Queenside advance can kill!
this is a good example of what can happen when a Queenside advance and a passed pawn combine.Enjoy!
A Corus Line
Since Corus is going on right now, I felt that I should post some highlights from this tournament. Here is one where Anand is at his best. He gives up nearly all of his minor pieces to achieve what he wants-the white king trapped in one file. Afte...
Spassky's Accelerated Dragon and Birthday
Boris Spassky was born in Leningrad, which once again is St. Petersburg, January 30, 1937. He won the Soviet Championship four times from 1956 to 1973. He was a candidate for the world championship seven times from 1956 to 1985. He defeated Keres,...
Enjoyable Efficiency – Simple Winning Ideas You Must Know, Especially When Playing Speed Chess
Professionals focus on achieving the victory in every game, while amateurs usually happy to enjoy the process, where the victory is a bonus. Mostly, the amateurs can only find time for speed chess. When I was growing up, 5 minutes per game for eac...
Capablanca vs J Corzo
Here is a game Capablanca drawed.
"Analysis of a difficult position" by Paul Keres
The games don't get adjourned anymore due to the possibility of computer analysis. Nevertheless, the ability to analyze complicated position is an important measure of a chess player's class. So Keres's lecture is still of much interest.Each chess...
Difficult positions
Book Review: Art Of Attack In Chess
The title of the the book under review at the moment is somewhat deceptive. While Art Of Attack In Chess is, indeed, about attacking play in chess, it is specifically about attacking the opponent's castled King. That's it. Almost the entire 350...
History of Chess: The Basics
During a short intermission on Live Chess, I decided to join in the general conversation. When I was about to start another game someone had posted, "where did chess come from?" I tend to see a lot of these random statements. Others include- H...
Morphy's Brilliancy!
Here is yet another game displaying Morphy's brilliancy in the game of chess. He played R Cremorne in London, 1859, using the King's Gambit: Declined. Morphy launched an attack beginning with 19. Bc3 placing Cremorne's position into an irrecoverab...
relationships
chess, when ranked in numerative values in relation to pieces, construes a misnomer in cohesion to the actual nature of the game. I am american. we are taught game theory and rivalry through mostly public and private educational instutions and b...
Bobby Fischer; A different side.
I'm not sure if I am allowed to post this here since this is not my article. The source of the article can be found here. http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article01210802.aspx I thought it was very interesting and didn't want to keep you guys ...
A horrible ending
This game was good. It consisted of good tactical and strategical planing. The ending was a total, total blunder. I hung a peice with while giving him mate.
Lines of Symmetry
It seems that my articles generate some support after all. By request of another chess.com member (not sure what to do here, so he'll go nameless), I introduce to you this fantastic game, also by Malinin. Here he sacrifices his queen very early a...
Capablanca vs J Corzo
Here is a game in which Capablanca lost.
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...
Even the Best Blunder
Here is a game from the 71st Corus Tournament Group C, IM Pruijssers - IM Bitalzadeh with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw a quick end after 23 moves due to a blunder by black on the 19th move. This shows th...
J Corzo vs Capablanca
Here is a drawed game played by Capablanca.
Do you dare to play the Budapest against a World Champion?
Some players think that an unorthodox opening is a good weapon against a superior opponent. I think such openings can be useful against an equal opponent or a weaker one, but against a superior opponent one can only hope for the oppoent to choose ...
A fun gambit in the Polish Opening
The Polish Opening 1.b4 is not bad. There are some intersting gambit line. In this article I present Tartakower's King's-Gambitish approach. There is a lot of analysis of sidelines, so make sure you click the Move List button to see them!
8 Hard Points: 2 Queens vs. 1 ... and an Underdog Win!
The following chess game is a game that I would like to share with the chess.com community because it demonstrates a die-hard attitude and a willingness to continue on in battle against seemingly impossible odds. The intention of this posting i...
Juan Corzo vs Capablanca
Here is a well played game played by Capablanca.
Berthold Suhle vs Adolf Anderssen
in this game black sacrificed a lot. but suhle did resign.It's great how Anderssen plays,for example, in the evergreen game he sacrificed his queen and won .
Take the Queen! See if I care...
In this game, Karel Traxler allows J Reinisch to capture his Queen for a series of brutal attacks on White's King! This all transpired in the Opening with 4... Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ leaving White defenceless. Play continued with 6. Ke2 Nd4+ 7. Kd3 b5 ...
