what amazes me is not that he drew carlsen but that Carlsen was familiar with the game he played with Kasparov. Yeah I know Kasparov is his coach but still, if you were carslen would you have even looked at or bother to recall a 2 on 2 game. gee...
Sorry, i had to paste this blurb from Silman's latest article on chess.com. for some reason I found it amusing: "To answer your question about whether or not an older unrated player can achieve a high rating if he starts so late, the answer is a...
1500 rated 12 yr old Pranav Sharma crushed Shirov in only 16 moves in a simul on Feb 11,2010. Wow. Here's the game: news: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Cutting+chess+grandmaster+down+size/2562792/story.html
I like the question about art or combat. the question about thinking 15-20 moves ahead makes it clear to me I'll never be very good if that's what u need to do. For those who dont know Magnus is on Facebook and actually posts frequently, prett...
Here is our tough endgame. typically in bish vs knight the bishop is better when 6 pawns or less and pawns on 2 sides of the board. This is because the bishop can cover squares across the entire board. If pawns only on one side the fact that th...
