Garry Kasparov played a near perfect game against David Navara at the St. Louis Chess Club yesterday (16th August 2017), only to see it all blow up in his face when checkmate appeared inevitable. Can you find what’s wrong with 49.Nb4-c6+ ? […]
The 5 Best Ways to Get Better at Chess
Chess is a competitive game and those who play it like to win. But it’s not always so easy when your opponent is hell-bent on winning too. If you want to win more games, more tournaments, more prizes and perhaps […]
Book review: What it takes to become a Grandmaster – Andrew Soltis
Publisher: Batsford Chess Author: GM Andrew Soltis 318 pages ★★★★½ GM Andrew Soltis returns with a sequel to his popular book “What it takes to become a Chess Master”. Whereas “Chess Master” talked about the new skills you need to move […]
The 6 Types of Chess Player – Which one are you?
Yuri Averbakh, Russian GM, author, endgame expert and currently the world’s oldest living GM at 93 (!), revealed in a 1997 interview in New in Chess that he placed chess players into 6 categories. Here they are with his description […]
Chess Tactic #540: Kasparov – TurboStar 432
White to play.
Chess Tactic #539: Kasparov – TurboStar Computer
How can Black get a large advantage here? (The 1985 computer did not find the best move).
Chess Tactic #538: Kasparov – Fidelity Computer
White to play.
Chess Tactic #537: Kasparov v Mephisto Exc Computer
White to play.
Chess Tactic #536: Kasparov – Mephisto Computer
White to play.
Chess Tactic #535: Wahls – Kasparov 2
White to play.