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chesslife on Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:41pm.
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NM GreenLaser on Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:35pm.
The Modern Opening, like the Pirc Defense, which it freqently transposes into, allows White great choice in establishing a pawn center. Black will challenge that center later in order to get counterplay. In this game, from Russia's big annual Aero... Read more »
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RookHouse on Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:10am.
The great London tournament of 1862 was one of the strongest tournaments of the 19th century and only the second event recognized as a true international chess tournament. Several legendary players participated and many great games and novel... Read more »
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Submitted by
patheticendgame on Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:07am.
"Shakespeare also was a terrorist : "words, words, words...he said."
It's just about some considerations, nothing purely technical:
About my nickname : An article about Fischer on the web touched me deeply in 06, the title was : ... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:33pm.
Normally when we think of a queen sacrfice, a dashing mate in 5 or a fabulous combination to win a rook comes to mind. But what if we sacrfice the queen just for some material and a chance for an advantage? Those are some of the most brilliant que... Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:30am.
In this position, you are Black. You are down in material, down a knight for two pawns. The two extra pawns are doubled on the g-file and soon one or both of them can be lost. You are set for a defeat but you got one last chance to avoid it as he ... Read more »
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gokul009 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:36am.
Now this one is a little hard, certainly harder than the previous two. You are Black. Material is even but White has a much stronger pawn structure, and you have doubled f-pawns. Looking at the position further, you can see that your rook on e5 is... Read more »
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gokul009 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:51am.
You are playing as White. You are a full piece and two pawns down and your opponent is threatening a mate in 2. His position looks strong, and it is except for one major flaw. You have to use that flaw to checkmate him in four moves to turn a losi... Read more »
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Submitted by
gokul009 on Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:16am.
You are Black in this position. You are two pawns down, and your opponent is strongly placed. What do you do in this position?? You can mate in 3 by force.
If you don't know the answer, see it down.
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Submitted by
rvitorper on Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:59pm.
A puzzle from a match that I played, try to solve it! Black to play and gain material Read more »
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Submitted by
Fupper16 on Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:36pm.
Hi everyone! Just thought I'd share a gambit I invented for Blitz games of 1:00 or less. Your opponent really has to be flying for it to work, and blitz is a great time to utilize this gambit. Read more »
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Submitted by
Fupper16 on Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:10pm.
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Submitted by
Fupper16 on Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:23pm.
I began playing chess in 10th grade, with a fellow friend in my class. I had just switched to a new school, and I didn't know anyone. When I brought in a chess set one day, a friendly classmate challenged... Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:41pm.
Black to move and draw
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Submitted by
Patzer24 on Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:59pm.
Here is a game from the 13é Open Internacional d'escacs "Ciutat de Balaguer", IM Sengupta - GM Burmakin with full annotations and commentary:
In this game we saw an interesting psychological battle. White started v... Read more »
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Submitted by
RookHouse on Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:20am.
Bobby Fischer scored his second consecutive victory in a hard fought Game 21 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Spassky employed a Sicilian Defense with the black pieces and Fischer answered with the main line variation (3.d4) for the first time in th... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:51pm.
With Winning Chess Openings, Yasser Seirawan’s writing style has much improved. In a previous article I mentioned that his pros are often a bit on the goofy side. This time around the syrup has taken a backseat to irreverence.&nb... Read more »
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Submitted by
chesslife on Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:19pm.
really hard
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Submitted by
AlexCn on Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:44pm.
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:47am.
I hope you all enjoy this Puzzle
i had to use help to find the solution
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Submitted by
peterpogi on Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:18pm.
this is a king and 2 rook checkmate. it is very easy to do and i made it a puzzle for everyone on chess.com.
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Submitted by
halsamdu on Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:57pm.
Perhaps in the States you don’t know what Bobby Fischer has represented for Italy and for Udine, my town. In the months immediately after the Fischer-Spassky match the news entries in Udine chess club were doubled, mostly boys of 16... Read more »
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Submitted by
JCoombs1972 on Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:26pm.
This puzzle should get you endgame buffs riled up for some more workouts on your endgame training, The title is triangulation which is a good weapon to use in the endgame to throw the turn to your opponent so you can make some headway into his/ he... Read more »
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Submitted by
attaxk on Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:36am.
The chigorin variation follows after the main line of the closed morphy, i.e. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 (d6 or 0-0) 8.c3 0-0 9.h3
[Usually the black side will play for d6 as after 7...0-0 a4, black will have t... Read more »
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Submitted by
davidetal on Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:31am.
I thought a King and pawn would win against a King, but I couldnt find a way in this game. Did I do something wrong or, as a matter of principle, can a King successfully fend off a King and pawn? Any help gratefully recieved, thanks!
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