Smith-Morra Gambit dangers - strange 5.f4 move early on :)
The hidden dangers of the Smith-Morra Gambit - strange experimental weird and wonderful moves!
Kingscrusher's top 50 viewed Youtube Chess playlists over a 14+ year period :)
These are my most popular playlists over a 14+ year period!
The Halloween Gambit
Halloween is coming up October 31st - and the Halloween Gambit is quite scary!
Prevention as a prelude to trying to exploit targets is important
Positional play philosophies often makes subsequent play easier and gives you default plans to think…
Kingscrusher team comes 6th out of 190 teams
A very fierce team tournament indeed
Did Garry Kasparov really conquer Tigran Petrosian's playing style?
Let us look at 4 key game encounters and draw some conclusions
Child prodigy and Bobby Fischer rival - Samuel Reshevsky
Reshevsky was playing simultaneous displays against adults when only a small child!
The Kasparov Gambit
One of my favourite games of Garry Kasparov featuring an "Octopus Knight"
When to break opening principles and steer away from popular practice
An interesting Neural Network Opening discovery in a line of the English Opening
Reassessing Mikhail Tal vs Tigran Petrosian - USSR championship 1973
Sometimes it is good to update analysis with new analysis - and sometimes new resources spring up!
Hikaru Nakamura disqualified for having a phone near him during his online game!
New drama for the chess world :) When rules become chess traps that even Grandmasters fall into!
The game that ended Bobby Fischer's historic 20 wins in a row winning streak
A classic game by Tigran Petrosian in the Gruenfeld defence
Thank the trees for shielding us from the wind!
The trees on the chess board can sometimes be the opponent's isolated pawns :)
The immortal Paul Morphy Opera game
Explanations, analysis and comments - a game to be aware of!
"A Mikhail Tal in Petrosian's clothing!" - Paul Keres
We tend to think of certain players as caricatures of their stylistic default - some games show quit…
Interview with Daniel Naroditsky after winning against Fabiano Caruana
A brilliant interview showing the trials and tribulations of the fierce US Chess Championship and th…
The most amazing Positional Queen sacrifice in Chess History!
Nezhmetdinov vs Chernikov - Certain key factors in the position made this Queen sacrifice very effec…
The Billionaire who used a chess engine vs Vishy Anand in a charity match!
Billionaires certainly know how to increase win probability!
How a World Chess Champions' game philosophy could save the World!
Tigran Petrosian was known as a master of prevention and prophylaxis. Such measures could be used by…
Mega exciting Over-the-board banter-blitz chess footage
It can be very exciting and banterful and bring chess to the masses as a spectator sport!
Happy birthday to Super GM and world no.6 Wesley So
Wesley so turns 28 today - still a young spring chicken!
Hikaru Nakamura's funniest ever chess game!
This game features a Dutch Defence with a difference :)
Chess Tactics: Secret tips - awareness of subtle threats and how to handle them
Some tips here for awareness and management of tactical threats both during games and in post-mortem…