My son bought me a chess book this morning! It was one that I've always wanted. It's by the wonderful David Bronstein, who was an early photo-type for Tal. He…

Mikhail Tal was an expert at this! Black has far too many pieces for the sacrificed Queen for most of this game but, in the end, Tal summons far up…

The player giving this simultaneous exhibition was one of the best never to became World Champion: This one's a bit of a give away: the player on the left tried…

Bonjour mes amis des échecs, Voici un jeu pour les téléspectateurs français de ce site. Les web-statistiques disent que vous existez. Il présente le magnifique Paul Keres contre un adversaire…

Is this taking things a step too far?

Another splendid picture black and white photo of Petrosian: The game is very short but it's got a very neat exchange sacrifice in it: Yes, you've spotted it. I posted…

In these days of everything on-line, it does no harm to think back to a different age . . . Here's the game that's mentioned in the clip and some…