Here is a game from the XXI Magistral Ciudad de Leon, GM Ivanchuk - GM Shirov with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white take a slower approach in meeting the Sicilian Defense starting with 3. Nc3 as opposed to 3...
The recent 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup in Odessa, Ukraine provided us with a stroll down memory lane, as the 34-year old rivalry between Victor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov was renewed for a brief period of time. The background on this storied ...
In this game an obsession with the f-file, and especially f7, pays off well. Of all my games, this is the one that has been most discussed, and it was featured in Chess Informant. The play is of course far from perfect, but it illustrates th...
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Tigran Petrosian comes to the world in a working-class family in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia in 1929. He learns Chess as a youth and quickly moves up the classification ladder. He confirms his rank of candidate-master in 1945 in the Tbilisi Champi...
Michael Botwinnik has done very much for the development of chess theory. Perhaps more than anyone else. And he was a very strong chessplayer - and world champion for a long period. It is an open secret, that he was a lover of a strong pawncenter....
Before many of today's chess publishers were around, bookstores carried Dover paperbacks. One of those I bought is Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces 100 Selected Games. The book originally came out in 1941. Dover reprinted it in 1960 at a pr...
Most players prepare for games by memorizing variations. I prefer to go over games in my selected opening, and try to observe tactical patterns and strategy. In this article I give an example of how such study can pay off. For my game against GM S...
Look at the position on the left, can black do a queenside castle(0-0-0)? I asked this question in my school and they anwered NO, because the Knight at d7 holds the b8 square. If your answer is NO too, then you are wrong. Black can do 0-0-0, ...
Before many of today's chess publishers were around, bookstores carried Dover paperbacks. One of those I bought is Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces 100 Selected Games. The book originally came out in 1941. Dover reprinted it in 1960 at a pr...
A few days ago here was shown the famous game Mikhail Tal-Tolush (UdSSR-championship 1956) with the brilliant sacrifice 15.Bb5!. If you have not seen yet, please go through it and come back.- In that game we saw Tal in his elements - ...
The great Capablanca had the ability to dispose of strong opponents without any effort. After an opening mistake by Spielmann, his play afterwards is accurate to the most minute detail.
1. What is the origin of the game of chess? Chess is a game of war that was created in India in the 700’s. It may have been used to train warriors or as a civilized way for kingdoms to settle their differences since chess is a battle between...
Chess History 1(531-999) 0531 INDIA; Chess introduced into Persia from India during reign of Khusrau Nushirwan. (531-578). 0550 Chaturanga, earliest chess precursor, created in the Punjab. 0570 CHINA; Form of chess being played...
Famous Chess Tournaments (Part 1) Introducing the About Chess register of historical tournaments. For the About Chess register of historical tournaments (see the link box in the upper right corner for three pages covering separate periods), ...
studies have said that listening to clasical music ( you know the violin stuff) while studing actually increased brain activity so why cant it work for chess after all it is a mental game
in order to increase your expirance in the real world going to tortament can be a good choice normally taking 4 hours of a weekend it is a very good choice for any players searching for games scholastics is a good place to start looking there webp...
it is importaint to study tactice while learning how to play the game. a good website for this is http://chess.emrald.net/psolution.php?Pos=1132 after ariving you press sign in as a guest, then under break settings check both boxes and click ...
When the 24th USSR Championship opened in Moscow in February 1957, it never occurred to anyone that Mikhail Tal, the youngest contender, might possibly take first prize. Discussing the prospects of this twenty-year-old Riga University student, che...
The 1896 cable match between the United States and Great Britain took place on Friday, March 13th and Saturday, March 14th. The final rosters for each team were to be decided in the last few days leading up to the actual match. Brookly...
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Here is a game from the 2008 Bosna Tournament, GM Morozevich - GM Movsesian with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw two different phases of the game. First we saw the battle during the closed part of the game...
can you find THE MOVE for white in one try
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1929-1984) was a Soviet Grandmaster (1952) and 9th world chess champion (1963-1969). He was Armenian champion at the age of 17. In 1964, he won the championship of the Trade Unions in Moscow. Be...
