In (Game 7), Robert Fischer (Black)-Boris Spassky (White), would take the Game into the Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation and battle to the Endgame where, In my opinion, Spassky had the Upper-Hand. BUT Fischer winge...
Alexander Alekhine (I'm sure most of you know him) is the 4th world chess champion. He is especially known for his brilliant combinations, excellent positional play and great Endgame technique. &n...
The big news at the opening ceremony was the demolition of Garry Kasparov by the Dutch side, which destroyed him 5 times while smashing Britain 6-0. Not at chess, of course. In honor of sponsor Jan Moll, who owns a Formula One racing operation, ...
Here is a game played a long time ago between the first official World Champion William Steinitz and the father of the Soviet School and Master of Attack, Mikhail Tchigorin. Steinitz castles in the opposite wing on move 19, making it very clear th...
I thougth this was a nice puzzle worth sharing.
If you’ve been keeping up with my various chess ramblings here on Chess.com, you know I’m pretty much up to my eyeballs with Seirawan books. I hadn’t really considered the notion that there might be a Seirawan teaching vide...
A. White. (N-f7+ R takes f7 Q takes g8#)
Johannes Zukertort (1842-1888), was a remarkable man. Born in Riga and educated in Germany, he was the all-time Renaissance man of chess. A linguist, he spoke eleven languages fluently and had, in addition, a working knowledge of Arabic, Turk...
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"There just ain't no pity. No, no, no, in the naked city, yeah—New York City." (excerpt from a blues Bobby was singing several years ago) Not going in the emotional area is difficult, as most of us are deeply human. Destroy...
What in your opinion is the best opening
Hey all, this is a 5-minute blitz game so by no means a Gligoric-Fischer najdorf matchup as I am no world champ . However, I was excited during the game because it was the deepest into the main line I've ever played in a blitz game online. Given ...
In (Game 6) Robert Fischer lead off the Game with 1. c4 - and went into the Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense. Exchange Variation. BUT 41. Qf4 -!!!, would be another brilliant Game-Winning Move for Fischer! In this position Bor...
Boris Spassky bounced back to win game 26 of his 1992 match with Bobby Fischer, just one day after being thoroughly dominated by the American in the previous game. Knowing that his back was against the wall, as Fischer only needs one more ga...
When I first became serious about playing chess, I only played on or against a computer. Eventually, I was hankerin’ for some over-the-board play, so I decided to buy some chess gear. After a bit of investigation, I determined th...
Here is a game from the 2008 Vlissingen Tournament, FM Van Eijk - GM Landa with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white take on a very unconventional style of play especially early in the game with h2-h4-h5, g2...
In (Game 5) of the World Championship, Robert Fischer made an INTERESTING/INCREDIBLE Game-Winning Move, 27. - Bxa4!!! With this move, Boris Spassky either gets Checkmated or loses Material, but he chooses to Resign there. This ...
Please look at this amazing lady dance inserted in following diagram. I am sure that you never saw such a dancing queen before ! Otherwise let me know! Please look and enjoy! ( Do not miss the annotations in the first and also the explanations...
Jan Timman, "The Flying Dutchman", needs no introduction. He has been a major force in the chess world since the 1970s. He returns to the Staunton this year hoping for a major victory. Not only has Jan defeated Kasparov, he has done so from a po...
In (Game 4) of the series between Robert Fischer and Boris Spassky, it ends up as a Draw... The Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Variation was used, and both Fischer (White) and Spassky (Black) fought hard to no avail. BUT even ...
The French Defense is really an interesting opening. Some players swear by it as black and some players swear they can refute it as white. The game below is a nice example of the latter. I was privileged to play a rather strong opponent in the f...
Here I was, just 17 years old, less than 2 years into my short chess career, and I found myself facing off against a master in the 3rd round of the NorCal Scholastic K-12 Chess Championships. To say the least, I was nervous, terrified, excited, an...
