Elsewhere on the Web
Saturday January 31, 2004
First some international chess news:
The first Super Grandmaster tournament of the year, the
2004 Corus Tournament,
saw victory by the popular Indian GM.
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'Viswanathan Anand didn't take any unnecessary risks in the last ... Read More
Online Chess Play Sites V
Monday January 26, 2004
The fifth in a series of online play articles compares 11 sites. For this last article we combined our observations across all sites and added a few new comments on ... Read More
Forum Thread of the Week
Sunday January 25, 2004
In
Feeling at home with chess,
XPLORXPLOR asks, 'What is the role of chess clubs and organizations in the new century?'
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Do you agree that 'online chess is replacing OTB' [Over The Board] ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Local news stories
Saturday January 24, 2004
Back by popular demand : local news stories!
Chess is for credit at American Way Middle
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'Relatively few students can pick chess as a daily class. But Amber Ross, 11, sixth-grade student, ... Read More
The Not everyone likes chess department
Friday January 23, 2004
Reviews of a recent chess film and a recent chess book:
'In 1997, one of the seminal battles between the human brain and artificial intelligence was fought and lost by the ... Read More
Elementary endgames (Part 9)
Monday January 19, 2004
One of the curiosities of chess is that the Bishop and the Knight, whose moves are so different, have the same approximate value. The relative strengths and weaknesses of these ... Read More
Forum Thread of the Week
Sunday January 18, 2004
Preparing for the final Where to Play Chess Online article,
your Chess Guide asks in the
Online play sites thread, 'What features do you consider to be important in an online play ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Short Takes
Saturday January 17, 2004
Chess pops up in places where you would never expect it to be!
Contest turns junk into art
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'More than 400 Butler County children made art out of garbage, and Thursday some ... Read More
The Year 2003 in Review
Monday January 12, 2004
The year 2003 was not a great year for chess. The reunification of the World Championship title, which should have been the biggest story of the year, met only setbacks. ... Read More
Forum Thread of the Week
Sunday January 11, 2004
In
FIDE rating lists 1975-2003
your Chess Guide lists the average FIDE ratings of the top-100 players for the years 1975-2004. Is rating inflation caused by overall progress in playing chess or ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web
Saturday January 10, 2004
Chess films are few and far between. Here are reviews from
DigitallyObsessed.com of a handful of movies.
The Chess Player (Le Joueur d'echecs) (1926)
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'I have changed my mind. Just before sunrise, we ... Read More
Online Chess Play Sites IV
Monday January 5, 2004
The fourth in our series of online play articles covers three sites that aspire to be major players in the world of online chess : the Internet Chess Club (ICC), ... Read More
Forum Thread of the Week
Sunday January 4, 2004
In Favorite Karpov game, your Chess Guide asks,
'Anyone have a favorite Karpov game?' and discovers the reasons for Karpov's enduring unpopularity. • 'A technician that uses simple strategies to ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web
Saturday January 3, 2004
First you received a new chess set for Christmas and wanted to know what to do with it.
Then you visited the About Chess 'Beginners' link, but this left you ... Read More