Guess The Grandmaster Quiz: Can You Identify the Chess Legend? Chess history is filled with unforgettable personalities — players whose styles are so unique, so recognizable, so deeply stamped into every move they make that experienced fans can identify them from a single position. But how well do you really know your chess legends? The… Continue reading Guess The Grandmaster Quiz!
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Dubov – Nepomniachtchi, famous knight dance draw!
The Knight Dance: Dubov vs. Nepomniachtchi and One of Chess’s Most Mesmerizing Draws Chess draws are rarely celebrated. Most end with a quiet handshake, a shrug, and a footnote in the tournament table. But occasionally a draw produces something so extraordinary, so aesthetically perfect, that it transcends the result entirely and enters the realm of… Continue reading Dubov – Nepomniachtchi, famous knight dance draw!
Classical games. Levitskiy – Marshall, 1912 year
The Gold Coin Game: Levitsky vs. Marshall, Breslau 1912 There are chess games that win prizes, and then there is the game that allegedly made spectators shower the board with gold coins in spontaneous celebration. Whether the story of the gold coins is legend or reality, one thing is certain: Frank Marshall’s winning move against… Continue reading Classical games. Levitskiy – Marshall, 1912 year
The fastest checkmate in chess – Fool’s mate!
The Fastest Checkmate in Chess: The Fool’s Mate Chess has been played for over a thousand years, producing games of extraordinary depth, beauty, and complexity. Yet the game also contains a delicious irony: the fastest possible checkmate requires just two moves from Black and can end the entire game in a matter of seconds. Welcome to the… Continue reading The fastest checkmate in chess – Fool’s mate!
Classical games. Donald Byrne – Bobby Fischer, 1956
The Game of the Century: Donald Byrne vs. Bobby Fischer, 1956 Some games are remembered for their result. Others are remembered forever. On October 17, 1956, at the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City, a 13-year-old Bobby Fischer sat down across from International Master Donald Byrne and produced a game so extraordinary that grandmaster… Continue reading Classical games. Donald Byrne – Bobby Fischer, 1956