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Here's a game featuring a king march that you may not have seen before. In it, Konings, playing white, decides to take a huge risk by moving his uncastled king to the kingside after he has already advanced his kingside pawns! Luckily for him, his ... | Read More
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Here is an interesting draw between two chess powerhouses, Fischer and Tal. The game see-saws back and forth, with both players making a carefully calculated series of captures. The end result is a forced draw by perpetual check.
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Happy Pi Day! I just recently celebrated my 17th birthday...boy, do I feel old.
Anyway, to celebrate, here's a matchup between Alekhine and the little-known Maurice Fox. On the 17th move, Alekhine decides to sacrifice the exchange to get an atta... | Read More
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This is a rather curious game. It shows the great Morphy at work again; naturally, he plays the game with rook odds. However, this time, something strange happens. Take a look and see if you can come up with an explanation for what occurred over t... | Read More
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Happy Boxing Day!
I hope that everyone has had a great year, and I hope that next year will be just as good.
Anyway, here's a nice game to analyze. In the opening, Ivanchuk decides to sacrifice his queen. It is not clear whether or not he did t... | Read More
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This is a rather interesting game between Tarrasch and the Stockholm chess club. The grandmaster is surprised by a series of Morphy-like sacrifices in the opening and never fully recovers. The club gains a large advantage and eventually converts i... | Read More
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My fourth anniversary on chess.com has come and gone. I still can't believe how quickly this site has changed. Last year, chess.com had a "mere" 2.5 million members. Today, it has over 4 million! It's simply astonishing. In additon, we've seen the... | Read More
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Some of you might remember my post a while ago about Shirov's neat game-winning opposite-color-bishops endgame sacrifice. Well, here is another nice game that showcases another of these sacrifices. In the opening, Hindle makes a few errors, and en... | Read More
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Here is a cool game that I stumbled across recently. It is yet another example of how powerful connected passed pawns can be, and how large amounts of material can be sacrificed just to promote on of them. In the game, Averbakh takes advantage of ... | Read More
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Here is yet another game that shows the tactical brilliance of David Bronstein. After some insipid play by Mikenas, Bronstein is able to seize the advantage by making some threats against his opponent's weak back rank. Mikenas cautiously tries to ... | Read More