The Lucena Position is an important position in Rook and pawn endgames. I won't start you off here, so this is your puzzle. But here's a hint: the first two moves are Rd1+, Ke7, and Rd4. Some answers are picky (so get those incorrect, but the ...
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This outstanding underpromotion study found in Secrets of Russian Chess Masters, Volume 2 was made by Mark S Liburkin, who won first prize in the chess composition Vechernya Moskva "contest" in 1933. *pours bottles of stunning chess moves* *diggi...
Today was the first time I noticed I had 4000 unread Chess.com messages. I first saw it at Thursday, August 16, 3:53:14 PM PST. :o :o Maybe :o I :o Should :o Stop :o Those :o Group :o Alerts? :o :o
Heyy. It's the first blog ever since I call the "Depression Days" from around mid-June to late July. It was when I closed my account for a number of different reasons, the least significant being a depression in those days, thus getting bored. An...
Sorry. If you enjoy my blogs, it's time to leave for me. Currently, due to my inactivity on Chess.com, I have decided to stop my membership and delete my account. If you love my blogs, I could possibly restart an account and copy the blogs back,...
The stalemate is an interesting but king-saving weapon, or to be exact, a trick designed to save the king when you are heavily down material. Many people tend to get excited in a way that when they are up by lots of material (usually up a queen, ...
Chess.com's 7th Death Match will be coming up on July 29th at 10:00 AM Pacific Time! Even though it is on July 29th, it's not to early to put your hats on and spin through a whirlwind of knowing about death matches and a short info guide for each ...
I'm using this blog post to keep track of my groups that are co-managed. The Gambit Players
HCG, Hilarious Chess Games, is a fun e-book all of you should know. After this chapter and 45 insane annotated wars, we will start with DAWN DEN. So far, Bright Castle has 4 points and Dark Castle has none. Will Dark Castle grab the initiative or...
This is a short blog talking about the death match. Death matches on chess.com are matches usually between two titled players. With 3 hours of raging speed, lightning bolts and blitz weapons, these two players attack in three different time contr...
My idea for the ongoing series Hilarious Chess Games will be in the order: Dawn Den Dusk Den Waking Battle Battle of The Absence The Attack of The Fuse The Attack of The Moon Currently the standings are: 1. Moon Castle 2. Sun Castle 3. ...
I have an e-book right now. It is not yet printed, but it is totally TYPED OUT... Hilarious Chess Games! It is divided into 50 chapters, each including annotated wars between the Bright and Dark Castle, using the pieces and poison obtained from...
The Medusa Gambit Note: This article is entirely written by Clyde Nakamura and copied by chessolite. Please note that this article is pure Clyde and 0.00000000001% me for copying. In 1987 I had discovered another fascinating new gambit. I thoug...
I am playing a computer and a human, yet the human doesn't know anything about chess except how the pieces looked like and chess notation. How could this be? The human was not working with the computer. Come back in a 168 hours.
1. Check your browser. If you have a bad browser, such as an old version of IE, Safari, or Firefox, you may want to install a new version of the browser. 2. Check your internet connection or network. If you are using a Mac/iPad or any other Appl...
Key: Bolded Name means birthday has passed this year Italic Name means champion is still alive #Before Name means that champion earned split title (PCA) ##Before Name means champion earned FIDE and split title (PCA) Wilhelm Steinitz - May 17...
The Turk, invented in the 1770s by Wolfgang von Kemplen, was an outstanding, but really fake, machine. It was a life-sized mannequin that moved the pieces by its own! The Turk was invented to impress the Empress Maria Theresa. It would often win...
Out of the chess games, you may find occasional holes. This isn't the most common mistake, but it can be serious if you don't watch out. This can be a serious hole, one that streteches so far back that a knight could be tickling you on your third ...
I may recommend a new game called "Quizz" to groups that like trivia. Quizz goes something like this: Sample1: What was the first president? Sample23: George Washington Sample1: CORRECT! Sample1: Greek counterpart of Saturn Sample2: Zeus ...
Part 1: Which Should You Study More? The answer? Both! If you get into the endgame and you study openings more, you will take your time doing nothing. If you study endgames more, you will run into a bad middlegame. If you are an ATTACKING PLAYER,...
Unofficial Champions (pre-1886) The first match that was agreed to be the first World Championship match was Johannes Zukertort (defendant, winner of 1883 London tournament) vs. Wilhelm (William) Steinitz (challenger). However, there were reignin...
You know the chess traps? Well, this is an old trap that has taken many Black players out of the game! It is one where Black will lose a rook in the QGA. That's why I prefer the Slav Defense, especially not to block my c8-bishop in. Anyways, I ho...
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