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.
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.
In this game, I've made a terrible mistake against my father, and lost a Rook against his Knight. But I didn't resign, because I knew I could draw in the endgame. And luckily, I found a winning move against him... I know this game will look eas...
Geza Maroczy (1870-1951) was one of the best players in the world and Hungary's top player in the early 20th century. He was awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE based on past performance in 1950. He was skilled in all phases of the game, not jus...
Am very sorry that my poor handling of English does not allow me to further develop this article. However, today I bring an interesting example of castling weakened and attack the King, in this case, with the mastery of Mikhail Tal, without dou...
Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams.
When you loose a game, you would think why did you loose? to know that, analyzing would be the best step for improving. Chess.com Already has an analyzer, so you can easily analyze your games. Analyzing could be fun, like if you make a blunder, yo...
Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams!
Here is a great trap I found on one of GreenCastleBlock's videos. For all those people who don't understand.
Here is a game played against the current World Chess Champion. Also the quickest win by a GM against a GM.
Today, I was playing a game on live chess. Our ratings were very similar. Although my rating was higher, he was a better player. He used many tactics on me to get the upper hand. During the endgame, he had a rook and a king when I only had a king ...
Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams.
White concentrates his forces on the kingside, but black seems to hold while starting his own attack. Then comes a few missiles that blow open the black king from nowhere. A few pawns, supported by rooks, are all it takes to overwhelm black, even ...
Hello, everybody! I decided to write a series of articles on endgames, since I decided to study them so I can improve my game. In this, first article I will bring your attention to what can happen if your knowledge about endgames is not good enoug...
In today’s article, part of the “Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach” Series, I would like to show you one of my most interesting games in my chess career. I say interesting, since then I used my own opening system in a serious...
Not that this title is poking fun of anyone in any way (), but endgames can seem simple sometime, if given to the right hands. This one by Nakamura makes use of several motifs in order to secure the victory.
In today’s article, part of the „Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach” Series, I chose to show you my very good theoretically-based win with black. This game was played in the third round of the international chess festival for ...
Here is a game from the 2008 German "Schachbundesliga", FM Richter - IM Meins with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw the Queens exchanged very early in the game. Then the game was simplified in...
A high percentage of your chess games will end with endgames. Endgames are different than middlegames because less pieces are on the board; however, many people argue that more thinking, especially long-term, is required than the middlegame. Many...
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...
