Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com Most of my Welcome Games only last a few moves and the new players let the time expire.  However, this new player from Bangkok played an interesting game that serves as a teaching vehicle.  He violates several important chess principles ...http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/interesting-welcome-gameFri, 15 Aug 2008 15:08:55 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/interesting-welcome-gameI won my section in the Second Chess.com Tourney with this fine win over the second rated player in my section, KevinGarnet.  It demonstrates strong master play over a good master player who had won 5 games and drawn one of his first six game...http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/second-chesscom-section-winFri, 18 Jul 2008 00:10:26 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/second-chesscom-section-winI am still playing in the 2nd Chess.com Tourney (2000-2200) and my opponent KevinGarnet had finished the Tourney except for my two games with 5 wins and a draw.  This placed him in first place with me in second with four wins and a draw.&nbsp...http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/2nd-chesscom-tourney-winSun, 22 Jun 2008 22:44:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/2nd-chesscom-tourney-winThis is the best win that I have had over a strong master since 1982.  I seize an over-whelming positional advantage and move 20, but my opponent plays very strongly and manages to survive until move 30.  This game has a theoretical impr...http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/best-winSun, 01 Jun 2008 22:52:39 -0700http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/best-winMy recent win over a very fine player bardi from Iceland was highlighted by a "hook and ladder" combination that I just learned about in the last year from two different Chess Life articles.  I want the reader to study the folowing ...http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/hook-and-ladderFri, 07 Mar 2008 18:59:39 -0800http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/hook-and-ladderThis position has arisen in a current game and of course I doubled black's pawns with 5. N:Nf6+.  Nf6 looks like a stupid move in this position and I would like to know why anyone would volutarily damage their pawn structure here?  T...http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/caro-kannSat, 02 Feb 2008 22:13:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/sam_musil/caro-kann