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Today we present one of the longest mates in 2 ever. You see, a normal mate in two is… two moves. This mate in 2 involves 32 moves. How is that possible? You’ll need to find a mate in 2 on each file and rank individually. Therefore, you need to solve 16 separate mate in […]
De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, 1834 by Cary Utterberg Softcover: 416 pages McFarland. 2012 (First published in 2005)
De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, 1834 by Cary Utterberg Softcover: 416 pages McFarland. 2012 (First published in 2005)
Today’s topic is the 2014 Chess Olympiad at Tromsø. There were a lot of great games to choose from for our “tragicomedy” article – the biggest upsets. Today’s issue includes the big stars like: Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Vasily Ivanchuk, and HouYifan. Even they lose games from time to time. Okay, here we go:
Today we present a collection of chess posters with a quotes about different elements of chess: moves, free choice, conceptions, players, power and masters. Chess is one of the most complex games where everything plays a significant role.
There are hundreds of millions of chess players in the world, rated from 100 – 2900 ELO. Independent on their chess strength, all players can be subdivided into 5 distinct categories.Knowing what category your opponent belongs to, may significantly help you to decide what strategy is the most effective.
Today we present 5 very hard mate-in-two composition for your attention. Look at each of the positions carefully and try to find a combination that leads to mate in 2. These are pretty difficult problems, don’t get frustrated if you take long time to solve them, this is normal. Hint: look for a quiet, yet […]
Previously we offered a few interesting tactics problems such as this and that. Today we want to present a 3 more interesting tactical motifs that most chess players cannot find. Take a look at these problems and challenge yourself to solve it.
ChessBase Magazine is the flagship of ChessBase and released every two months. Our columnist offers review of a recent issue-Ed.
In this update on ChessPublishing.com our columnist draws attention to trends in Alekhine-Chatard Attack and Grünfeld Exchange Variation-Ed.
