Look at this game. What's so exciting? When two Super GMs play it is usually like watching paint dry, water evaporate, or pigs sleeping. I've heard it all: It's because they play so well, the beauty is in the defense not the attack, WH... Read more »
Goldhammer - Fischer, Robert James This is classic Fischer. His opponent totally drops the ball and gets creamed. Who does he think he is, not castling against the best player on the planet? I tried to find out why he didn't castle when he ha... Read more »
I have decided to scrounge up annotated games wherever I can find them with the purpose of proving the annotator right or wrong. I think this will be a healthy way to improve our game analysis. Let's give this a serious go starting with t... Read more »
I'm getting killed by Cecil. He has a knight and TWO PROTECTED PASSED pawns against my lone bishop. Can I stop the ensuing onslaught. I'm down and I'm in a lot of pain. But as Rocky Balboa once said "It ain't about how hard yo... Read more »
Chess is a lifelong endeavor. I play it because unlike most other games, it's not a game of chance. It's just you against an opponent. Granted, you may get lucky if he makes a mistake, but it is up to you to take advantage of the mistake. ... Read more »
I've never really been a fan of Garry. I root for the underdogs and love upsets. No such luck here. Garry simply DESTROYS Taimanov. He played like a machine and devoured his opponent with ease. Here's Garry punishing a positional error by ... Read more »
Here is a really exciting game where Fischer went over the game later and annotated it according to chessgames.com. Fisher uses a strange line of the Hungarian to defeat Tal. I believe the annotations are Fischers because they are direct and as a ... Read more »
In the 70s when Fischer was in his prime he was literally unbeatable and known as The Dragon Slayer of his time. Imagine sitting across the table from him as an IM. You have the chance of a lifetime, to scalp Fischer. Your primary weapon is the Si... Read more »
Have you ever seen the Roman series of openings where Roman disputes every opening on Earth? Well, Larry Christiansen has an awsome record against Roman using some of the very openings that Roman calls weak. In his videos Roman presents his v... Read more »
Just when everybody thought that Garry Kasparov was unbeatable, he gets toppled by Veselin Topalov. The interesting thing about this game is that Kasparov makes a sour trade of Queens which throws the game away. Read more »
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