It would seem that within the grand history of chess, we all sit in a privileged place in history where we embody the great cliche that we stand on the backs of giants. Numerous great players have been recorded and technological programs have...
Zsuzsanna (Susan) Polgar, former world women’s chess champion and a board member of the US Chess Federation (USCF), is being sued by the USCF for alleged unauthorized email access. She allegedly accessed email messages sent between other USCF boa...
In 1999 microsoft sponsored a game b/w GM gary kasparov and the world via the internet.This fantastic lasted for 124 days.On the sixty-second move 51.01% voted to throw in the towel.
You begginers must learn about everything for becoming no longer a begginer, but better than that, you can become a master! A Grandmaster! But, just because you get good like that doesn't mean you have to stop learning. Learning never ends. Here i...
Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942) was a great player whose book, "The Art of Sacrifice in Chess," has become a classic. He described the types of sacrifices and the conditions required for each. He practiced what he preached while winning dozens of tou...
The Philidor's Defense The Philidor's Defense is an ancient opening, that although has fallen out of favor over the years, is still in practice today. Its earliest practitioners, most importantly Paul Morphy, has scored great victories with...
It's really strange, but some how all my articles keep disappearing from the front page...i wonder who's behind that? (cough) anyway...a game.
Here is a game between Amedee Gibaud, five times French champion, and Fredric Lazard. Gibuad was defeated in four moves.
this is a cool puzzle but its too easy.good luck! LOL
The King's Indian Defense is my favorite opening, but it has some tricky quirks in it. Here in the exchange variation, I answer some questions about this line.
Do you have a burning question about chess that you would like to have answered? You're in the right place! I am very pleased to announce that starting soon at Chess.com is a new weekly column by International Master Andrew Martin from Lon...
In chess, there are a variety of matting patterns. All follow basic principles: limit the king from any square he can move to while threatening him without retaliation from the other pieces. Commonly found is the Anastasia's Mate, used frequentl...
Here is a game from the 2008 World Senior Championship, GM Jansa - GM Westerinen with full annotations and commentary: This game is a clear example to dismiss the myth that isolated pawns are always weak and should be feared. In ...
In this game, correct me if I am wrong, but the person playing white castling seemed to hurt him more than help him in the position he was in. Once he stepped up his pawn to stop my queen-rook attack, he left an opening for my knight to fork th...
General concensus is that I was losing, but hey, never say die... This is a trial article, but does show some of the traps that occur in an end game.
I'm not sure how i did it, but i've scored 3.5/5 (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss) at the NC Open. And i haven't played tournament chess in 4 months. With the exception of a third round game that i collapsed in (), i think i played well. So what do you gu...
Chess: The Sixty Four Stratagems. “The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us” Thomas Huxley. ...
This is an article that I read in a local newspaper here.Found it interesting,so thought of sharing it with everyone else. Here's some trivia about VishyAnand-The world chess champion. Vishwanathan Anand was born on 11 December 1969 in Chennai,Tam...
A GRANDMASTER WHO HAD 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND WROTE MORE THAN 40 INSTRUCTIONAL MANUALS WAS ONCE CHECKMATED IN 11 MOVES.
All ecuadorian chess players are now invited to join the group "Ecuador" here in Chess.com There we can talk in Spanish and create or participate in the Forums. See you there,Fernando.
