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Glowacki-Moes
by Waldemar on Oct 21, 2014 41407 0
Glowacki, Matteo - Moes, Waldemar 0-1
Zukertort interne comp. 2014.10.10
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1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 ...
Who Won Recently? Wesley won So much!
by Inopov on Oct 20, 2014 1926 2
On October 9th-13th, the most glamorous and arguably the strongest high-stake chess open in the world took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The Millionaire Chess(MC) Open...
The Importance of Endgames Knowledge
by Erwin on Oct 3, 2014 2891 6
So far the focus on Chessity has been primarily on tactics; and rightly so! Judit Polgar's statement that chess is 99% tactics contains a lot of truth. Still, when your l...
Give to get! - Positional sacrifices in the endgame
by yodhaa on Oct 2, 2014 2668 0
Positional Sacrifices in the endgame:
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
-- Winston Churchill
The quote can also be equ...
The paradox of work
by yodhaa on Sep 26, 2014 2512 3
Progressing in chess is not the easiest thing in the world to achieve. You have to really work hard for it. In this informative and highly personal article, one o...
Who Won Recently? Fabulous Fabiano!
by Inopov on Sep 25, 2014 2078 2
At the beginning of this month, the 2014 Sinquefield Cup, the world's strongest closed tournament in history was held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. In this double-round ro...
Chess is Child's play
Chessity
on Sep 12, 2014 4149 0
Chess is Child's play!
Finally, ‘gaming your training’ at Chessity.com is now even more easily accessible for our little players!
We have developed a specia...
Who Won Recently? Yuriy Kuzubov
by Inopov on Sep 7, 2014 1985 2
Hi everyone! I'm back with a new series dedicated to strong tournament winners. Every month I will select one or two tournaments and feature an instructive game by the Ch...
They miss, you hit
by yodhaa on Aug 8, 2014 1410 0
Hi everyone!Today, on round 6 of the Olympiad I offer three exercises. I invite the readers to imagine themselves in the shoes of someone above 2600 and try to find the...
puzzle dude episode 4
by ria on Aug 6, 2014 1043 9
heres the next puzzle white to move what do you think the answer is ???? find out in the next blog !!!
puzzle awsomeness 1
by Mihir on Aug 5, 2014 885 5
I have a puzzle for you white to move. which move is the best? The answer is in the next blog.
Tactics challenge: July 9
by arunjchess on Jul 9, 2014 7203 11
Did you know that Vladimir Nabokov, one of the greatest literary figures and the author of Lolita, was also a chess lover and composer? Below are two of his problems, and...
Tactics challenge: July 8
by arunjchess on Jul 8, 2014 1910 6
How far can you calculate in Chess? How about 125 moves?
White to play
Blathy,O - 1938 1-0
Mate in #125
Yes, 125 moves! I'm not joking.
After digging through mus...