Falkbeer Counter-gambit Update

Ernst Karl Falkbeer (1819-1885) founded Austria's first chess magazine, Wiener Schachzeitung , but is remembered today mostly for the re...

Principle of Development: Early History Update

Morphy is sometimes credited with inventing the concept of development , or at least understanding it better than anyone else before those ...

One from Greco Update

The oldest English language book that presents games from Gioachino Greco (c.1600 - c. 1634) is Francis Beale, The Royall Art of Chesse-Pl...

The Best Chess Game Ever Played Update

What is the best chess game ever played? What criteria determines this choice? Do we favor players whom we like? At Inland Chess Academy...

Pigs Update

Lesson of the Week For reasons that are not entirely clear, rooks on the seventh rank (or second) are sometimes called pigs or swine. The ...

A Greco Miniature Update

Lesson of the Week Most of the games of Gioachino Greco (1600-1634) are miniatures (games lasting few moves, 20-25 moves being the longest t...