there is something strange about opening theory , maybe its due to lack of my knowledge (which is most probably the case) but at least its not found in many books about the subject..... now let me share my question with you in a usual ...
October 7, 1992 Belgrade, Yugoslavia After one loss and three draws since moving the match to Belgrade, Fischer picks up his first win in the Yugoslav capital. Spassky tried a relatively outdated opening in the Accelerated Averbakh At...
I know that this advice (to study the endgame) is very common, and has probably been covered comprehensively many times elsewhere, but I wanted to share some things I've learned on the subject, mostly for newer players who go "Why bother?...
Cambridge Springs 1904 was an international tournament with 16 players. Eight were from Europe and eight were from America. Marshall was clear first with a score of 13-2 consisting of 11 wins, 4 draws, and no losses. A full two points back were Da...
I'm not that particularly good at forcing the draw. This puzzle frustrated me to no extent. Good luck to you! See the move list that accounts for alternate play by black.
Weird positions call for unusual moves! That's probably what Anand would tell you in this victory where he leaves en prise, among other things, his queen and bishop. By the way, this is my last article before I head off to Texas for a much-nee...
Very easy checkmate( one move)
"Winning Chess Tactics" is the follow-up book in Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess series. WCT picks up where the sections on tactics in "Play Winning Chess" left off. Not too surprisingly, WCT details more subtle or less obvious points about the ta...
I just ran a keyword search for the beginner's section for "territory" and "space", and I did not find a single result. This concerns me. "What is 'territory' or 'space'?" one might ask, and that i...
So your at the chess board like a general leading his/her army to war. But have u ever wonder why u have to go for the center and y u have to develop and all the many different principles in chess. why is all that so important if u want to b...
Which piece is the most valuable piece to you? Some say its a bishop thats worth 3.5 points and some say its the opposite.
A few months ago, I was doing a weekly posting on some of the games from the 1992 Fischer-Spassky rematch. I was not getting much feedback and kind of abandoned this for other articles of interest. After purchasing and reading a book by Cart...
With any luck, this is the first in a series of chess software reviews. I should state up-front that, at the moment, the only operating system I use is OS X. So, although many of the programs that I will review have versions that run on other oper...
It has come to my attention that there are many important things in chess that nobody talks about. The true masters of chess don't say anything. We all know the opening principles and names to various tatics, but what ...
Opening theory is not a preferred focus for most students of the great game of chess. Instead we are given nuggets of wisdom: "Knights before Bishops," "Develop!," "Castle!," "Don't move your Queen out ...
In one of the critical games in this match, Kasparov repeats a daring gambit idea, knowing that Karpov's team has had over a week to prepare for it. The risk pays off, and his "octopus" knight on d3 prevents Karpov's pieces from ...
In the following game the white pieces were commanded by Josif Dorfman. He was born in Ukraine in 1952 and tied for first in the Soviet Championship with Boris Gulko in 1977. They came ahead of the likes of Petrosian, Tal, and Polugaevsky. A playo...
First, a bit of backstory is in order.I started taking chess semi-seriously about three months ago when I started playing Facebook Chess. I decided I would do some reading and get my learn on. Of course, I started with reading whatever I could fin...
Adolf Anderssen Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818-March 13, 1876) was a German mathematics teacher was the first player to go over a 2600 ELO rating in 1850. who won the first international tournament in London, 1851, which was a knock-out ev...
I recently played a fellow chess.com member and found the following game the most interesting yet. There was a lot involved tactically, some blunders that went unseen and more importantly highly educational. This game was from an organised t...
Albert Beauregard Hodges (1861-1944) was one of the greatest American chess players in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. He lost a title match for the U.S. Championship early in 1894 to Jackson W. Showalter, but won their re-matc...
When we think of daring, attacking, sacrificial masters of the attack. Several names always come to mind. Andersson, Morphy, Blackburne, Marshall and, perhaps first and foremost, Mikhail Tal. But there is another name that deserves to be listed am...
