White found a unique way to use the threat of a back rank mate in this game which was played in the USSR in 1946. I’ll bet they were happy just to be playing chess after years of war.

Today is do better than Boris day. In this position at Baku in 1961, he did find a winning continuation, but he overlooked a mating attack. Can you do better?

GM Levon Aronian won the recent American Cup in St. Louis with terrific fighting play—and a little luck! In one game, his opponent, Sam Sevian, reached this position and missed a winning continuation. Aronian had missed ...Read More

This is one of those positions you probably won’t be able to figure out; HOWEVER, if you want to get better, set up the position on a board, look at the answer, then cover the answer and try to imagine how to do it over ...Read More

Chess Tricks, Part III.

Chess Tricks, Part II Black went Nh5 to threaten to take the bishop, but White had a trick up his sleeve.