IDEA OF THE WEEK #13: Andersson vs. Karpov

IDEA OF THE WEEK #13: Andersson vs. Karpov

IM MatBobula
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This position comes from the game Ulf Andersson vs. Karpov (1995). Ulf Andersson is a Swedish grandmaster, and there was a saying about him that he was so good at endgames, if a chess game started without queens, he'd easily become world champion....

Winner's POV: London 1889

Winner's POV: London 1889

Steakanator
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In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that allowed the top player to prevail. Some tournaments will be known and famous, others will be more obscure - in a time period where competition is scarce, I...

My Around-the-World Journey With Chess.com

My Around-the-World Journey With Chess.com

FM MikeKlein
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Most people probably see me as a chess player, chess teacher, or chess journalist, and those are all true, but I've always thought of myself more as a traveler. Even before my current job, I'd been living on planes and trains for a lot of my adult...

Checkmated by Power: Times When Chess Was Banned

Checkmated by Power: Times When Chess Was Banned

VOB96
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Hello, dear readers! Today, I would like to talk about something that might sound absurd, especially to us chess enthusiasts. Believe it or not, our beloved game has been banned for various reasons in different parts of the world at different ti...

A Century of Chess: Aron Nimzowitsch (1920-29)

A Century of Chess: Aron Nimzowitsch (1920-29)

kahns
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Nimzowitsch entered the 1920s as one of the strongest players in the world, known for his eccentric style — and then disappeared for several years. The chaos of the war years affected him deeply. He left Riga during the Civil War, lived in G...

Questioning Non-Chess Players

Questioning Non-Chess Players

Lightning
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Hello there, welcome to the Lightning Reports! At long last, I am reviving my Questioning Non-Chess Players About Chess series! I never expected this to do as well as it has. I posted the first blog (you’ll have to go through my blogs to fin...

King Under Firestorm

King Under Firestorm

IM MatBobula
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If you’re ever in New York, you should visit the Marshall Chess Club - one of the oldest and most iconic chess clubs in the US and the world. It’s in Manhattan and has been running since 1915. A true chess arena where grandmasters, str...

Winner's POV: Amsterdam 1889

Winner's POV: Amsterdam 1889

Steakanator
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In Winner's POV, we take a look at tournaments from the 19th century and see the games that allowed the top player to prevail. Some tournaments will be known and famous, others will be more obscure - in a time period where competition is scarce, I...

The Eternal Pin. A Beautiful Game Find.

The Eternal Pin. A Beautiful Game Find.

simaginfan
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Good afternoon everyone. It's surprising how the same chess idea can appear in front of your eyes a number of times in a short space of time! Someone recently posted an online puzzle with an idea seen in a game I had posted here shortly before. ...

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