Chess Tutorial : Opening Essentials
Monday January 30, 2006
Your first task in a chess game is to get a good position. To do that you need to know something about the openings. We updated our popular Essentials: Openings ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Classifying Combinations
Sunday January 29, 2006
In
Classifying combinations as easy, your chess guide forwards a question asking, 'Is it possible to make a program than can evaluate a chess combination with an Elo figure (or range)?'
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It ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Football star Shaun Alexander and Chess
Saturday January 28, 2006
The Shaun Alexander Foundation and Sprint sponsored a chess tournament for 2nd and 3rd grade students participating in the AF4C's (America’s Foundation for Chess) First Move™ chess program at Madrona ... Read More
Chess Book/CD/DVD Guide Reviews
Monday January 23, 2006
Looking for one of our reviews? See our Graphic Index of reviews showing the book, CD, or DVD cover. If you just want a quick text list of the same ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Sacrifices
Sunday January 22, 2006
In
Sacrifices,
123aku345 asks, 'Does anyone know of a few GM games where the winning side has sacrificed a LOT of material? Basically I want to know what single game ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Zugzwang by Ronan Bennett
Saturday January 21, 2006
St. Petersburg, 1914: During one of the greatest chess tournaments of the pre-World War I era, murder is the theme and Avrom Chilowicz Rozental is somehow involved.
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'Then 32 years old, ... Read More
The Origin of Chess
Monday January 16, 2006
Where did chess come from? The most widely accepted scenario is that chess appeared in India around 600 A.D., was adopted in Persia around 700 A.D., and was absorbed by ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Former U.S. Champion Free
Sunday January 15, 2006
No, we're not talking about 8-time U.S. Champion Bobby Fischer in Iceland. We're talking about GM Max Dlugy, who spent months in a Russian prison. Find the full story in
Former ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : World Championship Unification
Saturday January 14, 2006
No sooner had Veselin Topalov won the FIDE World Chess Championship than the pundits started speculating on a possible unification match between the new FIDE World Champion and the non-FIDE ... Read More
The Year 2005 in Review
Monday January 9, 2006
The year 2005 in chess saw Garry Kasparov's retirement, a new FIDE plan for the World Championship, a new FIDE World Champion, and Bobby Fischer's release from Japan to Iceland. ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Today in 1956
Sunday January 8, 2006
Has it really been 50 years since computer chess was only a dream of a handful of visionaries?
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Today, xplorxplor informs us that 'In a Jan. 3,
1956, letter to Adriaan ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : The Imagery of Chess Revisited
Saturday January 7, 2006
Chess and art have their closest relationship in the 32 pieces of wood, glass, or just about any other material used to make
chess sets.
The Imagery of Chess Revisited, one ... Read More
Photos from the 2005 FIDE World Championship
Monday January 2, 2006
Here is a selection of our favorite photos from the 2005 FIDE World Championship, San Luis, Argentina. • GMs Michael Adams, Viswanathan Anand, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich, Judit ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Top chess story of 2005
Sunday January 1, 2006
What was the top chess story of 2005?
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Garry Kasparov retires?
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Bobby Fischer released from Japan to Iceland?
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FIDE announces a new type of World Championship cycle?
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Veselin Topalov wins the World Championship?
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Something else?
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Vote ... Read More