Carles looses in Olympiad 2010!
Bent Larsen Dies
"Chess legend Bent Larsen passed away on the 9th September 2010, at the age of 75. Larsen was considered the best Danish player of all time, and along with Bobby Fischer, the best 'Western" GM of the 60's and 70's. He was an very successful tourna...
Kings Indian Attack VIDEO!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4BucKIccB4 LESSON NUMBER1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkdS7BE1gB0 LESSON NUMBER 2
Czech Open 2010
Here are two great games by the 2010 winner of the Czech open, A.Korobov. ENJOY
Leko vs Kramnik great game!
1. d4 (Notes by Raymond Keene.) After all the predictions of a dull event, this is proving to be one of the most dramatic sporting contests of recent WCC matches. Kramnik needed at least one win from the last two games, and was not going to leave ...
A Lecture by Capablanca
‘Chess is not a very easy theme for a lecture. The matters that can be dealt with are so varied; there is also such a great difference in the strength of those listening, with the result that it is almost impossible in a single lecture to indicate...
awesome game #2
ok today, i just played in a schools tournamnet for chess. i scored 5.5 out of 7 which is reasnable for me considering the time limit was only 15min per side. however in all my games at one stage i was winning and by a considerable margin. in one ...
Horrible mistakes
if you think you make a mistake in a game and go down a pawn and think thats bad take a look at two recent games i found played by experienced player. i think they are bothe rated over 1200 ACF. and now the second game: Enjoy!!!!!
What to discuss
Hello my many friends and readers. Today i am asking you what you would like me too talk about. so what topics interest you most. i can post games (famous or not), deep opening theory (especially in the kings indian, queens gambit and modern ben...
Marchal gambit
Marshall launches a fierce counterattack by means of a subtle opening novelty (now known as the Marshall Gambit), but Capa's chess instinct enables him to thread his way through the pitfalls. hey EVERYONE! take a look at this game by capablanca i...
the french defence sometimes doesn't loose!
for all those french defence lovers and players(all though if you play it i think your absolutely crazy :-)) enjoy this game because there are not many of them.
a game by australia's most promising junior
(19) Junta Ikeda - GM David smerdon [A07]Nice 2010[GM Ian Rogers] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 d4 5.Qa4+?! A new move, but unlikely to be repeated 5...Bd7 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.a3 a5 8.d3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.b3 Qc8!? 11.h3?! playing into black's hands. ...
a game that will put a smile onto your face
today i was searching through my database for the oldest game ever recorded. as i was looking i found this: [Event ""][Site "Rome"][Date "1619"][Round ""][White "Gioachino Greco"][Black "Unknown"][TimeControl "0/0"][Result "1-0"][ECO " "] {Ches...
great game
hello everyone! anyone there. if you think you've seen the most amazing game take a look at this: (10) Bukhuti Gurgenidze - Mikhail Tal [A78]Moscow URS ch 18, 1957 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9....
a new interesting blog
hey guys...and girls for all that are reading this! this is my first attempt at a blog so hopefully it will be OK. :-) OK so today's topic: what is the most important part of chess. ie the opening the middle game or the endgame. most would say th...
