Samuel Herman Reshevsky was born on 26 November, 1911 in Ozorkow, Poland. He learned to play chess at the tender age of four. By the time he was eight he was giving simultaneous exhibitions and defeating some of the prominents players of the count...
This is an interesting short game played in New York in 1956. After 12.Bb5+ is all over for Black. Three moves later, Black's choices are to lose his Queen or give up his King. He resigns. (If someone out there know who these players are...
In this article you can see a tactic White uses to gain a queen by an error usually made by some chess players. You can now know the tactic, and avoid someone uses it against you.
If you control the center and open up lanes of attack you will have a better chance to win. The best defense is a good offense, but remember to pay attention to your opponent's strategy. He may be thinking two tr three moves ahead ...
This game, from the World Championship match of 1969 between Tigran petrosian and Boris Spassky, both from the Soviet Union, shows Spassky conducting a brilliant Kingside attack. When Spassky plays 15.g4!, he challenges Petrosian to a battle ...
Being a beginner, I thought this was an excellent game. my opponent made some mistakes, and I capitalized;(i love knights) But I would also like to improve from this. readers, can I have any input?
In the following brilliancy-prize English Opening between GM Ludek Pachman and A. Chirich, the opening is Hipermodern. That is, one side attempts to provoke the other into taking control of the center with the view of taking it back and leavi...
This is one of the simplest of all openings and is therefore very suitable for beginners. Its main idea is violent attack on the center, using rapid and aggresive development principals . Initial moves are 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4. This openin...
"The intuitive touch, the instinctive factor in winning chess, possessed in varying degrees by all good players, is self-acquired and cannot be learned in the text books. Its highest manifestation is in the flair for decisive combination, usu...
Here is a game from the recent Rilton Cup, GM Kulaots - GM Ernst with full annotations and commentary: This game is a perfect illustration of the typical Sicilian battle. First we saw both players castling on opposite sides of...
Hi everyone! I've only been playing chess for a little over a year, but I have progressed quickly in that time. No one in my family is really good and helpful towards becoming a stronger player. Something that helped a lot wa...
The old famous chess trap "Noah's Ark", has caught many naive chess players off guard and even Grandmasters. It is usually the Ruy Lopez which embraces the diabolical set up. Down Argentine way, three-time Argentine C...
Queen vs. pawn endgames are very important as they often arise in practice. Closely fought endgames can often simplify to a KPvKP endgame, where the outcome of the game depends upon which side is closer to queening. If the side ...
When you finish this article, you will be able to see ten half-moves ahead, just like Josh Waitzkin did in the movie, "Searching for Bobby Fischer". Let's begin by looking at a K+P vs K+P endgame played brilliantly by GM Pavasovic la...
In this game, playing as black against an on-line opponent here on Chess.com, I made a huge mistake. By not paying attention and getting ahead of myself, I quite embarassingly lost my Queen. After the loss, I suggested offering m...
Are moves of the Rook Pawns good, bad or do they make little difference? The answer lies in the relative value to the total picture. Curiously, the moves have the atributes of attack, precaution and defense. Sometimes they keep enemy forces from d...
This is a story about a brave king that fights until end of the game (9th-21th). He will be defeated, not cause of his courageous play, just cause of his mistake! can you find that? ( this is a real match!!! )
In this game, played during the Piatigorsky Cup tournament of 1966 in Santa monica California, pictured Danish GM Bent Larsen (1935-) defeated World Champion Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984). Never before has a World Champion been so caught with his p...
During this game a very unlikely event occurs. Some people say that this is a composition by Alekhine, but in any case it demonstrates his boundless imagination and is delightful to play through.
CCGM Peter Clarke of England and pictured GM Ludek Pachman of Czechoslovakia (1924-2003), played the following game during the Kecskemet tournament of 1964 in Hungary. They reached an early dinamic point with 11...f6. It would be enlight...
I was on ICC for years. I don't think it helped my game too much. Too much speed chess or never enough time to play a real pondering game. Then people bail out, quit, disappear, fail to pay their fees etc. Going to arbitratio...
You did your research. You checked out their references. You made your way to the Guide company. You paid $500 for a two-day round-trip journey by mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. You brought your camera. You packed a backpack with snacks a...
Here is a miniature endgame setting by the brilliant Bohemian M. Havel that is simple and ingenious. The winning idea is based on the recurrent position of the Black Bishop on e3.
In the following game, White violates the principles of development, he never moves his Queen side Knight and Rook, yet he still wins. Because nearly every position is specifically different, general principles may be applied only as a guide,...
