FISCHER'S LEGACY.

FISCHER'S LEGACY.

Himmler2339
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Bobby Fischer was born in 1943. From the time he was a six year old living in Brooklyn until he won the world championship at twenty-nine, he was totally preoccupied with chess. At the age of fourteen, he won the United States championship, an unp...

The 64 Commandments

The 64 Commandments

Marlon102269
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I advice the young chess player to buy the ABCs  of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini. Here are his tips regarding how to play chess.   A Summary of Hints, Pointer and Precepts from the ABCs By Bruce Pandolfini 1. Be aggressi...

FATHERING A CHESS PRODIGY.

FATHERING A CHESS PRODIGY.

Himmler2339
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In the spring of 1984, at the National Elementary Chess Championship in Syracuse, New york, a distraught father began to whisper moves to his son. Across the gymnasium floor, scores of other parents crowded close to the chessboards and nervously d...

Beating chess computers

Beating chess computers

SonofPearl
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Chess computer programs are excellent at calculating tactics, so it's normally best to try to keep the position 'closed' when you play against them.  However, if you are a pretty decent player and are quite brave you could try to ...

No pain, no gain!

No pain, no gain!

viv001
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This involves the sacrifice of both queen and the rooks  for checkmate...a well calculated game by  black....

Bolt from the Blue

Bolt from the Blue

benws
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This game is full with brilliant ideas and sacrifices. Watch what all White's combination play comes to, and you might be surprised.

Fischer Wins at Stockholm

Fischer Wins at Stockholm

kenytiger
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For unexplainable reasons, a player often loses his head and makes absolutely inane stupid moves only because his opponent's reputation. In the game shown here, Bobby Fischer, winner of the great Stockholm Interzonal Tournament of 1962, p...

C H E S S - T I P S :

C H E S S - T I P S :

1red5a
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  HEY, HERE ARE SOME TIPS I'VE GOT, HOPE YOU LIKE IT BEFORE AND DURING THE GAME ALWAYS PUT IND MIND.     CONDITION YOURSELF / DISCIPLINE /...

Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar

guitar_man_03
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Grandmaster Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna) is a Hungarian-born American chess player. She is a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation, having been elected on July 26, 2007. She is also a...

What a trick!

What a trick!

arp001
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This is a game when White does nice sacrifises!I bet this is one of the best game ever.Please do see this game and please post your comments.I bet you will find this interesting.This game was played in 2003.Its an amazing game!

The Singular Strategy of Steinitz

The Singular Strategy of Steinitz

benws
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Steinitz's play in this game might seem strange-delayed castling, absurd-looking moves, a quixotic journey of a knight over 5 squares to the edge of the board. But in reality it teaches us a lot about modern chess strategy.  

Fake pins, smothered mates

Fake pins, smothered mates

ChessSoldier
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Unless a pinned piece is pinned to the king, it can still move.  You must still try calculate what happens if the opponent lets you get the queen, or mating square, or forking square, behind the "pinned" piece, because they just mig...

Gligoric vs Fischer

Gligoric vs Fischer

kenytiger
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Yugoslav Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric plays White against Robert Fischer in this amazing game at Bled International in 1961. The result is a draw, but not the typical grandmaster draw, famous for their lack of interest on the part of the con...

Fischer and Spassky ready to play...

Fischer and Spassky ready to play...

maricheri
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Fischer and Spassky Ready to Play Chess Not Far From a War Even by his own eccentric standards, the reclusive American chess genius Bobby Fischer has come up with something seriously weird in agreeing to make a comeback against his old rival Bori...

An unresolved mystery?

An unresolved mystery?

maricheri
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Alekhine's death – an unresolved mystery?   – In 1946 Alexander Alekhine, the fourth world champion, was penniless and ailing, ostracized by the chess community. Then, on March 23, the British Chess Federat...

The Death of Chess?

The Death of Chess?

maricheri
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The Death of Chess?I In a recent article Dr. Ray Kurzweil, the inventor of optical character recognition used in flat bed scanners amongst other things, has sugges...

Deaths of Chess Players

Deaths of Chess Players

maricheri
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Deaths of Chess Players Georgy Agzamov (1954-1986) - Russian GM fell between some rocks at a beach and died Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) - choked to death on a piece of meat in 1946 Johann Allgaier (1763-1823) - dropsy Adolf Anderssen (18...

Suicide chess players

Suicide chess players

maricheri
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STANISLAV GOLDOVSKI (1975-1999) Stanislav Goldovski (1975-1999)   Stanislav Stan Goldovski was born In St Petersburg in 1975. He moved to Cologne around 1992. He was a student of computer science. Stan is known as the pr...