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- How to Play ChessAn overall description of the rules and regulation of chess and the pieces and their moves.
- Tips for Teaching Your Child How to Play ChessChess is a great game to teach to kids for a number of reasons. Read to find out how to make it easier for them to learn it.
- Chess Lesson 2--LogisticsTouch move is boring. So is using the time on your clock wisely. But this stage of the easiest to master, and will reap you the greatest dividends. The rule "en passant" is also explained.
- Chess Lesson 3--The Middlegame: Pawn ChainsThe middlegame is undoubtedly one of the most complex areas of chess, and one of the hardest to master. Many moves seem like good ones--but which one wins, and which ones lose? This article focuses on pawn chains, and talks about the point-count system.
- Chess Lesson 1 --The OpeningThis article not only covers all of the major rules of the chess opening, but also explains them and applies them to everyday chess examples. All points are illustrated with bullets, making review easy and main points easy to follow.
- How to Play Chess: The MidgameThe basics of how to play the mid-game.
- How to Play Chess: The OpeningSome of the more basic principals to obey during the opening of a chess game.
Four Great Games Compared: Chess, Go, Scrabble and BridgeI compare these four great games on various traits- Chess Draws Are Not the Main Problem with the GameA former FIDE chess champion wants rapid and blitz play to determine winners and losers after classical chess games are drawn. But is he addressing the symptoms and not the disease?
- Retro Video Game Review: The Chessmaster (NES)An in-depth, categorical review of the retro video game The Chessmaster for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console.
- Five Great Reasons to Learn to Play Chess at Chess.ComChess is good for the brain, good for the spirit - and, most of all, fun to play. Chess.Com is a great chess site on which to play chess and learn to play chess.
- How to Beat an International Chess Master in a Blitz GameThat's very hard, if not impossible, unless you are a Grandmaster yourself. At the time, in early seventies, I was far from that title, and as the time progressed I got even farther.
- Playing ChessI bought a chess board for $2.50 the other day. I still haven't opened it yet; you could really tell I was excited -- 'Yeah, chess man'. 'So why buy it then chess master', you might blab.
- Local King of the Game of KingsThe Chess Palace, a southern California institution has moved again continues to be the classiest place to play chess. Providing tournaments every weekend and a camp for kids over the summer it enhances life in Garden Grove.
Campus SportsMNSHS fires overall opening salvo with juniors' triumph; Delfin eyes Municipal Meet crown; MNSHS rallies for 21-18 victory over TNHS in girls' badminton singles, etc.
Chess AnyoneThe description is just a simple way of explaining the game of chess.- Endgame: Samuel Beckett's Play as Chess MetaphorA short essay on Samuel Beckett's play.
ChessA poem musing over our roles in life as if they were specifically determined.- Retro Video Game Reviews: Battle Chess (NES)A comprehensive review of the video game Battle Chess for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
- Hikaru Nakamura, a World Chess Champion?Hikaru Nakamura has been quietly moving up the world chess rankings list, all the way into the top ten. His victory at the elite Tata Steel Chess Tournament shows he has what it takes to be a world champion.
Chess Forum: Your One-Stop-Shop for Everything ChessChess Forum has a wide variety of chess-gear and collectibles.- Gaming - the A.I. You Can't Win AgainstThe reason why going against A.I opponent in video games can be so frustrating.
- How to Fight the Winter Blues by Playing ChessLearn some facts that show you How to Fight the Winter Blues by Playing Chess
2010 North American Open (NAO) Chess Tournament in Las Vegas, NevadaI had played in previous years and been disappointed that I had missed so many of the well-known GM and IM games, so I decided just to go stand over the shoulders of the chess elite.- The Basic Rules of ChessChess can be intimidating with hundreds of books having been written about it, but the basic rules are actually quite simple and within a few minutes you can know enough to play and all that is really left to know is strategy.
- Getting Kids Interested in ChessHow do you introduce kids raised on video games and organized sports to the mind skills of the Game of Kings?
Chess: A Game of Intelligence or Hazardous to Your Health?This article examines the pitfalls of being a champion chess player. Side effects may include dementia, drug addiction, and syphilis.
Using Board Games for Business Strategies Can Create a Big WinTo beat your competition, plan outside your comfort zone! If you don't, you won't be leading the pack, you'll be following the pack, instead.- Top 5 Timeless Christmas Gifts for ChildrenThis year, give your child a gift that will be treasured for years.
- Starting a Family Game NightWhether it's Mom and Dad playing a friendly game of chess or a marathon ten-player Monopoly tournament, games bring families. No matter the outcome of the game itself, everyone is a winner when families play together.
- A Chess Board CostumeHalloween is here. Be a chess board for the holiday.
- Free Events at Carroll Gardens Library: A Chess Master, ESL, Movies, Parties and More!Many Carroll Gardens residents are well aware that the library has much more to offer than books. The Carroll Gardens branch in fact, has some unique and valuable weekly programs.
- Why Choose to Play the French Defence in Chess?In chess we all need a defence to E4.
- Chess and ComputersWith simple rules, but endless permutations, chess has fascinated millions of players for hundreds of years.
Chess anyone?Just when I thought that I was the next chess prodigy, I get served by a guy who was reading US Weekly while we played.- A Visit to Marostica!The medieval town of Marostica is cut from a page out of King Arthur's Court with a imposing castle that encloses the entire town within it's walls!
September 1: Holidays and Celebrations TodaySeptember 1st is a holiday for hummingbirds, draft horses, pink Cadillacs and more. Chess players, aunts, nursing mothers and other celebrants mark September 1st as a special day. Here are several popular September 1st holidays (arranged alphabetically).- Staunton Chess Pieces a Thing of BeautyFor many people when they are looking at chess pieces they may think they are all the same. However, they will want to realize why the Staunton chess pieces are an item of beauty.
Former World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer DNA Results In: He's Not DaddyDNA tests prove Bobby Fischer was not the biological father of Jinky Young.- Anatoly Karpov is the Right Choice for FIDE PresidentThe current president of FIDE has made errors running the chess organization and has even claimed to have had contact with aliens. Former World Champion Anatoly Karpov would be a huge improvement.
