A Great Ending
Hey guys, Yeah, I was playing a game over FICS. It was a poor game for the most part, with blunders on both sides, but the ending I played great :)
Chess quote
Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. - Spielmann
Capablanca's endgame genious
Watch how Capablanca manages to win against Tartakower at this didactical (end)game (which starts about move #34).Annotations from Alekhine and Reti.
The Quiet Route
Here is a game from the 2009 German Championship, IM Beikert - IM Wippermann with full commentary and annotations: In this game we saw white take a quiet approach in combating the Sicilian which is known to be a very dangerous op...
My first article beating a Fide master with a queen less
hi, hope if you enjoyed this game leave some comments, suggestions for new articles are welcome. Feel free to contact me if you want to improve your chess.Thank you
Take flight with the Pterodactyl
One of my favorite openings is the Pterodactyl and related systems. Black opens with g6, Bg7, c5 and Qa5. The early queen deployment is the characteristic of the Pterodactyl. In this article I will start out by presenting the countermeasures th...
Your Questions Answered By Andrew Martin
International Master Andrew Martin from England presents a regular series of articles to answer any questions that Chess.com readers have about the game of chess. If you want to ask Andrew a question, then send an email to askandrew@chess.com and...
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Worst game of the year
This is the game of two beginners which evokes lots of thoughts.These two players had made many, many mistakes and missed many, many oppurtunities. In short, this is a game which you should not learn from. It is solely for entertainment and evokin...
Win By Default: It's Not A Win At All...
Hi all... This a an opinion on the new FIDE rule which requires all players must be present before the start of the game. No more waiting time. If you are late, then you lost the game. In a way I agree that this method will "teach" the habitual ...
The Phantom Menace
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...
An Anti-Sicilian
Here is another nice game by Bobby Fischer. He takes advantage of his opponent's Sicilian and manages to work up an attack. When his opponent tries to attack him back, he uses a batch of tactics to bring him down.
Site Playing Rules: A Guide for the Perplexed
Resource What is it? Is it permitted DURING Turn-Based (and Vote Chess) play? Is it permitted DURING LiveChess play? Asking another person for advice Includes discussing a game-in-progress in the chess.com Forums NO* (except du...
Botvinnik's Panov Attack
Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995) was the Soviet Champion many times between 1931 and 1952. He held the World Championship in the years 1948-1957, 1958-1960, and 1961-1963. Playing against the Caro-Kann Defense in this game, Botvinnik used the Panov A...
Kasparov vs. Najdorf!
In this game, Garry Kasparov faced off against Miguel Najdorf in this tantalizing battle of wits! It starts to heat up with (19. Nd4! Qxe5 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Qg4 Rce8? 22. Bd2 which makes Black's Queen SAC useless) (22... Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxa1 24. Nxg7?...
Keres wins at six moves!
Keres was probably the strongest player who never played for the world championship and he has beaten nine world champions during his career.Here is a miniature against Arlamowski. To learn and see more games about Paul Ker...
Easy Sacrifice
Enjoyable Efficiency - Part II
This is the second and final (for now) part of the article. You can find the 1st part here. Please re-read it before continuing. The premise of this article was to share with you two conceptual ideas that I've developed in the certain types...
Italian punishment-A tactic at Giuoco Piano
White sets a trap and takes control of the board..
Sudden End
This recent game features a lot of exchanging and maneuvering. Shirov is up a pawn, but how does he take advantage of it? Suddenly, a simple move by white turns into disaster as a sudden blow ends the battle.
Miniatures at Giuoco Piano (Italian)
The Giuoco Piano (Italian: "quiet game") is the oldest recorded opening.Damiano played it at the beginning of the 16th century and the Italian Greco played it at the beginning of the 17th century. The opening is also known as the Italian Game, alt...
A Dangerous Game of Chess
I learned to play chess in the Merchant Navy when I was seventeen. I loved the game and soon became the ships champion. Although it appeared that I had a talent for chess, it was too bad that I never had any proper training so I became a wood-push...
An Unbelievable Mate
During my extensive research on Jackson Showalter, I recently came across an article from 1916 that details an inexplicable eleven move checkmate suffered by then American chess champion Frank Marshall at a Brooklyn, New York simul. The article ...
The Power of Discovery
Here is a game from the 2009 Moscow Open, IM Zubov - IM Krylov with full annotations and commentary: This was a very nice game to show the power of the discovery tactical motif in chess. In this game white was able to suc...
