Today, I am actually showcasing one of my recent games on here where the Sicilian Opening had laid out a few gems for me. The reason I'm posting this is because when the chess.com computer analysis finished, I was pleasantly greeted with the fact ...
In this game, Jose Capablanca faces off against Angel Arnal in Barcelona, 1935. I want to take the time to analyze the position right after White plays 12. d5 which offers up a free Pawn for Black. What is the great Capablanca thinking? Well, Whit...
In this game, Johannes Zukertort faces off against Wilhelm Steinitz in the World Chess Championships, 1886. In the Opening, Black has a very weak King, but a solid center. Which one do you think will be the first to go: Black's King or White's def...
In this game, Paul Keres faces off against A Karu in corr, 1931, where Black shows a strong dominance early on in the game. Upon analyzing this position, the reader may notice how Keres is coordinating both his Bishop and his Knight towards Karu's...
In this game, Siegbert Tarrasch faed off against Aron Nimzowitsch in St. Petersburg, 1914. "To redress the balance to a great chess teacher, here is a brilliant win by Tarrasch."--Raymond Keene. As Keene implies, the reader can only imagine the ma...
In this game, Alexander Alekhine faced off against P Potemkin in St. Petersburg, 1912, where the reader can see Black already stationed with a duo of Knights. What could he be thinking? Well, here is some basic analysis from me: On 12...Qa5+, an e...
Well, here is a little information about Jay Stallings before I tell you about the game. Jay Stallings was ranked 3rd best in the United States in 1977 and he works for a non-profit organization to teach kids around our local schools about chess. ...
The windmill tactic is defined as a combination of discovered checks that can win a great amount of material or even win the game. A notable example would be Bobby Fischer's Game of the Century wherein Black offers up his Queen for positional adva...
In this game, the immortal, Joao Vianna, faces off against A Silvestre de Barros in the game we call the Brazilian Immortal. It's name comes from a series of stunning moves that leaves Black's defective position vulnerable to a hurricane of possib...
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If I was Predrag Ostojic, I would not have played 5...g6 in Sicilian Defence against Robert Fischer. Ooops, too late. Fischer quickly exploits that risky continuation with 14. Bxg8 removing the defender of f6 14...Rxg8 15. Qxf6 d5 16. Re2 Ba6 17. ...
The following random FUN Facts are from ADK, sakura22, rich, and kohai!!! 1. Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake formed by impounding water from Hoover Dam. 2. An astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller upon returning from space. The cartilage...
The following random FUN Facts are from ADK!!! 1. In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received over 800,000 fan letters! 2. The Human brain is 80% water. 3. The Hawaiian alphabet consist of only 12 letters. 4. Pearls can melt...
You may or may not agree that Robert Fischer was the greatest chess genius ever. However, he did play a brilliant Bishop combination with a quick Knight SAC up against James Sherwin. In this game, he did not know what was worse; Fischer's dark-squ...
This is my 7th miniature GAME puzzle, enjoy!
In the following game, I made a VERY dubious move in the Opening. I placed my King Pawn to e5?? because I intended to match his Pawn that was on e4, but this only led to my Queen being discovered and then taken. When the game just started, before ...
This is my 6th miniature GAME puzzle, enjoy!
OK this Blog is in support of one of my Friends sakura22... She recently Posted a Blog and Forum about "Spreading the LOVE," Quote from sakura. Well I am here to Add and Share with you somemore symbols including the ♥ one... Like ...
This is my 5th miniature GAME puzzle, enjoy!
I have noticed that if given the opportunity people would take a Queen rather than put someone else in checkmate!!! I think I know the reason why. It all begins when you can mate someone, but they deliberately put their Queen in harms way in order...
This is my 4th minature GAME puzzle, enjoy!
The following random FUN Facts are from ADK, sakura22, rich, and kohai!!! 1. The only letter that does not appear on the Periodic Table is the letter "J". 2. Peanuts can be used as one of the ingredients for Dynamite. 3. "Dermatogly...
The following random FUN Facts are from ADK, sakura22, rich, and kohai!!! 1. No word in the English Language rhymes with Month, Orange, Purple, Silver. 2. 99% of all Pumpkins sold in the U.S. are made into Jack-o-Lanterns!!! 3. Fish sleep with the...
The following random FUN Facts are from ADK, sakura22, rich, and kohai!!! 1. The Poles experience 6 months of Light and 6 months of dark at a time! 2. Without the Moon we would be spinning way too fast. (Day and Night cycles would be a total ...
In this blog I'll be reviewing a game in which the Undermining Tactic is displayed. The special twist is that it was done to the ALL mighty Piece; the Queen!, all I had to do was wait and take out the Piece guarding her. Af...
