Good Openings Books
Can anyone please list some good opening books for both sides?
Fischer vs. Byrne!
In this game, Robert Fischer battles Robert Byrne in the U.S. Championship of 1963. They played the King's Indian defence: Finachetto Variation. A notable SAC in this game is 15. Nxf2, played by Fischer! To Byrne, it looked like a tasty treat. To ...
Knight trapped in his castle
Here is a game I played against a player who had defeated me twice prior. I pinned his knight and rook then took control of the ending. I made a few mistakes in the ending but, it still ended well. Check it out I hope you enjoy. I sure did.
Long Calculations
Tal breaks out in style in this game, with a long combination lasting no less than 13 moves. It involves quite a few sacrifices, with the inevitable queening of a pawn. It helped him to get bronze in this championship. EDIT: FINE. THESE ANNOTATIO...
Notation
I have noticed that many chess.com players, and chess players who don't play on chess.com, do not know how to write notation, which is used to look back on your game to see your strong moves and weak moves. Notation is really pretty simple: You ...
Pratten's Piano Tune - Sac, Sac, Sac, Mate
The famous Adolf Anderssen - Lionel Kieseritzky , London 1851 game is know as the "Immortal Game." Anderssen sacrificed two rooks and the queen to produce a mate with two knights and a bishop. Other games have been dubbed "immortal" by chess write...
Attitudes Towards Resigning
Based on an analysis of the comments posted in the forums whenever the topic of RESIGNING is raised, here are ALL of the main reasons players give for either RESIGNing or, alternatively, CONTINUING TO PLAY until either checkmate, stalemate or a dr...
Fischer vs. Matulovic!
Here is one of Robert Fischer's BEST games where he faces off against Milan Matulovic. They played the Spanish Game: Schliemann Defence- Dyckhoff Variation. With his sacrifices, he is down on material with time ticking away (3 MINUTES). To counter...
Miniature Game #1!
This is a game that took place in London, 1841. It is between H W Popert and N.A. Here, Popert makes an extraordinary Knight SAC to gain some positional advantage. His SAC worked leaving N.A. with an undeveloped Bishop & Rook WHILE Popert's pi...
Best Player ever ?
MIR SULTAN KHAN (born 1905, died Apr-25-1966) Pakistan Mir Sultan Khan was born in 1905 in Mittha in the Punjab, India. His prowess at the Indian variety of chess brought him to the notice of Colonel Nawab Sir Umar Hayat Khan who taught him the ...
Attack on the halfopen h-file!
Here we see an old game from 1935. Salo Flohr, normally a classic positional player and endgame expert, had build up with a King`s Indian set-up and played now a typical kingside attack.- White tried to lock the kingside, but at last a halfopen h...
Stylistic
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.
Chess in India taking a step forward
All India Chess Federation (AICF) General Secretary D V Sundar today announced that the Federation will conduct national schools chess championship annually from next year. Speaking to reporters at the venue of 46th National A Chess Championship h...
Scholatic Opening on Master Level
Here is a game from the 2008 Pearl Spring Invitational, GM Ivanchuk - GM Bu with full annotations and commentary: In this game we see two high level masters playing an opening which is considered to be a "scholastic" level open...
Attacking the King
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...
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...
Lasker: The Chess Psychologist
At the end of the first half of this double-round tournament, Capablanca stood a point and a half ahead of his closest rivals, Lasker and Tarrasch. When he met Lasker again in the seventh of the final ten rounds, even a draw would virtually assure...
Before you Attack...
In serious tournaments, I am more of a passive player, choosing more modern openings such as the Pircs or the Alekhine's as black, and occasionally Larsen's Opening (1.b3) as a surprise weapon when playing white. In the middlegame, I don't rush ou...
2008 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler!
Welcome to the 2008 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler! How many of the 20 questions below can you answer? Don't answer in the comments! Send your entries to holidaypuzzler@chess.com and you could win one of these fabulous prizes! 1st Prize: 1 year of...
Chess: A Tragic Comedy Illustration
Chess: A Tragic Comedy Illustrationby: Jason del Argoa.k.a. Progressive GrooveDecember 20, 2008
"Puzzle #4, #5"
8 Queens
I know a brainteaser where you must put 8 Queens on the board where none of them can attack eachother. It took me a while to solve, but I eventually got it. I'm not going to show it, I want to see if you can get it!!
Mikhail Tal and the Positional Sacrifice
To sacrifice or not to sacrifice? That is the question. Of course, sacrifice at time can be demanded by positions for either swift mate or protection of one's own monarch. The real test of a player then may lay in his ability to recognize the s...
Ruy Lopez Classical Defense
The Classical Defense to the Ruy Lopez uses 3...Bc5. This idea has been played for hundreds of years with the aim of obtaining active piece play. White can use the position of the bishop on c5 to play c3 and d4, which gains a tempo in the struggle...
