P.S. The course is absolutely free, but if you want 'to try before you buy', it uses the same principles shown on A Structured Introduction to the Chess Openings.
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Chess 201 - Introduction to the Openings
Monday August 4, 2008
Looking for an easy way to learn more about the openings? See our new email course. Our goal is to get you through the first few moves successfully and to teach you something about the different positions that you'll encounter. The course is structured so that 10 minutes per day is sufficient, but there's plenty more material if you have the time.
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Elsewhere on the Web : Events on the Agenda
Sunday August 3, 2008
Over the next few months there an unusual number of first class chess events on the agenda. First, here are a handful that are going on at this moment.
- Chess Classic Mainz, 2008-07-27/-08-03
- British Championship, 2008-07-27/-08-09
- FIDE Grand Prix, Sochi, Russia, 2008-07-30/-08-15
- World Junior Chess Championship, Gaziantep, Turkey, 2008-08-02/-08-16
Coming up we can look forward to a World Championship Match, a Women's Chess Championship, an Olympiad, and much more.
- World Women's Chess Championship, Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, 2008-08-28/-09-18
- Grand Slam Chess Final Masters, Bilbao, Spain, 2008-09-02/-13
- World Championship Match, Anand - Kramnik, Bonn, 2008-10-14/-11-02
- European Club Cup, Kallithea, Greece, 2008-10-16/-24
- World Youth Championship, Vung Tau, Vietnam, 2008-10-19/-31
- 38th Chess Olympiad, Dresden, Germany, 2008-11-12/-11-25
- World Championship Challengers Match Topalov - Kamsky, Lvov, Ukraine, 2008-11-26/-12-15
If that doesn't satisfy your craving for top level chess, nothing will!
Join the Discussion : FIDE Grand Prix, Sochi
Saturday August 2, 2008
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FIDE Grand Prix, Sochi,
we're tracking the second event in the 2008-2009 Grand Prix series. If you're not familiar with this exciting series of World Championship qualifiers, see our previous report
FIDE Grand Prix : Past, Present, and Future.
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Official site:
sochi2008.fide.com.
Chess Fun on Flickr
Friday August 1, 2008
If you ever get bored playing chess, there are other chess-related diversions on the web. One of our favorites is browsing photos on Flickr, the Yahoo photo sharing service. There are so many good chess photos that it's hard to pick just one.
This one caught our attention because we have always liked vinyl rollup boards with green and cream colored squares. They are very easy on the eyes and don't interfere with the imagination. On top of that, the idea behind the photo is particularly clever.
Photo: Recursive Chessboard © Flickr user fdecomite under Creative Commons. • See more chess boards and similar under fdecomite's Chessboards experiments.
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