Anderssen vs Dufresne
The evergreen game was played between Adolf Andersen and Jean Dufresne in Berlin, Germany. It stays up to date up to this day, hence the name the evergreen game. Anderssen drags Dufresne into the deep waters and dangers of The…
When life gives you lemons
Chess Lesson and Video: Chessplayers are famous for being prophylactic thinkers. One of the most common phrases you'll hear when looking for advice is the question "what is your opponent doing?" Usually when players recognize what their opponent is up…
This Town Ain’t Big Enough
Chess Lesson and Video: After the previous chess video and article on the Grunfeld defense, this article will show a game I played using it with the black pieces. My opponent was an International Master from Spain and he needed…
Hammer vs Carlsen; The Viking Sagas
Chess Lesson and Video: Jon Ludvig Hammer and Magnus Carlsen have been two of Norway's finest players and most promising talents since they were just kids. Here we get to see a great performance from Magnus and just like in…
Russia vs The World
Chess Lesson and Video: In our featured game today, we are moving from Bobby Fischer to the previous World Champion, Boris Spassky. Spassky faces off with Bent Larsen in a match between the USSR and the rest of the world.…
The Game of the Century
Chess Lesson and Video: "The game of the century" is maybe the ultimate title any chess game could attain. It's hard to imagine that such a game could be played by only a 13 year old kid but in this…
Back Rank Adams vs Torre
We all have to stay on the watch for occurring tactics. One of them been back rank combinations where the king is most vulnerable. In this lessons Edwin Ziegler Adams creates a beautiful miniature playing the Philidor's defense exchange variation…
Shirov vs Polgar
Judit Polgar known for her aggressiveness plays the Sicilian Defense against none other than Alexey Shirov and demolishes white in spectacular fashion.
grigori serper vs ioannis nikolaidis
Grigori Serper plays the Sacrifice immortal and sacrifices all of his pieces and achieves a spectacular victory over Ioannis Nikolaidis in the St Petersburg Open of 1993.