-
<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } -->
Some of you older members may remember cheater_1, the biggest troll in chess.com history. November 25, 2007, cheater_1 tells his life story:
... | Read More
-
First off, I should say that I am an avid fan of the Halloween Gambit, which is very entertaining. However, as I was doing some opening research I came across this line, which keeps the piece and still retains advantage. Somebody please come up wi... | Read More
-
Wilhelm Steinitz was the first official world champion. He was born on May 17, 1836. He learned chess at the age of 12, and rapidly improved, winning the Vienna Championship in 1861. After this he beat many of the world's top players, such as Blac... | Read More
-
World Champions are the best people to learn from. After all, they were the best in the world! In this series of blog posts I will start with Steinitz and end with Anand. I will provide a short biography and their best game. Fischer took this meth... | Read More
-
There is a lot of debate over who is the best chess player ever. Most experts seem to rank either Fischer or Kasparov as number 1. I want to know who YOU think is the best player ever. You don't have to post here.
1.Click on my name, or click her... | Read More
-
These are my favorite 3 games. If you have any suggestions, post them below! I'll try to add your suggestions to the blog!
3.Morphy-N.N.
2.Nunn-Nataf
1. Anderssen-Kieseritsky
| Read More
-
Well, this tournament was a while ago, but here are some positions that I had from that tournament. Try to solve these puzzles!
The Power of a Passed Pawn
Beautiful Knights
| Read More
-
Do you want to look at great chess games but you don't know where to look? One great place is Chess Life magazine. They show you modern masterpieces and have lots of advice for the average player. Find Chess Life online at www.uschess.org.
If you... | Read More
-
I ended up with 4 points out of 9, not bad for a Class D player. Here are some important positions from my games. See if you can solve them!
Sorry there are no grandmaster games, but they are all boring!(at least the ones I looked at.) If I find... | Read More
-
I had never been in the U.S. Open before, so this was my first time. To my surprise and horror, there was only 1 section! Therefore, I got paired with someone rated way above me, and I lost. Here is that game. This is actually the real color of th... | Read More