<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> Some of you older members may remember cheater_1, the biggest troll in chess.com history. November 25, 2007, cheater_1 tells his life story: ...
First off, I should say that I am an avid fan of the Halloween Gambit, which is very entertaining. However, as I was doing some opening research I came across this line, which keeps the piece and still retains advantage. Somebody please come up wi...
Wilhelm Steinitz was the first official world champion. He was born on May 17, 1836. He learned chess at the age of 12, and rapidly improved, winning the Vienna Championship in 1861. After this he beat many of the world's top players, such as Blac...
World Champions are the best people to learn from. After all, they were the best in the world! In this series of blog posts I will start with Steinitz and end with Anand. I will provide a short biography and their best game. Fischer took this meth...
There is a lot of debate over who is the best chess player ever. Most experts seem to rank either Fischer or Kasparov as number 1. I want to know who YOU think is the best player ever. You don't have to post here. 1.Click on my name, or click her...
These are my favorite 3 games. If you have any suggestions, post them below! I'll try to add your suggestions to the blog! 3.Morphy-N.N. 2.Nunn-Nataf 1. Anderssen-Kieseritsky
Well, this tournament was a while ago, but here are some positions that I had from that tournament. Try to solve these puzzles! The Power of a Passed Pawn Beautiful Knights
Do you want to look at great chess games but you don't know where to look? One great place is Chess Life magazine. They show you modern masterpieces and have lots of advice for the average player. Find Chess Life online at www.uschess.org. If you...
I ended up with 4 points out of 9, not bad for a Class D player. Here are some important positions from my games. See if you can solve them! Sorry there are no grandmaster games, but they are all boring!(at least the ones I looked at.) If I find...
I had never been in the U.S. Open before, so this was my first time. To my surprise and horror, there was only 1 section! Therefore, I got paired with someone rated way above me, and I lost. Here is that game. This is actually the real color of th...
Despite what I do, my USCF rating won't go above 1400! People have told me to study tactics and it will help, but the truth is the Qxh7 sac never appears in my games, so tactics don't help that much. Endgames are also helpful to learn, people say,...
The U.S. Open will be in Dallas this year. I'm very excited, because this means I will be able to join! (Even though the entry fee is over $100.) The event is a 9 round Swiss event, and I'm go...
