Here is a game from the 2008 US Chess League final tie-break, NM Esserman - FM Schneider with full annotations and commentary: This game was played with a 5 5 time control in the US Chess League championship match, in a series ...
Here is a game from the 2008 German "Schachbundesliga", FM Richter - IM Meins with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw the Queens exchanged very early in the game. Then the game was simplified in...
Here is a game from the 38th Chess Olympiad, IM Espinosa Flores - FM Cave with full annotations and commentary: This game is a great example of how to play a strong positional game. White methodically and slowly improved ...
Here is a game from the 38th Chess Olympiad, WIM Paulet - WIM Gerasimova with full annotations and commentary: This game is a good example of how to avoid the opening knowledge of your opponent. In this game white plays...
Here is a game from the 12th Bavarian Open, GM Yemelin - IM Kaplan with full annotations and commentary: This game was a nice display of the benefits of forcing weaknesses near the opponent's King and the results it can bri...
Here is a game from the 2008 World Senior Championship, GM Jansa - GM Westerinen with full annotations and commentary: This game is a clear example to dismiss the myth that isolated pawns are always weak and should be feared. In ...
Here is a game from the special Kasparov & Corse Team match, GM Kasparov - CM Vilaisarn with full annotations and commentary: This game brings back old memories of when Kasparov was at the top of the chess world. But it is ...
Here is a game from the 2008 European Club Cup, IM Bogut - GM Grischuk with full annotations and commentary: This game was a great example of how to play for an advantage in what seems like a boring position with no chanc...
Here is a game from the 61st Russian Championship, GM Tomashevsky - GM Morozevich with full annotations and commentary: This game is a good example of overcoming the "Rating Inferiority Complex". Many times players will...
Here is a game from the Russian Superfinal Championship, GM Inarkiev - GM Vitiugov with full annotations and commentary: This game is a good example that the French defense is still playable and successful for the black side! In re...
Here is a game from the 2008 SPICE Cup, GM Stefansson - GM Miton with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white play a nice balanced game. First he was able to put strong pressure along the black pawn on the ...
Here is a game from the 2008 SPICE Cup, GM Kaidanov - GM Stefansson with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white go ahead an exchange for a pawn and the game entered into a technical phase where white had to ex...
Here is a game from I Torneo Internacional EDAMI-CosmoCaixa 2008, GM Moskalenko - IM Reinaldo with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw IM Reinaldo play the black pieces against his higher rated and more exper...
Here is a game from the 61st Russian Championship Higher League, GM Inarkiev - GM Shomoev with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw a fun double edged battle where the players castled on opposite sides of th...
Here is a very nice chess composition I found: This composition includes a very interesting imbalance. Black has many advanced pawns while white in compensation has a Rook. What will prevail? The advanced pawns or the Rook? This ch...
Here is a game from the 1st Dragon Capital Vietnam Chess Open, IM Tu Hoang Thai - GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw things quickly simplify into a endgame. Usually most players ...
The vote chess event featuring GM Nigel Davies against the Chess.com community has just ended after a hard fought game which ended in a draw, well earned by both sides. Let's take a deeper look at the game with full annotations and comm...
Here is a game from the X Open de Sants 2008, GM Narciso - FM Lorenzo De La Riva with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw black use the Benoni opening with great effect. He was able to establish a dom...
Here is a game from the 83rd French Championship, GM Apicella - IM Abergel with full annotations and commentary: This game was an excellent display of an attack on the enemy King. In this game we saw black start the kingside initiati...
Here is a game from the 2008 US Open, GM Shabalov - FM Banawa with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw Shabalov play in his typical fashion, freely giving away pawns to get more active pieces, a lead in develop...
Here is a game from the 2008 Vlissingen Tournament, FM Van Eijk - GM Landa with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white take on a very unconventional style of play especially early in the game with h2-h4-h5, g2...
Here is a game from the 2008 Canadian Open Chess Championship, NM Yap - WGM Karavade with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white play a very aggressive and enterprising game starting with an early g2-g4 an...
Here is a game from the 13é Open Internacional d'escacs "Ciutat de Balaguer", IM Sengupta - GM Burmakin with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw an interesting psychological battle. White started v...
Here is a game from the 2008 National Open, GM Nakamura - NM Santalla with full annotations and commentary: In this game we saw white employ a very interesting strategy in the beginning of the game. He chose to just play some very sl...
