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.
This is a variation I made. If it exists tell me. If its a bad opening tell me. It probably is but oh well. Next move for white is Kb1 sorry its not in.
You beginners, always play the Sicilian defense to win!
In today’s article of the „Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a Chess Coach” Series I would like to show you one of my first great wins against strong chess masters with a more than 2450 ELO rating. This game was played in 2006 at the stro...
Jacques Mieses (1865-1954) was born in Leipzig, Germany. In 1939, he fled Nazi persecution of Jews. He was accepted in Great Britain where he became a citizen. In 1950, he was the oldest player (85) awarded the grandmaster title and the first Brit...
I have noticed that on chess.com, an otherwise tremendous way to waste one's time, that 78%* of articles on here are whinge-fests, nought but complain-athons consisting of such dazzling content as: "I hate it when players never resign" (erm, prov...
I decide to share this amazing puzzle with rest of the chess world. Some people thinks, that endgamepuzzles are easy, since you can count evrey move when there is only 5-7 pieces on the board, so I decided to show that it is nonsense. White to mov...
Today (October 31) is Alexander Alekhine's birthday. Here is some Alekhine trivia. Alexander Alekhine was born on Halloween, October 31, 1892. This would have been October 19 on the Old Style or Russian calendar, which was in affect until 1918....
The coolest mate I've found. White to play mate in 4.
Here is a long mate I found. White to play mate in 5.
In the fifth article, part of the “Inside the Master Mind: The Best Games of a ChessCoach” Series I would like to present you one very good positional win of mine as played in French Defense. When a tournament player has to play a spec...
The shortest tournament game between two masters!
A nice game by Hoi, in which he outwits an great russian player. He commits himself to a kingside attack early, and doesn't turn back. A few astounding sacrifices follow, and when his opponent stumbles, catches him in a unique mate. oh yeah...and...
Man when I first stated chess it was hard. then a got a little better. i mean the people that i played with are really good. I tied once it was a good game to me well just doing the first article have fun on chess.com
Here is a wonderful game played by Michael Adams but lost.
I often hear chess referred to as a sport. To me it is clearly not a sport. When I think of a sport such as soccer, basketball, swimming, etc. what is involved is competition requiring highly developed physical skills and attributes of the play...
