I was examining an ending from more than a century ago (as one does!) and apart from learning a great deal about rook endings I may have found a solution to a controversial position.

Vladimir Kramnik has been moving up the leader board in the Corus tournament, but Nigel Short could have done the former World Champion's rivals a favour by converting his advantage in round seven.

Nakamura does it again! He beat World Blitz Champion Magnus Carlsen in a Blitz match and now he downs World Cup champion Boris Gelfand with the Black pieces in swashbuckling fashion.

A couple of games caught my eye in the last round of the Russian Championships.
In one the combination was sound, but wasn't altogether necessary, and in the other encounter the attack was successful but turns out to be incorrect!
Read on to see if you agree.

The American's first game of the London Chess Classic was an example of a player getting almost everything right and still missing the win.
See if you agree with my analysis where I point out where he could have done better!

I was interested in the final position of the following game. At first sight 'unclear' looks like a typical label, but a closer look reveals that Black's position is not only superior but maybe even winning!

It will be interesting to compare my conclusions with that of other analysts, but it seems to me that Ponomariov could have been the one with winning chances.