Submitted by
spikey11 on Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:22pm.
Greetings- It has been 34 years since I have played in a chess tournament- I plan on returning to the battlefield on October 25, 2008. Let the good times roll- Victory shall prevail! ...; Read more »
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Akuni on Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:13pm.
A little while ago I was in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Don't worry if you've never heard of it, you're part of the majority) playing in an open tournament where I was amazingly underated (My performance was 650 or so above my rating) which may hav... Read more »
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Submitted by
chiedozie on Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:39pm.
This is a game i played on the chessmaster 9000 program any comment or sugggestions on better moves are welcome.I play white. Read more »
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NM GreenLaser on Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:51pm.
In the following game, White resigned. White is grandmaster Mikhail Rytshagov of Estonia. Black is Boris Gelfand (illustrated) of Israel. He has held Soviet and European junior championships. For the last 15 years he has been a candidate for the w... Read more »
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Submitted by
Masterful_Forfeit on Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:32pm.
As of today, there are 116 332 people and six intelligent monkeys in the United States who are members of chess.com. That's quite the number, isn't it? In fact, those assorted mammals alone make up 43.7% of the site's total members. Impressi... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:05pm.
Freaky fast forward, Batman! Danger, Will Robinson! And as Chessmaster is wont to say while analyzing my chess games, “Yikes!”By the time I had finished watching the first volume of Roman’s Lab I was all geared up to ... Read more »
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Submitted by
bobobbob on Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:44pm.
I play this opening a lot and if you do, be sure to learn this trap whether if you're white or black!
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Submitted by
Fupper16 on Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:54pm.
In this blitz game, I toy with my opponent and, after gaining a crushing winning endgame, I show him what a donkey he is by mating him with several knights! Read more »
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Submitted by
Sas3 on Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:29am.
Another of my 'error-prone' games (both of us made errors), but is still a good example of how to lock-out/put-in-prison/block-out invaders.
It is also a good example of why we should not play too many pawn-moves at the cost of development - in ... Read more »
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Submitted by
alexholowczak on Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:28am.
The English Chess Federation (ECF) has announced plans to change its rating system from next season. After many seasons of alleged rating deflation, the ECF has worked back through years of calculations to fix the issue. The biggest issue however ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Tue Sep 9, 2008 6:18pm.
Alekhine starts up a kingside attack in this game, aided with the help of a lethal cocktail of "edge moves." When Maroczy makes a slip, the attack comes crashing through and black is forced to resign.
EDIT: sorry guys, i added in the rest of the... Read more »
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Submitted by
mauerblume on Tue Sep 9, 2008 10:53am.
In my last article, we saw how young Aljechin let his opponent Euwe suffer with his "bad bishop".
Today we see, how older Aljechin uses the same "bad bishop"-concept again. But this time he took opponent`s knight also in "prison".
Seeing this... Read more »
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Mon Sep 8, 2008 7:54pm.
Here is a game from the 61st Russian Championship Higher League, GM Inarkiev - GM Shomoev with full annotations and commentary:
In this game we saw a fun double edged battle where the players castled on opposite sides of th... Read more »
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Submitted by
RookHouse on Mon Sep 8, 2008 8:35am.
The London International Chess Congress of 1922 provided us with many memorable games. Jose Raul Capablanca was the reigning world champion at the time and headlined an impressive cast of participants. His first round game was against ... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Sep 8, 2008 5:38am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Alien Customs
Report to Central Space Committee, Commodore GrelpFrom Scout Vessel Plegner I, Observer Ledon ReportingWe made orbit of Sol III as scheduled and used the cloaking device to prevent ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Mon Sep 8, 2008 4:21am.
Karpov was devastating in Linares 1994, and this is one of his games. He obtains the advantage in the opening, and slowly begins to creep toward black's king. Then comes a blaze of sacrfices, inculding three rook sacs!
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Submitted by
Sas3 on Mon Sep 8, 2008 4:15am.
I sometimes see my opponents charging in to attack with just one piece. That usually happens when I make a mistake (yeah, I tend to do those a lot) and leave a door open.
It is good for them if they cash in on my mistake and withdraw. They usual... Read more »
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Submitted by
ishcairn on Mon Sep 8, 2008 1:31am.
I just had a very interesting game with a player whose defense I was very impressed with. I started with, as best I can tell, a sort of non-traditional Ponziani (edit: Macleod attack...Ponziani it isn't..lol..told you I'm a newb). I've... Read more »
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Submitted by
Xillengold on Sun Sep 7, 2008 6:07pm.
I do.
When there is no hope of winning (the position is just hopeless) why keep playing?
For example
Now, this may seem a pretty simple position for some (clearly black is dead and diein... Read more »
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Submitted by
Akuni on Sat Sep 6, 2008 4:28pm.
The grandest tradition in chess history is not, as most would expect, making excuses or even emasculating your opponent (May Bobby Fischer rest in peace). It is vilifying the game. Raymond Chandler (No, I've never heard of him before either) ... Read more »
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Submitted by
LYCAN148 on Sat Sep 6, 2008 3:35pm.
this is a game very like the immortal game as it involves sacs noone woud think of.
i'm sorry i have to do it in puzzle format.i clicked the wrong button Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Sep 6, 2008 1:11pm.
Jackson Showalter (1860-1935) was the United States chess champion four times in the period of 1890 to 1898. He held the title a fifth time from 1906 to 1909. Altogether he won the title five times in matches against four rivals and lost title mat... Read more »
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Submitted by
Galion on Sat Sep 6, 2008 5:47am.
This is an old opening that itsn't played anymore. And this games shows why. Read more »
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Submitted by
Galion on Sat Sep 6, 2008 5:34am.
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Submitted by
galion1 on Sat Sep 6, 2008 3:46am.
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