Michael Adams vs. Andrew J. Miur
Here is another good game of Michael Adams playing the Silician, his favorite opening. I hope you enjoy!
Michael Adams vs.Andrew J. Whitely
Here is a wonderful game by Michael Adams.
rook sac
in this game we saw a rook sac and then white(me) started attacking and eventually won AN exciting attacking gameÂ
Endgame of Kings and Pawns From the Museum
The following game was played in Lone Pine, California. The Louis D. Statham Masters tournaments held there from 1971-1981 were directed by Isaac Kashdan. The illustration is from the Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Lone Pine Film History. The st...
Series: How Chess Resembles Life: The Enigma of Chess
The Enigma of Chess Chess, as with human design, presents the mystery of allowing sufficient time and space, or more accurately, comprehending one's limitations.  Much like driving a car, one learns the benefits or consequences of allowing suff...
Playing with Fire
A magnificent game by Rubenstein. Early in the game, Lasker sacs a pawn for complications, but he plays brilliantly on the defensive, first squashing all counterplay and then forcing his opponent into a lost rook & pawn ending.
ChessRules - 1248 beats a 2220!
I have always been told "you are under-rated", it is true, I lack consitency. On this day I arrived at the a local chess tournament with a CFC-rating of 1248, after defeating a 1600, drawing a 1700 and beating an 1800 I was faced with Mr. Maste...
try solve this game:)
create your own solution or way to solve this game:)
Game analysis - turning points
Here is a game I played recently, with titus26... with notes from the both of us (merged, to keep it simple). Clearly, he was the better player, and deserved to win. I committed many errors - some that contributed to my loss. Yet, I had many gai...
"LAST HOPE GAME" How Overconfidence can let a 1500 player(at the time...and ME) beat a 1800 player
Playing With Confidence
Here is a game from I Torneo Internacional EDAMI-CosmoCaixa 2008, GM Moskalenko - IM Reinaldo with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw IM Reinaldo play the black pieces against his higher rated and more exper...
great finish in BLITZ game...and a great mate in 4 the other night :)
MATE IN 4...TRY IT OUT :) THIS IS A REAL GAME! THERE ARE 2 BLACK BISHOPS BECAUSE I PROMOTTED A PAWN TO THAT :)
"In Russia every school boy knows better!"
In 1972 started world championship between Russian titleholder Spasski and American challenger Fischer. Fischer had played brilliantly in the candidate matches and now whole Russia feared him to "rob" the title from the best chess country in world...
Madness
This was a game i played in chess.com and won but i need some advice, to improve my game. First here is the game i played: If any one wants to they can analyze my game and tell me what better moves I could of done, I am open for anything. Enjo...
Quiet Moves in Attack
Have you ever been carried along in the flow of an attack, relentlessly striking at your opponent, but finding that you are missing just one little thing? Maybe you should stop and think about it, and you may find a quiet move in the position. Let...
Confessions of a Chess addict
The Journey begins... &nb...
The Greatest Game I Never Played
A little while ago I was in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Don't worry if you've never heard of it, you're part of the majority) playing in an open tournament where I was amazingly underated (My performance was 650 or so above my rating) which may hav...
double queen mate
This is a game i played on the chessmaster 9000 program any comment or sugggestions on better moves are welcome.I play white.
2B or Not 2B Resigned?
In the following game, White resigned. White is grandmaster Mikhail Rytshagov of Estonia. Black is Boris Gelfand (illustrated) of Israel. He has held Soviet and European junior championships. For the last 15 years he has been a candidate for the w...
Chess.com Most Popular Among Canadians
As of today, there are 116 332 people and six intelligent monkeys in the United States who are members of chess.com. That's quite the number, isn't it? In fact, those assorted mammals alone make up 43.7% of the site's total members. Impressi...
Video Review: Roman's Lab, Volume 1
Freaky fast forward, Batman! Danger, Will Robinson! And as Chessmaster is wont to say while analyzing my chess games, “Yikes!”By the time I had finished watching the first volume of Roman’s Lab I was all geared up to ...
Morphy's Fried Liver
I play this opening a lot and if you do, be sure to learn this trap whether if you're white or black!
Blocking the invaders (in or out)?
Another of my 'error-prone' games (both of us made errors), but is still a good example of how to lock-out/put-in-prison/block-out invaders. It is also a good example of why we should not play too many pawn-moves at the cost of development - in ...
ECF Grading Overhaul for 2009/2010
The English Chess Federation (ECF) has announced plans to change its rating system from next season. After many seasons of alleged rating deflation, the ECF has worked back through years of calculations to fix the issue. The biggest issue however ...
