a head on attack on his opponent's king. He sticks his pieces into active positions, and rounds off the game with a queen sac.
Légal Trap, Blackburne Trap, or also known as the Légal Mate is a chess opening trap, characterized by a queen sacrifice followed by checkmate with minor pieces if Black accepts the sacrifice. The trap is named after Sire de Légal (1702-1792) who ...
It's really strange, but some how all my articles keep disappearing from the front page...i wonder who's behind that? (cough) anyway...a game.
this is a cool puzzle but its too easy.good luck! LOL
I decide to share this amazing puzzle with rest of the chess world. Some people thinks, that endgamepuzzles are easy, since you can count evrey move when there is only 5-7 pieces on the board, so I decided to show that it is nonsense. White to mov...
