Submitted by
menofsticks on Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:29pm.
The full title of this book by I. A. Horowitz is “Modern Ideas In The Chess Openings, ” but that is way too long for this review’s title, so we’ll just call it “Modern Ideas,” shall we? In this case, you c... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:51pm.
With Winning Chess Openings, Yasser Seirawan’s writing style has much improved. In a previous article I mentioned that his pros are often a bit on the goofy side. This time around the syrup has taken a backseat to irreverence.&nb... Read more »
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Submitted by
peterpogi on Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:18pm.
this is a king and 2 rook checkmate. it is very easy to do and i made it a puzzle for everyone on chess.com.
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Submitted by
JCoombs1972 on Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:00am.
When I started to learn how to play chess I can remember the one question I would ask my coaches often," How can I get stronger at playing chess"? They would always tell me,"by playing stronger opponents, and by reading the ass... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Tue Jul 8, 2008 4:16pm.
First, the preamble, in case you missed it from my last McChess article. At the moment, I run OS X and only OS X, so although Shredder Chess comes in Linux and Windows flavours, I won’t say much, if anything, about the alternativ... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Thu Jul 3, 2008 3:32pm.
Following on the heels of Winning Chess Tactics, Winning Chess Strategies is the third book in Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan’s seven book Winning Chess series.If you are going to play chess, ya gotta have a plan. Some would argue that ev... Read more »
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Submitted by
yoshtodd on Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:09pm.
I know that this advice (to study the endgame) is very common, and has probably been covered comprehensively many times elsewhere, but I wanted to share some things I've learned on the subject, mostly for newer players who go "Why bother?... Read more »
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Submitted by
JCoombs1972 on Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:15pm.
At the age of 17 years of age I learned the moves of chess and how to play this funny game. I soon became addicted to this amusing board game, later in my 20's I found that this hobby was quickly becomming a passion of mine. So I began to fuel the... Read more »
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Submitted by
JCoombs1972 on Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:54am.
Most novices of chess merely think that they can checkmate the enemy king in 5 moves or less. This is not so against seasoned veterans of the board. This article will cover a basic opening system that beginners can use to help ward off the most br... Read more »
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Submitted by
Dudekovic on Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:33am.
Very easy checkmate( one move) Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:19pm.
"Winning Chess Tactics" is the follow-up book in Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess series. WCT picks up where the sections on tactics in "Play Winning Chess" left off. Not too surprisingly, WCT details more subtle or less obvious points about the ta... Read more »
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Submitted by
Wrenn on Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:44am.
I just ran a keyword search for the beginner's section for "territory" and "space", and I did not find a single result. This concerns me. "What is 'territory' or 'space'?" one might ask, and that i... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:39pm.
With any luck, this is the first in a series of chess software reviews. I should state up-front that, at the moment, the only operating system I use is OS X. So, although many of the programs that I will review have versions that run on other oper... Read more »
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Submitted by
menofsticks on Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:30am.
First, a bit of backstory is in order.I started taking chess semi-seriously about three months ago when I started playing Facebook Chess. I decided I would do some reading and get my learn on. Of course, I started with reading whatever I could fin... Read more »
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Submitted by
wanderkarm on Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:26am.
We all know the feeling... you make your move with the unpleasant sensation something is not quite right. You look again and you realise you just lost your queen! It happened to Karpov so don´t feel that bad, as you can see in move 29 of thi... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessmastere4 on Sat Jun 7, 2008 1:55pm.
phycologists have known for more than a century that your brain keeps more information longer if it has an opertunity to prossess what you have learned between training seccions the advantage of spread out learning are large and releable two studd... Read more »
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Submitted by
yavuz1990 on Fri May 30, 2008 11:11am.
Look at the position on the left, can black do a queenside castle(0-0-0)? I asked this question in my school and they anwered NO, because the Knight at d7 holds the b8 square. If your answer is NO too, then you are wrong. Black can do 0-0-0, ... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessmastere4 on Thu May 29, 2008 9:24am.
studies have said that listening to clasical music ( you know the violin stuff) while studing actually increased brain activity so why cant it work for chess after all it is a mental game Read more »
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Submitted by
chessmastere4 on Wed May 28, 2008 6:52pm.
in order to increase your expirance in the real world going to tortament can be a good choice normally taking 4 hours of a weekend it is a very good choice for any players searching for games scholastics is a good place to start looking there webp... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessmastere4 on Wed May 28, 2008 6:41pm.
it is importaint to study tactice while learning how to play the game. a good website for this is http://chess.emrald.net/psolution.php?Pos=1132 after ariving you press sign in as a guest, then under break settings check both boxes and click ... Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Mon May 26, 2008 12:27pm.
can you find THE MOVE for white in one try Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Tue May 20, 2008 10:57pm.
rules: every white move must be a capture and mate must be 3 moves or less. Read more »
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Submitted by
odirtyredo on Tue May 20, 2008 11:28am.
for beginners to determine if their pawn can become a king in the king vs king pawn situation <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NECM4... Read more »
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Submitted by
Kingfisher on Tue May 20, 2008 9:15am.
The mistake I see most often among beginners is poor pawn play. They often sacrifice them needlessly, ignore opportunities for pawn captures, or just don't sufficiently protect them. When they see a complex combintion that wins a pawn, they sa... Read more »
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Submitted by
fgm351 on Wed May 14, 2008 4:49pm.
Scholars mate (for interested people and also called the blitzcraig): 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 (Bc4, doesnt matter) Nc6 3.Bc4 (Qh5) Nf6 4. Qxf7# Read more »
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