These days with the use of engines in CC DB’s are very important because when it comes to opening selection, gone are the days of playing ri...

NM William Stewart presents a nice 4-part online video where he discusses the Stonewall Attack. His Part 4 analysis of Steiner-Botvinnik, ...

No, I’m not going to tell you how, but   Victor Palciauskas does a good job telling us how he won the 10 th World CC title back in 1984.   ...

           Arena is a free GUI for analyzing and playing games.   It runs on Windows XP or higher or on Linux with Wine 1.0 or higher.   ...

Like most people I like free stuff, but only if it’s of good quality.   I have only purchased a chess engine or database program twice.   Af...

      I remember when I first saw this game, probably back in the early 1960’s, how much I enjoyed it.   I played through it again a couple ...

I have added a link to an interesting site, Celebrate Chess ,  I recently discovered that I think you will enjoy. Be sure to pay the site a...

Here’s a man who loves what he does! In his younger days, Washington had a low Expert rating (mid-2000’s). "This is where you come if...

A while back I did a post on the Beginner’s Opening .   I foolishly decided to try it in a game against an ICCF Senior Master, no less!   Th...

As I have pointed out in the past I don’t know a lot about chess engines (OK, I know what you're thinking...or chess itself for that mat...

Reshevsky’s reputation was that of a positional player and   defensive specialist, but the 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Reshevsk...

Most chess players remember Jacqueline Piatigorsky (born November 6, 1911) only as the lady behind the fiasco that ended the 1961 Reshevsky-...

In the 1970’s and 1980’s one of the most exciting US players was Jim Tarjan (born 22 February 1952) of Sherman Oaks, California. At age ...

…by IM Jeremy Silman…great old article on Chessdotcom .

It’s not often average players can produce a truly brilliant move, but after making a speculative, but unsound sacrifice, Black unleashes a ...

After the completion of the World vs. USSR match held in Belgrade in 1970, Fischer remained in Yugoslavia for a time.   Organizers tried uns...

In the November issue of Chess Life, GM Alejandro Ramirez, who tied for 1st-7th, gave some interesting analysis of his game against GM Julio...

The AmateurChess Organization (ACO) is a new chess organization that will organize world championships for amateurs, youth, and teams, star...

Here’s an interesting site if you are looking for a hand held chess program. http://kantack.com/chess/index.htm From the author’s Blog:...

      The AVRO tournament was the last major chess event before the Second World War. The older players were pitted against the up-and-comi...