Fischer vs Spassky
Please excuse my poor annotations. Alot of the moves im not too sure whats going on, and have kind of stated the obvious. But anyway, the game is still great.
Mind Over Matter
The great chess genius Alexander Alekhine played many great games during his life, but some of them stand out. The games of his that illustrate the theme "mind over matter" are especially pretty. Here are two examples. &nb...
A Chess player is born
Steinitz was born in the Jewish ghetto of Prague (today Czech Republic, then Austrian Empire), the last in a family of thirteen sons. His father was a hardware retailer. He learned to play chess at age 12. Leaving Prague to study mathematics in Vi...
Alekhine Inspired Sicilian
Here is a game from the 1st Pfalz Open, FM Dyballa - GM Greenfeld with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw that black used an Alekhine type maneuver with the early 2...Nf6 and we almost transpose into an Alekh...
Brilliantissimo Game
George Henry Mackenzie does it again in this King's Gambit accepted miniature. Straight from the opening, Black goes for the knockout. Black's Queen infiltrates White territory, prevents White from castling and then comes 11...
The game of the century
The "Game of the Century" was played between chessmaster Donald Byrne and 13-year old Bobby Fischer in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York on October 17, 1956 and was nicknamed by Hans Kmoch ni "Chess Review". The tex...
Sicilian Idea
What do you guys think of this kind of Sicilian? It involves getting the queen out early and getting a strong queenside atk going.
Louis Paulsen
Louis Paulsen (1833-1891) was a German chess Master. He was among the top five players in the world around the 1860's and 1870's. Paulsen put forward the idea that any brilliant attack would have failed against correct defense. His id...
A Pretty Miniature
This game is one of those unknown masterpieces of chess. Black leaps at a "forced" mate early in the game, and is struck by chess lightning.
Chess Opening Classification 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Here is a list of Black responses after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3: Queen's Knight Variation: 2. Nc6 2. c6 Variation: 2. c6 Jalabad Defense: 2. c5 Philidor Defense: 2. d6 Queen's Pawn Countergambit or Elaphant Gambit: 2. d5 Damiano Defense: 2. f6? La...
A Different kind of Chess
Al Horowitz (photo) and Herbert Seidman played this game in New York during the US Championship of 1942. Neither of these great players won the event (Samuel Reshevsky did), but they produced a masterpiece to be talked about&nb...
Fire on Board in Morelia
Here is a game from the 2008 Morelia/Linares tournament, GM Shirov - GM Anand with full annotations and commentary: This game is a perfect example of the power behind the thematic exchange sacrifice on c3 in the Sicilian. Bla...
Extraordinary and Pretty
Adolf Anderssen (1818-1879) well known by his impressive victory in the world's first international chess tournament held in London in 1851. The event is often considered to be a world chess championship, although the term does ...
A Case for learning Mating Patterns
Checkmate is the heart of a chess game. There are many known mating patterns - how certain pieces coordinate to deliver mate and chess players should know these by heart. Knowing how to deliver mate opens a world of possib...
Chess Openings Classification 1. e4 e5
After 1. e4 e5, White most often plays 2. Nf3. However, there are many alteratives: Menangarni's Variation: 2. a3 Mcleod Attack or Lopez Variation: 2. c3 The Whale: 2. c4 Leonardis Variation, Clam Variation, or Indian Opening: 2. d3 Cente...
Creating complications
This game shows how creating complications in an unclear position can force your opponent to make some inaccurate moves.
Rybka Ruy
Well, where to start... I want to improve my Ruy Lopez game so I decided to take a beating from Rybka instead of going to math class. Anyway, any analysis / suggestions are invited and welcome as always. I know some of my moves are unorthodox / ma...
Tug-of-war over Fischer's fortune
This article was taken from http://pinoychess.informe.com/ with the permission from the author. Comments are accepted. Tug-of-war over Fischer's fortune by Frank “Boy” Pestaño AFTER disappearing mysteriously for about ...
Chess Opening Classification 1. e4
Here is a list of Black responses to 1. e4: Enjoy! Cornstalk Defense, Corn Stalks, or Ware Defense: 1. e4 a5 St. George Defense, Baker Defense, or Birmingham Defense: 1. e4 a6 Owen's Defense, Que...
Mistakes in the Opening
I thought this game might be helpful for some beginners. I think it exemplifies some opening principals and shows what can go wrong if you ignore opening theory. Black tries a trap which white does not bite on then falls behind in development. Lin...
Material or Piece Activity?
Here is a game from the Women's section of the 2008 Moscow Open, WFM Kiseljova - WGM Pogonina with full annotations and commentary: This game is a good illustration of the battle between material and piece activity. Early ...
An Exquisite Mating Combination
George Henry Mackenzie (1837-1891) was a Scottish-American chess Master. He entered the British Army in 1856 at the age of 19 and retired as Captain in 1861. He moved to the United States in 1863, during the American Civil War. From 1865 through ...
Resiliency / Winning my worst game ever
Historically I've done terribly defending Benko's opening. So I thought I'd copy-cat Fischer's moves when he played against Pal... a terrible idea mind you given that he lost... but hey its Bobby Fischer and this is a wierd opening...
Russian Supremacy
For many years, the Russian chess players have been dominating the field. Unlike the US, the Russian government, acting as sponsors, promoted a vast program of chess activitiy, encouraged and professionalized its top flight talent. Because no othe...
