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Article 24
Here's a great video of Karpov and Kasparov in their world championship match in 1987 in Seville. You can see Karpov fidget under pressure although he had the advantage. We all know how that feels,...
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Article 23
This one is from a blitz game, g/5, at Playchess.com. You're looking from Black's point of view so lower left corner is actually the H8 square. I despise a pesky, forky, and treacherous knight, much...
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Article 22
Who has never lost a game? Tell me, who? If we go over our games and identify where we erred, we should also critically look at how we behave after losing a game. It's not a problem for most people....
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Article 21
Oh, how wonderful it is to find humor in missed opportunities. One thing that chess surely teaches everyone is that no one is infallible. There are optical illusions, and there are quirks of the brain....
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Article 20
I misplayed this ending, and ended up with a draw. My excuse, it was a blitz game. What else? Sometimes, this rule that we have to centralize our king in the endings gets in the way of a won game. But,...
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Article 19
Once in a while you end up with a position that is noteworthy just by dint of its peculiarity. You will see that white is a rook up but his queen and king have become the unfortunate victims of the...
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Article 18
This was black's French Defense gone awry, having allowed white a decisive space advantage on the kingside with all of black's pieces bottled up behind a wall of pawns, including the proverbial bad...
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Article 17
If you were black, would you simplify or not? After some exchanges, as white, I came out a piece up and it looks like a decisive advantage. That's why I sought an exchange of queens, and black seemed...
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Article 16
I was thumbing through some of my chess books, and I found this sweet endgame study whose underlying principle should be basic knowledge for every chessplayer. There are no fancy moves here, just...
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Article 15
Although there was still a lot of play ahead, I felt that white's position was losing to black's and I needed some good counterplay before black's A & B pawns became a real problem. Post game...
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Article 14
It was Round 4 of the Bergen Chess Mates club championship held in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The club used to be known as the Dumont Chess Mates, but after it moved from Dumont to Ridgewood a name-change...
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Article 13
The Bergen Chess Mates had its annual holiday party last night at one of the function rooms of Ridgewood's United Methodist Church on Dayton Street, across from the park. Not everyone attended but...
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Article 12
Sometimes, people can't leave a good thing alone. Some players try to get fancy and end up throwing a good game away. I had misplayed my ending, giving my opponent in blitz a tremendous advantage. All...
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Article 11
It has been approximately five years since my last big tournament, and that was held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. I play regularly on Monday nights at the Bergen Chess Mates now based...
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Article 10
Now, what are the chances that the text book BxRP sac will occur in your games? They do come up, but I'd say rare. Many players will not allow it to happen, but my opponent in the penultimate round of...
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Article 9
Liberty Bell Open, Philadelphia, Pa. January 2010. I had to be a wee bit creative here to convert my quality advantage into a win. Lo and behold, my opponent's bishop controls the queening square and...
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Article 8
Here's one of those positions in blitz chess wherein one would find the right continuation if he had more time to think about it. I played 34... Qe4 holding the position together with a threat on e8....
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Article 7
This is from the second game of the Deep Freeze Quads 2010 (Feb) at the Bergen Chess Mates based in Ridgewood, New Jersey.If this position looks complicated to you, well, it is. As black, I had...
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Article 6
Deep Freeze Quads, 2010. Bergen Chess Mates ( Ridgewood, NJ). I had expected my opponent to put up stiffer resistance, but in this game at least he didn't play very well. So much so that I was two...
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Article 5
Ernest Marx Memorial 2010. Bergen Chess Mates ( Ridgewood, NJ). Finally, I get to play an opponent at or near master level, and I screwed up a great chance to get back into the game. So far, no big...
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