Vasily Smyslov, outstanding member of the Soviet School comes to the world in 1921. He learns the game of Chess when he is still a child, his first teacher is his father, an engineer who works at the Moscow Motor Works. When it...
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I taught my student, 4th grader Anthony C. the opening system of The Lion for Black. It starts as 1...d6 2...Nf6 3...Nbd7 pretty much no matter what white plays for his first three moves. It can be used against 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, 1.Nf6, or 1.b3 &am...
Paul Morphy shows how to destroy bad opening play!
1. Arin Hellstroem was an obsessive man, to say the least. This trait had served him well in some endeavors, and in fact had made him fantastically wealthy. But the complication was that, once his mind got wrapped around a problem, it wouldn't...
This is one of my best game here in chess.com. Enjoy.
This game is one of the prettiest games in chess history. Alekhine conducted this great masterpiece in the finest way.
When a strong and experienced player meets with a weak opponent who has just started playing chess, the stronger player would expect a number of poor moves and mistakes from the beginner. On the other hand, mistakes and poor moves happen quite rar...
Who was Bobby Fischer’s father? Was it Dr. Paul Nemenyi or Hans-Gerhardt Fischer? Robert James Fischer’s surname could just as easily have been Nemenyi or Wender. Paul Felix Nemenyi (ne-MEN-yi) was born on June 5, 1895 in...
Paul Morphy "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess," was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion. He was also one of the first...
The Immortal Game was a chess game played on June 21, 1851 by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky. The very bold sacrifices made by Anderssen to finally secure victory have made it one of the most famous che...
Here is a game from the 2008 Amber Rapid tournament, GM Kramnik - GM Anand with full annotations and commentary: This game started out slowly but it rapidly turned into a wild battle as the two highest rated players in the wor...
For those of you who liked the 1st of his games, here's Gioachino Greco's 2nd famous game. This one is a bit longer and more historic, as it was the 1st smothered mate in recorded history: Hope you enjoy ...
This is a game I got off Chessmaster 10th edition's game data base. It is the oldest one on the data base, and one of my personal favorites. Gioachino Greco was one of the 1st great chess masters. He considered this game one of his best....
An interesting technique: Notice that the enemy MUST be on the 6th or 7th rank.
In July, 1956, Bobby Fischer, age 13, played in the 57th US Open in Oklahoma City (101 players in the event). He was the youngest player in the event. As a publicity stunt, he was paired with the oldest player in the event, 78 year old A. Shank....
Bobby Fischer played in his first rated tournament in May, 1955. He was 12 years old at the time (born in March, 1943). Carmine Nigro, President of the Brooklyn Chess Club took Bobby up to the 5th Amateur U.S. Championship (the last Am...
A common mistake beginners make in the opening is bringing out the queen too early. Beginners are frequently enamored with her power and bring her out way too soon. In this classic game it clearly shows why this is a bad idea. You&rsqu...
By August, 1957, Bobby Fischer, age 14, played over 200 match and tournament games. His first rated event was in May, 1955 when he played in the U.S. Amateur championship in Lake Mohegan, NY. He won 2, drew 2, and lost 2 for a first ti...
During the Moscow International Tournament of 1925, chess fans all over the world follow with unflagging attention the battles taking place on the boards. The name of World Champion Jose Raoul Capablanca is prominent in the newspapers. It is at th...
Here is a game from the 2008 Reykjavik Open, GM Hao Wang - FM Dagur Arngrimsson with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white take on a nice, simple, and effective kingside attack in the Ruy Lopez for which b...
This is from Nun's computer test sets. Set up the position below and see how long it takes for your computer to solve it. The humans seem to be able to smell a stinker instantly even if we can't see it to the very end. If your computer can...
Perhaps “weird” isn’t the right term, but it is definitely an extremely complicated attack. The Max Lange isn’t too popular these days, but if you look at Hans Fahrni’s way of playing it in 1914 it is worth a seco...
