Hübner-Chandler, 1995
It looked reasonable…
Karklins-Goldberg, 2004
Sometimes a simple tactic can be quite aesthetically pleasing…
Reshevsky-Bisguier, 1957
…former wunderkind Samuel Reshevsky puts the hurt on Art Bisguier
‘Tis a Good Move
Perhaps because I am an ancient (unwise) elder, I feel the little thrill of serendipity more often in the chess
Taimanov-Golombek, 1952
Seeing Douglas Griffin had updated his fabulous Mark Taimanov page led me on a little walkabout and…synchronicity! In this position from Taimanov-Golombek,
Morozevich v Kokarev
Alexander “Moro” Morozevich, facing Dmitry Kokarev in the 2019 Russian Team Blitz Championship, found a sweet move to here to effectively end
Szablewski v Radjabov, 1996
Playing with the black pieces on his way to winning the U10 group in the 1996 European Youth Chess Championships, a
Marin-v-Ljubojević, 1987
Yesterday I shared a puzzle I learned about via one of John Nunn’s books. Today, Douglas Griffin—translator extraordinaire, man of a million photos,
Lautier-Bologan, 1999
Speaking of Joel Lautier the other day, here’s a position where he found a nice tactic against GM Viktor Bologan
Gasiorowski-Gawronski, 1994
White found an amazing resource to save this game. Can you find it? This is one of the many excellent positions found
McShane-Mirumian, 1999
A young Luke McShane has just made what seems like a reasonable move with 22.Rd3 … but Vigen Mirumian has