...it's probably not who you think. It was Alexander Fyodorovich Ilyin-Genevsky (November 28, 1894 – September 3, 1941). Actual...

     The Latvian Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 ) looks like a King's Gambit Reversed and while it is an aggressive defense, it'...

     Efim Petrovich Geller (March 8, 1925 – November 17, 1998) was a Soviet player and world-class grandmaster at his peak; he was also an...

     Why didn't Keres become world champion? Reshevsky thought he was too unsteady. Spassky observed that in order to reach the top ...

     The defense I used in this game has no name: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 . I did find some games with it on the 365Chess Opening Explorer . I...

     I have pretty good luck with the Grob in online 15 minute games. I've reached the position after black's 4th move many times...

the backyard      Chess was pretty much on hold earlier this week. First, the inevitable happened...it got cold and snowed. It was no ...

     Duz-Khotimirsky (25 September 1881, Chernihiv – 5 November 1965, Moscow) was a Ukrainian master. And he was awarded the IM title in 1...

   As I mentioned in my recent post on Stockfish 7 , it comes with several versions: 32-bit, 64-bit, 64-bit bmi2 and 64-bit popcnt, but ...

     Registration for the preliminaries of the Lechenicher SchachServer “World Championship” is open for those qualified, of which there a...