Mikhail Tal - former World Champion for a mere 1 year 6 days, when he lost the title to the Mikhail Botvinnik in 1961. 1959 Candidates Bled - Tal Wins the Candidates tournament convincingly finishing 20.0/28 with a lead of 1.5 points from 2n...
Here is an instructive game from 1994, played in Munich Kramnik-Kasparov We will see how beautifully Garry Kasparov played a Queen Sacrifice for a positional advantage and finding the perfect squares for his pieces. Here are a few tips ...
Going back in time, here are some positions from games of, "The Great Endgame Master" Jose Raul Capablanca. If you were faced against him, find his best move to crush you ... For more such puzzles visit my blog here
Hey friends, This game which I am about to present today, I am sure many of you may have already seen and analyzed it. It was played last year in Tata Steel Chess 2013 - Group A, Round 4 Aronian-Anand It was given the award as 2013's Best ...
Recently I came across this video where in former Women's world Champion Anna Ushenina, (Women World Chess Champion then) during the Geneva Women Grand Prix 2013 failed to checkmate with Bishop+Knight v/s lone King So today I decided...
Spanish Opening, for guys who play 1. e4 The best by test 1.e4 - Bobby Fischer Ruy Lopez 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Candidate moves for Black: Berlin Defense 3...Nf6 (Most played #games 228k+) 3...a6 (#games 15,00...
The Sicilian Defense is one of the attacking and fighting chess games you can find in GM games. You can use this opening repertoire if you are looking out for a new reply to 1. e4 1. e4 c5 Open Sicilian Category: A. Sveshnikov SicilianB....
Who is Hou Yifan ? Hou Yifan (CHN) is the World's No.2 Women Chess player, 20 years of age and a live rating of 2629.2 after her recent win in the FIDE Women Grand Prix 2014 at Khanty Mansiysk. (You can view live ratings on the right bar of t...
Hi friends, here is a game I played with a player rated ~80 ELO points above me. This was a rapid game 30|0, remember no increaments. Had some time trouble in the end, managed to get a winning position, saw a good fork in a few seconds and a goo...
To solutions to Transposition Thursdys - 3 2. White to play More such puzzles and posts on my blog.Follow my blog Comments and Feedbacks much appreciated. Thanks
Hi, Hope you had a good estimation of the position in my post of Tactical Tuesdays - 3. Here I will discuss my views on the lines and possible variations of the position. I wont use any engines. Feel free to comment / suggest more lines / variat...
After my previous articles on basic mating patterns and basic tactics puzzles, I hope you'll have a some understanding of how to approach middle game chess. Finding tactics, seeing how vulnerable the enemy king is, which piece can attack the king ...
1. White to play and check mate in 1. Scholar's mate 2. White to play and checkmate in 1. Fool's mate 3. White to play and mate in 2. Backrank mate 4. White to play and check mate in 3 Smothered mate 5. White to play and check mate in 2 S...
Today I'll be posting a series of tactical puzzles and the idea of each tactic. These puzzles/positions are for beginner players rating below 1400. For basic strategies and tactics view, http://isolatedqueenpawn.blogspot.in/2014/03/chess-for-dum...
A complex position as the name suggests is one which involves huge calculations and many possibilities. It is better to take this position and transpose it to a much simplified position wherein you are comfortable with the position. Here is a pos...
How to look at a position, what move to play and how to think ? Have a look at this position. White to play and play for advantage and soon enough check mate. So what are the things you can notice here, where white can threat black. 1. Blac...
" It's the eye of the tiger, It's the thrill of the fight, Rising up to the challenge of the rival !! " A round of applause for Anand in the press center! #candidates2014 — candidates fide (@candidatesfide) March 29, 2014 Fo...
I'll start by saying that, I love to learn chess theories and do my opening preparations. In a tournament, I usually play 1. d4, and expecct replies like, Slav, Semi-Slav, King's Indian, Nimzo, Tarrasch defence. So I have not studied in depth line...
Round #4 of the candidates tournament witnessed a long and intense game between Levon Aronian and Peter Svidler. Aronian Started round 4, with 1.5/3.0 points 5th in the leaderboard and Svidler at 2.0/3.0 points. A win for Svidler meant that he wo...
