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Michael Adams vs James Clifford Howell

Submitted by jaller435718 on Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:12pm.

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Philidor: "Pawns are the soul of chess"

Submitted by davidbrown914 on Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:01pm.

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K Vlahos vs Michael Adams

Submitted by jaller435718 on Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:28pm.

Here is a well won game played by Michael Adams as black. Please vote for me  on the best article of the month, I am 3 votes from winning! Read more »

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Breaking the Pin

Submitted by benws on Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:56pm.

So i'm reading a magazine, and i found this game. It's a very nice one, showing how to punish your opponent if he carelessly sets up an annoying pin. White breaks it in nice fashion, giving up his queen, to force a king hint all the way down to hi... Read more »

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Turning a loss into a win

Submitted by yert on Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:02pm.

I was unable to figure out how to submit commentary and such... I was able to do it once and then could't figure out the rest...  Anyways, this is probably one of my most amazing wins.  My opponent is a very strong player and usually beats me ab... Read more »

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Igor Vasilievich Ivahov vs Michael Adams

Submitted by jaller435718 on Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:04am.

Here is a well played game by Michael Adams. Read more »

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Michael Adams vs Frode Ludvigsen

Submitted by jaller435718 on Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:42pm.

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Ron Buckmire vs Michael Adams

Submitted by jaller435718 on Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:43pm.

Here is a well played game by Michael Adams, but lost. Read more »

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Pay Day

Submitted by benws on Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:32pm.

This game is a nice strategic masterpiece. White slowly maneuvers his pieces until the board explodes into a tactical battle. Sacrifices abound as the black king is slowly constricted and suppressed. Read more »

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2 Rooks for a Win

Submitted by cjwenigma on Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:20pm.

Here is a game I recently played that I was very proud of. This game relates to a theme of chess I've been trying to really work on which is creating weaknesses. In the past I found myself never exploiting the little weaknesses of the position bec... Read more »

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Zukertort's Immortal

Submitted by ShahidAnwer on Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:24am.

Johannes Hermann Zukertort (7 September 1842 – 20 June 1888) was a leading chess master of German-Polish-Jewish origin. He was the "world number two" for most of the 1870s and 1880s behind Wilhelm Steinitz, who won both of the matches they playe... Read more »

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The Masses

Submitted by benws on Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:29am.

This is a very nice showcase from Topalov. He unleashes an exhange sacrifice early on to obtain a pawn mass in the center. From then on, he gives up whatever he can to advance this mass. In the end, a pawn must inevitably queen. Read more »

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John M Emms vs Michael Adams

Submitted by jaller435718 on Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:13am.

Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams. Read more »

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Michael Adams vs Staurt Conquest

Submitted by jaller435718 on Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:02am.

Here is an excellent game by Michael Adams. Read more »

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Michael Adams vs Michael Joseph Freeman

Submitted by jaller435718 on Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:20pm.

Here is a excellent game by Michael Adams. Read more »

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Anand vs Michael Adams

Submitted by jaller435718 on Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:00pm.

Here is a game with Michael Adams playing against the current World Chess Champion. Read more »

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Cat and Mouse

Submitted by benws on Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:33am.

The weakness of black's back rank is a major theme in this game. White leaves his queen en prise and then blows the black position open with a lethal rook+bishop combo. In the end he only needs two pieces to mate. Read more »

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The Match of the Century

Submitted by zupampa on Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:00am.

The Match of the Century Fischer vs Spassky 1972 The name Bobby Fischer, at least to Americans, is synonymous with chess. A prodigy in the 50s, a world class player in the 60s, the 70s saw Fischer at his pinnacle. He earned the right to challen... Read more »

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D McFarlene vs Michael Adams

Submitted by jaller435718 on Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:42am.

Here is an excellent game played by Michael Adams but lost. Read more »

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Michael Adams vs.N.Crickmore

Submitted by jaller435718 on Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:11pm.

An excellent win for Michael Adams! Read more »

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Briliant Endgame

Submitted by zupampa on Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:45pm.

Here is a game from Corustoernooi 2007, Ruslan Ponomariov - Veselin Topalov Topalov was at his best this day, beating Ponomariov in a wild and very imbalanced game. Actually Pono was better after the opening, but hesitant play (21.Nb1?!) got him ... Read more »

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Quickest Stalemate In Chess

Submitted by David_Grakovsky on Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:00am.

It is stalemate in 10 moves. Can you find it? Here is the game: Read more »

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The brutal kingsindian

Submitted by Night99 on Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:07am.

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Polish Immortal

Submitted by David_Grakovsky on Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:47pm.

The Polish Immortal was a famous game between Glinksberg and Miguel Najdorf played in Warsaw. Some sources give its date as 1930 or 1935, and give the name of the player of the white pieces as "Glucksberg". Garry Kasparov gives the date of the gam... Read more »

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Peruvian Immortal

Submitted by David_Grakovsky on Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:25pm.

The Peruvian Immortal is the name given to a spectacular game played by the Peruvian master (later grandmaster) Esteban Canal against an unknown amateur in a simultaneous exhibition he gave at Budapest in 1934. In just 14 moves, Canal sacrificed b... Read more »

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