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...
The variation of the Sicilian Defense with 6.Bc4 shown here is known as the Sozin Variation or Attack, named after the Russian, Veniamin Sozin (1896-1956). In the years after Sozin's death, the line was use by the American, Bobby Fischer (1943-200...
Are you not ready for tournaments and always lose badly? Here, this tips from http://www.geocities.com/kidlat121/chess/articles/tournprep.htm can help. Tournament Preparation for Amateurs Recently on several chess discussion forums, players hav...
This game illustrates the beauty of pawnstorms, and old chess games. Played in 1834 between the two best players in the world at the time, this was a game which shows that position is better than mere material. La Bourdonnais was a noisy char...
This position is faily equal and you are playing White. Material is equal and you ave an advantage that your pieces are more developed than his while his positive sign is that his center is stronger. Well, it is your turn, and you can checkmate...
After Robert Fischer failed to appear in (Game 2) over a disagreement about the presence of cameras in the playing hall, Boris Spassky was awarded a forfeit win leaving the score: Robert Fischer (0) and Boris Spassky ...
The word tabiya used to refer to the initial position, however, over the years it has come to describe critical points during play at which players decide the future course of the game. Kasparov became the youngest ever world champion at th...
This is Game 1 of the 1972 World Chess Championship, Robert Fischer (Black)-Boris Spassky (White). In this game they played the Nimzo-Indian Defense which usually ends in a Draw but near the Endgame Robert Fischer played 29. - Bxh2&...
Bronstein goes into a sharp and risky line of the Sicilian, somewhat provocative against Kholmov, who proceeds to try a daring pawn sacrifice. After a slip-up by his opponent, he then blows him away with a stream of tactics. NOTE: ANNOTATIONS FRO...
You are down significant material and you have check mate threat on you... However you you can checkmate him in 5 moves.
Here is a game from the 2008 Canadian Open Chess Championship, NM Yap - WGM Karavade with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white play a very aggressive and enterprising game starting with an early g2-g4 an...
The question I would like to put forth is: With regards to improving ones game- Is it better to play a few games at a time, giving them all your attention, or is it better to play a lot of games giving you the chance to face different situatio...
After three successive draws and two additional days off due to Boris Spassky’s nagging cold, Bobby Fischer won game 25 of their $5 million dollar match in Yugoslavia. The game was a Scheveningen Sicilian with Spassky playing...
I thought this puzzle was easy. For all new puzzle i am going to try to find some that are more challenging. I still hope you all can enjoy this one though. Let me know what you think about it.
The full title of this book by I. A. Horowitz is “Modern Ideas In The Chess Openings, ” but that is way too long for this review’s title, so we’ll just call it “Modern Ideas,” shall we? In this case, you c...
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Ok first of all i just want to introduce me and how chess are! I've been playing chess for eight years now and i am a very well rounded out player! I can be good at sometimes and just do plain horrible at other times! I have been to many tournam...
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The Modern Opening, like the Pirc Defense, which it freqently transposes into, allows White great choice in establishing a pawn center. Black will challenge that center later in order to get counterplay. In this game, from Russia's big annual Aero...
The great London tournament of 1862 was one of the strongest tournaments of the 19th century and only the second event recognized as a true international chess tournament. Several legendary players participated and many great games and novel...
