I used to play the Fried Liver myself - that was until i learned that sometimes, the priority of development overweighs a meer pawn. The Fried Liver seems to be especially popular in junior events. But seriously, and I try to say this in the most...
The finals took place on 15th of November and here it goes the $2000 price to the winner. This tie breaker came to the boy Alex Carmanav.
Benko is in his element in this game, as he quickly acquires a passed pawn on the 7th rank. However, it takes some fancy manoeuvring to get white's defense to crack. This he accomplishes in style. IMPORTANT: need some help, guys. A friend of mine...
The Classical Defense to the Ruy Lopez is also called the Cordel Defense because Oskar Cordel was a player who used this system. The idea of the Cordel Defense is to play 3...Bc5 which is more active than Be7. White is invited by the position of t...
I just want to share this because it is one of the classic end-game composition of Troitsky which was actually played by Tarrasch(white) and Reti(black) 27 years later.
The Boden Gambit was first introduced to me by Eric Schiller's 'First Chess Opening', and ever since then, I occasionally use it in my local club, especially when playing blitz. As quoted by Mikhail Tal, 'in speed chess, it is easier to attack wit...
Chess came to Cuba with Columbus. Chess is mentioned as being played in Cuba in 16th century books.  In 1838, Johan Maelzel (1772-1838) went to Cuba and introduced that country to The Turk chess automaton. As he sailed from Cuba back to Amer...
Sergey Karjakin is at work in this game. Black's slighty odd development gives him the chance to storm his kingside with a double piece-sacrifice. After that, there is no return.
This is the first time I tried to write an article on Chess.com, so if you have any suggestions, please tell me. Back in the 19th and early 20th century pawns were thrown away in the openings. The only thing that mattered was a chance to attack, ...
I only play online blitz chess nowadays, as I find the faster time controls to be more intense through the game. This game was set with 5 minute time controls. I have to say, if not for this site, I never would have won this one. I was paired up...
550 AD - Northwestern India - Persian poem in 600 AD describes chess coming to Persia (Iran) from India First called: "Chaturanga" - a Sanskrit word translated as "4 limbed" or "4 parts" The four divisions of an army: five foot soldiers, three ...
To some, chess is a hobby. It's a leisurely game to be played between friends having a conversation. At Pierrepont School, it's a passion. Students play it for fun after school and during lunch. On weekends, they compete against others at tournam...
Here's a wonderful and I daresay instructive finish to a game between two storied opponents. One a great champion, and the other, a great hustler, and... the hustler comes out on top. There was a lively chess scene in the cafes of Edwardian Londo...
suffer from ''chess stress''? this introductory version of the braingame from winning moves games lets you learn at your own pace
hou yifan, the 14-year-old chinese chess prodigy, has recently been awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE. in doing so,she has broken the rscord setby judit polgar in 1991 to become the youngest female grandmaster in the history of chess.
 I have to admit that when I first cracked the spine of Streetfighting Chess  I winced. At first blush, this book appears to be a survey of the author's games and in my noggin alarm bells did ring.  Digging into the book, my fears were quickly al...
The 1 minute blitz game, or any game with short time controls is one of the exciting treasures of chess, one that brings excitement and logic, anxiety and miracles, and triumph and failure together - all in mere seconds. This post is aimed at impr...
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906) was one of the strongest chess players in the world and known for his blindfold chess play and mental feats of memorization. He suffered from tertiary syphilis which may have led to mental illness. Before he di...
Josef Cukierman is a virtually unknown chess player (to some people), but he had some brilliant games in his lifetime. One of them is this one. He breaks out of the gate with a kingside attack, and never looks back. Tartakower is unable to conjure...
Here is a game from the 2008 US Chess League final tie-break, NM Esserman - FM Schneider with full annotations and commentary: This game was played with a 5 5 time control in the US Chess League championship match, in a series ...
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...
Eighty-seven-year-old Dan Mayers played the following game during the 2008 World Open in Philadelphia. The 218-player Under 2000 section was, as it always is, a brutal competition. "After a win in the first round, Dan dropped five in a row. A les...
Here is a drawed game played by Michael Adams.
