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Games and positions in GIF format:

Just look at that King!

A new idea, and admittedly not a very good one, some of my favourite games in animated diagram form similar to the above.  The files are not huge. They download very quickly and you can keep them. (If you like).  In order to see them you must 'enable animations' on your browser. Among them are:

Kasparov v Kramnik Game 15 The game that won Kramnik the Braingames World Championship

Euwe v Lasker 1934 Lasker's out of retirement masterpiece

Short v Kasparov London 1993 Garry gives no quarter in a speed game where he gives us all a lesson on how to attack

Ljubojevic v Kramnik Belgrade 1995 a Pelican Masterwork

Kramnik v Polgar Exhibition game for German TV 1997, don't think I know a better positional game. Unless it's..

Fischer v Spassky The famous sixth game from 1972, even Spassky applauded Fischer's play at the end.

More Games and positions in GIF Format including four examples of games decided by the famous double bishop  sacrifice. Talking of which...

Quiz

• Chess Quiz - So you think you know about Chess Trivia? Well here are 400 Questions for you to try. (Yes 400!)

Articles

• A Lasker article My favourite old time player
• Biography of Vladimir Kramnik My favourite modern player
• Obituary of Gilbert Palmer, sad sad news although there is still some hope.

 

• The Great Rook to e4 Debate An original Posting by Gilbert Palmer which will answer the question as to why the following diagram is UNIQUE in chess history :

 

Combinations

So just how good are you?

• 10 Pages of Lasker Combinations Some instructive motifs from Lasker games.

Chess Theory (bad - awful actually!)

• Assessment and Steinitz Theory Tell me where I am going wrong please!
• Assessment Groups Quick reference

Chess Promotion

• Imagine a game some words on chess - gets you in the mood plus a famous spot the shot

Explanation

• Why am I making these pages? By way of an explanation

Links

Selected links to chess worldwide, from these links you can get almost anywhere...

• TWIC     The Week In Chess - Simply the best! Although I must admit that sadly it is not what it once was.   Gone a bit commercial for my liking and they have that fat prat Henderson there these days.
• Scottish Chess Association Och aye the noo
• Grandmaster Chess School World Champion Alexander Khalifman's chess school in St,Petersburg
• Club Kasparov The 'Other' World Champion's Club Site, MIG writes there.
• Europe Echecs Great French Coverage
• 4NCL
• Australian Chess Columns
• Sam Sloan's Chess Pages Sam is MAD, good fun though
• New in Chess Dutch Chess Magazine (in English)
• The official Greek Chess Federation Site
• Tim Krabbes Chess Curiosities
• Jon Levitt's Chess Pages English GM's thoughts
• ChessCafe  Some good columns on this Yankee site
• Internetchesscom (was Chess Space - a huge links service)

A special mention for:

• Chesscaptor - the software I use to generate diagrams on my pages.   Try it for free!
• Gunther Ossimitz Brilliant home pages where you can download games collections from chess books.  One of my favourite sites.
• University of Pittsburgh Download games in many formats, a valuable resource in your search for chess games.
• Glasgow Montrose Chess Club My own chessclub, the site is run by Luke Barker.
• Chess Suppliers Scotland If you are going to buy chess stuff over the web this is the place to go - Big Sam Collins' web site.

Some rather WEIRD  Chess Links

• Godslight - Fabulous chess paintings, worth checking out. Bit other worldly.
• Maik Schlundt - Chess Impression More paintings, again worth checking out.

 

Selected NEWSGROUPS for chess

I am a big reader and occasional poster on newsgroups:

• rec.games.chess
• rec.games.chess.analysis
• rec.games.chess.computer
• rec.games.chess.misc
• rec.games.chess.play-by-email
• Usenet FAQ: Chess