Advanced Positional Terminology in Chess
Monday July 31, 2006
Good chess players have their own jargon to describe certain advanced features of a chess position or of a chess move. Several of the most important terms were invented by ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Jessie Gilbert (1987-2006)
Sunday July 30, 2006
Why does it take a tragedy for chess to be noticed? The recent premature deaths of two chess celebrities --
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz (1963-2006)
and
Jessie Gilbert (1987-2006)
-- once again brought this unfortunate fact ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Kasparov's Comeback?
Saturday July 29, 2006
When Garry Kasparov retired from professional chess in 2005 to apply his considerable talents to Russian politics (see Join the Discussion,
Garry Kasparov retires, 13 March 2005), About Chess stopped covering ... Read More
Opening Tutorial : Reti Opening
Monday July 24, 2006
The move 1.Nf3 is commonly known as the Reti Opening. Richard Réti (1889-1929) began playing it at the highest levels of chess in 1923. His reasoning was that since 1.e4 ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Mill Valley's Giant Chess Board
Sunday July 23, 2006
In
Mill Valley to decide on chess board,
we discussed a proposed giant chess board for the Mill Valley plaza and provided a few links to local news reports. According to the ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Tales of Two Chess Federations
Saturday July 22, 2006
A recent ChessBase.com news article,
1.1 million Euro Chess Center in Turkey, 'New Chess Federation Centre Launched', informs us that Turkey has the fastest growing chess federation in the world. Its ... Read More
Review: 'Why Lasker Matters' by Andrew Soltis
Monday July 17, 2006
Why shouldn't Emanuel Lasker, the second World Champion, matter? The book's title is the answer to an unasked question. Since 'Why does Lasker matter?' is easily answered by his career ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Sicilian Scheveningen
Sunday July 16, 2006
Maybe it's a coincidence or maybe it's a hot opening. The Scheveningen (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6; see
Sicilian Defense - ...d6 Variations ) has popped ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Resources for Beginners and to Improve Your Game
Saturday July 15, 2006
The Web moves at Internet speed and keeping up with it can be a fulltime job. Since no one likes to click a link only to find out that the ... Read More
The Origin of Modern Chess
Monday July 10, 2006
Near the end of the 15th century, the game of chess underwent a dramatic transformation when the powers of two of the weakest pieces were enhanced. The slow game characterized ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Ears Today, Gone Tomorrow
Sunday July 9, 2006
In
Ears today, gone tomorrow, we posted an idea received from IMJP. 'Ears? Do we need them? Couldn't something be invented to temporarily shut the ears out from the world during ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Software for Chess Organizers
Saturday July 8, 2006
While preparing the recent article
So You Want to Organize Chess Tournaments?,
we found many Web pages promoting software to help organizers automate their clerical tasks.
One of the most interesting was
Tournament Director,
not ... Read More
So You Want to Organize Chess Tournaments?
Monday July 3, 2006
Let's say you started playing chess later in life, realize that you are never going to be World Champion, but still want to make a contribution. You are an ideal ... Read More
Join the Discussion : Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Sunday July 2, 2006
In
100th anniversary of the death of Pillsbury,
frequent forum contributor xplorxplor notes that 'This month [June] marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Harry Nelson Pillsbury', and asks, 'What articles ... Read More
Elsewhere on the Web : Blog Tripping in June
Saturday July 1, 2006
Chess, like football/soccer, is played in all corners of the world. Along with an unusual interest in the
FIFA World Cup
during the month of June, the chess blogs gave good coverage ... Read More