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...
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...
There is no doubt that the endgame is a fundamental part of chess theory and practice. Myself, I am quite a weak endgame player and I have a love/hate relationship with it. I'm sure we could all use a puzzle or two about the endgame which seem muc...
Taco123 breaks through the 1500 mark with this intensely tactical game! Background: Roughly a month ago, I reached a new high rating of 1780 at this same time my friend Taco123 reached a new high of 1380. I proposed a race to increase our 'best...
Here is a well won game played by Michael Adams as black. Please vote for me on the best article of the month, I am 3 votes from winning!
So i'm reading a magazine, and i found this game. It's a very nice one, showing how to punish your opponent if he carelessly sets up an annoying pin. White breaks it in nice fashion, giving up his queen, to force a king hint all the way down to hi...
Salomon Flohr (1908-1983) was born in a part of Poland that later belonged to Ukraine. His parents were killed in a World War I massacre. He and his brother escaped to Czechoslovakia , which had become independent of Austria-Hungary. By the late t...
Don’t you just love it when it comes to maturation day on a growth investment which grows all the way from launch day to pay day? Even better, imagine if you started with eight investments and all you needed was one to make you rich upon maturin...
Ever since the invention of the computer it seems as if Humans have been attempting to create a machine that can play chess better and faster than any human past, present, or future. Ever since Deep Blue’s defeat of Garry Kasparov, it seems that...
Here is a well played game by Michael Adams.
Chess principles are not a list of don’ts like the ten commandments. Rather they are more like a list of do’s which all work together such that if you heed them, they will not only improve on your capabilities but tell you things like: • What sta...
As I already have mentioned before, i had some limited success at the nc open earlier this month. It was very interesting, as despite the low turnout, lots of interesting people attended (including one unnamed staff member of chess.com). Highlight...
Strength and Weakness with respect to Pieces Question 1) By what system should we measure the Strength of a Piece? Answer: The Strength of a piece lies in the number of positions/Pieces it is attacking i.e. being aimed at. Hence strength is...
Here is a well played game by Michael Adams, but lost.
Here is a game from the 38th Chess Olympiad, IM Espinosa Flores - FM Cave with full annotations and commentary: This game is a great example of how to play a strong positional game. White methodically and slowly improved ...
Imagine, if you will, a man named 'Silman' enters your home, duct tapes you to a chair and precedes to give you a thorough trepanning. He then pours hot lightening through the aforementioned hole in your head and into your skull. Producing a cor...
This game is a nice strategic masterpiece. White slowly maneuvers his pieces until the board explodes into a tactical battle. Sacrifices abound as the black king is slowly constricted and suppressed.
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...
First, you must make sure it has a good lead up. Then, you have to think if there is a way out of your sack follow up. If there is no way out try away, but if there is a way out think up a different move or moves. Here is an example for the winnin...
