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 ...
I play this opening a lot and if you do, be sure to learn this trap whether if you're white or black!
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 ...
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 ...
Alekhine starts up a kingside attack in this game, aided with the help of a lethal cocktail of "edge moves." When Maroczy makes a slip, the attack comes crashing through and black is forced to resign. EDIT: sorry guys, i added in the rest of the ...
In my last article, we saw how young Aljechin let his opponent Euwe suffer with his "bad bishop".Today we see, how older Aljechin used the same "bad bishop"-concept again. But this time he took opponent`s knight also in "prison". As it happened ...
Here is a game from the 61st Russian Championship Higher League, GM Inarkiev - GM Shomoev with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw a fun double edged battle where the players castled on opposite sides of th...
The London International Chess Congress of 1922 provided us with many memorable games. Jose Raul Capablanca was the reigning world champion at the time and headlined an impressive cast of participants. His first round game was against ...
Karpov was devastating in Linares 1994, and this is one of his games. He obtains the advantage in the opening, and slowly begins to creep toward black's king. Then comes a blaze of sacrfices, inculding three rook sacs!
I sometimes see my opponents charging in to attack with just one piece. That usually happens when I make a mistake (yeah, I tend to do those a lot) and leave a door open. It is good for them if they cash in on my mistake and withdraw. They usual...
The grandest tradition in chess history is not, as most would expect, making excuses or even emasculating your opponent (May Bobby Fischer rest in peace). It is vilifying the game. Raymond Chandler (No, I've never heard of him before either) ...
this is a game very like the immortal game as it involves sacs noone woud think of. i'm sorry i have to do it in puzzle format.i clicked the wrong button
Jackson Showalter (1860-1935) was the United States chess champion four times in the period of 1890 to 1898. He held the title a fifth time from 1906 to 1909. Altogether he won the title five times in matches against four rivals and lost title mat...
This is the second of my game analysis. It is a game played online here, where black plays a courageous and an unusual defense classifed here as Carr defense. I have included an analysis of the opening and discussed the poisoned ...
In this game, Tal appears to be focused on the queenside, but after a mistake by his opponent, he switches to the kingside. The result is a brilliant tactical display followed by mate.
Here is a very nice chess composition I found: This composition includes a very interesting imbalance. Black has many advanced pawns while white in compensation has a Rook. What will prevail? The advanced pawns or the Rook? This ch...
The other day, I played this game on Chess.com, and it was an interesting game. It was the Rubinstein variation of the Four Knights Game, and on my seventh move, I chose to sacrifice the pawn on b2 and castle, hoping that I would be able to moun...
I´m not so long playing on CHESS.com. In my games I noticed that some players are slowing down when they are worse or losing. At first it didn´t make any sense to me. You are going to lose this game anyway, so why slow down? And then...
Hi, I wish to share with you my analysis of some of the games I have played in this site. The first of my analysis, is where I have played as black and there were ample opportunities for white to win, though in the end white lost. I am...
Ths immortal game is one of the most amazing games in the history of chess.it shows how N and B are so powerful and anderssens amazing tactical ideas.anderssen sacs 1bishop 2rooks and his queen. watch and learn i'm so sorry i now fixed up the m...
With a title like “The Immortal Game: A History Of Chess” you would think the subject of this book is pretty obvious. Not quite, my friend. Witness the subtitle, “Or How 32 Pieces On A Board Illuminated Our Understand...
This the second part in a three part series aiming to elucidate the advance variation of the French defence and to promote the group French Defense Fanatics, of which this writer is a member. The first part can be found here: http://www.chess.com/...
Reshevsky keeps Nadjorf on the run in this game. After anchoring a kinght on d6, he then creates a queenside passed pawn. Next he stirs up a king-side attack. His poor opponent is left totally helpless. (notes & title by irving chernev) ...
