amazing shot
This is a game I played today and i was amazed to see the Bxe7.You can take a look
The King-Side Attack
From the 8th move onward in this game, Tarrasch maps out a plan that will decide the game. He pries open the g-file, and posts both of his rooks on it. Then he swings the queen over, which crushes the barriers. Finally von Scheve's king cannot hol...
Crushing Maneuver
Kristian Skold from Stockholm, Sweden, was Swedish Chess Champion in 1949, 1950, 1959 and 1963. He gives us a tasty demonstration of his talent in the following game played in 1963. He sacrifices all his Queen-side pawns and obtains a decisiv...
Benoni Piece Action
Here is a game from the X Open de Sants 2008, GM Narciso - FM Lorenzo De La Riva with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw black use the Benoni opening with great effect. He was able to establish a dom...
Triangle Match - 1915
The 1915 triangle match in Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA) was contested between Frank J. Marshall (United States champion), Sydney T. Sharp (Pennsylvania state champion), and Wilbur L. Moorman of Lynchburg, VA (USA). The format consist...
DRAW. really??
No. 1 Howdy All! A while back I came across an interesting position in the June 1972 issue of Chess Digest Magazine. In this particular position, the annotator Master Ken Smith claimed a draw. I had a different opinion but sought ...
King's Indian Defense
For those interested in using the KID: The KID (king's indian defense) is one of the most dynamic openings for black in response to 1. d4. It starts with the odd 1... Nf6, at first allowing white to grab control of the center, bef...
Phalanx of Pawns
Petrosian knows how to make the most of a small advantage. He takes one, transforms it into another, and yet another. Eventually, his centralization allows him to start a flank attack with his pawns. After his rook manages to make it to the 7th ra...
An isolated pawn d4 (d5): Three practical examples
The most of you know, I suppose, what an isolated pawn is. For beginers, I take a definition from jeremysilman.com Glossary of Chess Terms: A pawn with no friendly pawns on either adjacent ...
Beautiful Attack
In 1965, Hungarian Grandmaster Lajos Portisch plays the Black pieces against Mikhail Tal. The soviet titan unleashes an all-out attack pushing his opponent against the ropes. Portish ends up with a Rook, Knight and Bi...
An interesting Ruy Lopez
Here is an interesting Ruy Lopez i played against a 1780 guy. I would love to here your suggestions, comments and critisicm!
The advance variation of the French defence: part one, classical white set up
Apart from shedding light on the advance variation of the French defence, this three part series is meant to promote the group French Defense Fanatics, of which yours truly is of course a member. ...
A Sicilian Vacation
There are so many ways for White and Black to play the Sicilian Defense. The knowledge required to be prepared is great and the variations often become critical. Some players insist on playing 1.e4, but simplify their preparation by replying to 1....
Fischer - Tal (1959)
As promised, a very nice game between one of the, if not the, best chess players of all time, 'Bobby' Fischer and Mikhail Tal, still renowned for his dangerous tactics. This game shows something about Tal that is often overlooked. Some...
its an exibition....
this was my position in our intrums...just try to look at it...his last move was ...Nxd4??
i hate knight
i have lost a lot games bcs knight blind, as it walks no linearly is very easy u don`t capt all possibilities of its attacks, my friend, i advise: look at knights all the time, ever as possible change knights by bishops. knights are falses, ...
Viktor the Terrible
The great Korchnoi had some dominating tournaments, including the 1962 USSR Championship. In this game, he crushes the great Tal with a deep strategy involving a king-march and two connected passed pawns.
New scam targets chess coaches
I'd like to warn our chess community that there is a new scam going around trying to defraud chess coaches. Recently I received an e-mail that seemed legitimate enough but was an attempt to set up a bank fraud. I quickly realized what ...
How Much Is Too Much?
This was my response to the recent Chess.com survey question as to how many turn-table games we prefer to play at one time. My answer became an article, which I thought I would post here, as such: From my experience, there are players wh...
Capablanca and "the outlocked bishop"!
So in my last bloglesson (Strategy in chess: 5. Pawnoffer in middlegame) I gave an example, how grandmaster Uhlmann gave a pawn for locking out an very active bishop for the rest of the game. And this against great Bobby Fischer!- Today is this ...
piece value advantage
In general, how much advatage do you need to have in the endgame to force a win? There of coarse, is no right or wrong answer(please no ludicrous answers though).
Tolush Meets A Hippo
Alexander Tolush (1910-1969) was a strong Soviet chessplayer. He became a master in 1938. In 1950, he earned the title of International Master. In 1953, he earned the title of Grandmaster. In 1965 he earned the title o...
Never move your Queen pawn up unless you REALLY know what you are doing.
Everyone knows to move your king or queen's pawn is a usual start off. Don't pick starting with the queen. It is bad bad bad bad. No commas for a reason. That is what moving your queen pawn up is like. Forgetting commas. I can really screw you up....
A True Masterpiece
Fischer reverts to an opening variation he used to play when he was twelve years old. One wonders why he ever stopped. This game shows why Bobby has been called "The greatest Champion that ever lived."
