Chess Games of Grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin Added to http://www.jrobichess.com

I have added the game collection of chess Grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin to the main site at http://www.jrobichess.com. Chigorin was a leading Russian chess player. He served as a major source of inspiration for the "Soviet school of chess," which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century.

Chigorin has several chess openings or variations of openings named after him, the two most important being the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5) and the Chigorin Defence to the Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6). Another opening line invented by Chigorin is 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 in the French Defence. It is now generally regarded as a forerunner of King's Indian setups, but Chigorin also played it with other ideas (such as b2-b3) in mind.

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Chess Grandmaster Nigel Short - Experiences in Chess

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Chess Games of Grandmaster Pal Benko Added to http://www.jrobichess.com

I have added the game collection of chess Grandmaster Pal Benko to the main site at http://www.jrobichess.com. Pal Benko, born July 14, 1928, is a chess grandmaster, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems. Benko's highest achievements were playing in the Candidates Tournament - the tournament to decide the challenger for the World Championship - in 1959 and 1962. Both tournaments had eight of the world's top players. He qualified for the 1970 Interzonal tournament, the leaders of which advance to the Candidates. However, he gave up his spot in the Interzonal to Bobby Fischer, who went on to win the World Championship in 1972.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar's Birthday

It's Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar's birthday today, here's the great documentary "My Brilliant Brain - Make me a Genius" on one of the strongest women ever to play on the 64 square battlefield.

Susan Polgar Documentary

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.