Hi all....Its been a long time since I have posted anything......Lately I've been practicing to play strategic chess as opposed to the over aggressive chess I used to play. Its was a tough decision to make ... whether to change my style of play......
This is the game I recently played against Fritz13 at a rating of 1860. Time control was 1hr | 20secs and after 40 moves 1hr more. Early gamble with the position paid up after move 40 where I had a comfortable position to play with.
I analysed th...
I just wish more of my games involved tactics like this one....
The real fireworks start from move 23. Nc5!! (fork,pin and back rank weakness...all in 1 move). The position of white is lost frm here.
Here is an interesting game which was played in the first part of Harry Potter series - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The position for this game was given by IM Jeremy Silman.
The game below shows Harry Potter as Bishop on a3, Herm...
Most of the opening tactics arise out of gambits. One such very powerful gambit is the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. It starts with 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3.
Here i wud like to mention that Qxf3 is also possible by which...
Welcome to my second coaching game. Although the game had to be adjourned due to lack of sufficient response, i feel this game is a very good game fr training purposes especially because it has a lot to do with basic ideas and tactics and strategi...
Due to persistent requests from many of my friends here....I've finally decided to help a few of the weaker players here who sincerely want to improve their game. My opponent was Balu who was trying to experiment with the opening and got himself i...
This is the game where i played my best move in this site.......although the game was only 3 mins blitz.....but due to some early inaccuracies made by black ...i was able to come up with a deadly tactic...had to calculate 3 moves deep for about 2-...