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GM dbojkovon Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:00am.
Aotearoa, or "the land of the long white cloud", or simple New Zealand as most of you know it hosted an exceptional event- the Queenstown Classic Chess Tournament. It is exceptional first of all for its occurrence-- only once every three years-- a... Read more »
3158 reads | 18 comments | 2 votes:
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GM dbojkovon Sat Dec 3, 2011 12:00am.
This is how the German team must have felt after winning the prestigious European Team Competition. I am a kind of breaking the chronological turn of events, but so be it! What these players did was surprising, exceptional and thrilling. After all... Read more »
3589 reads | 11 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
webmasteron Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:00am.
Chess... by the numbers! Our favorite game is amazing.
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7446 reads | 82 comments | 12 votes:
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billwallon Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:00am.
Here is a list of chess terms and personalities and their pronunciation.
Abramov (ah-BRAHM-ahf), Lev - Russian arbiter and Correspondence International Master (IM)Acs (larch), Peter - Hungarian GMAdorjan (A-door-yan), Andras - Hungarian Grandmast... Read more »
6567 reads | 24 comments | 3 votes:
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IM Silmanon Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:00am.
The cover of my new book, How to Reassess Your Chess 4th Edition, contains a secret that might take the skills of a Sherlock Holmes to unearth. The first that notices this anomaly and sends the correct answer to David Pruess (at dpruessatchess.com... Read more »
9375 reads | 127 comments | 4 votes:
Submitted by
billwallon Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:00am.
Dr. Fernand Gobet is a professor of Cognitive Psychology and an International Master. He is a former Swiss Junior Champion and Swiss Champion, and was co-editor of the Swiss Chess Review from 1981 to 1989. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on th... Read more »
9755 reads | 46 comments | 12 votes:
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GM Julio_Becerraon Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:00am.
The chess club of the English coastal town of Hastings was founded in 1882 and in 1895 the club organized a tournament that was the strongest ever held up to that time. Taking place over the month of August, it included all the leading players of ... Read more »
5527 reads | 23 comments | 10 votes:
Submitted by
meniscuson Thu Dec 3, 2009 12:00am.
The Best Opening Ever
by meniscus
The Scotch, 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6? 3. d4!
is a direct attack on Black's audacious attempt to blockade the white e pawn and form a cowardly defence* of this blockade. White can claim a psychological victory as e... Read more »
15248 reads | 83 comments | 11 votes:
Submitted by
OBITon Sun Nov 1, 2009 12:00am.
Theme music begins. Fade in on The Stranger, who is walking along a city street at night. He stops at a window and peers inside, where many chess games are going on. He watches as the theme music continues. When the music ends, The Stranger o... Read more »
6370 reads | 65 comments | 12 votes:
Submitted by
billwallon Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:00am.
In 1968 the movie entitled The Thomas Crown Affair was released, starring Steve McQueen as Thomas Crown and Faye Dunaway as Vicki Anderson. Thomas Crown stages a two million dollar bank heist while Vicki is the insurnace investigator who suspect... Read more »
8857 reads | 21 comments | 2 votes:
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OBITon Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:00am.
For the most part, the rules of chess are simple and easy to explain. The object of the game, to trap the enemy king, is understandable to a five year old. The movement of the pieces is straightforward and clearly defined. The players ... Read more »
10387 reads | 45 comments | 9 votes:
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IM IMCheapon Tue Sep 8, 2009 12:00am.
The Hindustantimes has been one of the numerous newspapers that has published an article on Vladislav Tkachiev's forfeit after being heavily drunk and falling asleep at a chess board. A truly grandmaster-level PR move! It's too bad that Toiletga... Read more »
8526 reads | 26 comments | 3 votes:
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OBITon Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:00am.
Of course, you all know the story. It's practically American folklore. There at the San Mateo Chess Club one night, a blitz tournament was in progress. A long struggle took place in a game involving a Russian immigrant named Boris Hrinczechowitsch... Read more »
7272 reads | 44 comments | 5 votes:
Submitted by
IM Silmanon Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:00am.
Doomclaw asked:
When do you think is the right time to offer a draw? I have been confused by this question since I started learning about chess.Dear Doomclaw:An interesting question! There is actually a bit of etiquette related to draw offers. F... Read more »
9156 reads | 71 comments | 10 votes:
Submitted by
OBITon Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:00am.
Andy Soltis' "Chess to Enjoy" column in the February, 1981 issue of "Chess Life" (yes, young'uns, he really has been writing the column for that long) opened with the provocative claim, "Immortality is hard to come by, but in case you're intereste... Read more »
4240 reads | 11 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
cs_masteron Sat May 30, 2009 12:00am.
I confess, I'm not much of a party animal. I suppose in general that people suppose that persons who are interested in chess aren't really so much interested in parties. However, such a supposition is not only somewhat prejudiced, it is also d... Read more »
7030 reads | 18 comments | 5 votes:
Submitted by
Sam_mathon Wed May 13, 2009 12:00am.
The Euler's 8x8 magic square.
A magic square of order n is an arrangement of n^2 numbers (usually 1, 2, 3...) such that the sum of the numbers in all the rows, columns and big diagonals is a constant.
For example:
Here the sum of all rows, co... Read more »
10462 reads | 15 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
Sam_mathon Tue May 12, 2009 12:00am.
The problem consists in place 8 queen in a chessboard, but neither queen is able to attack other queen.
I found this solution after 30 min, but don´t see it untill you solve the problem by yourself, totally are 12 unique solutions (92 counting r... Read more »
7593 reads | 33 comments | 1 vote:
Submitted by
chessfan007on Sat May 9, 2009 12:00am.
Folks, there is something very special about the upcoming U.S. Chess Championships in St. Louis. People here are excited, they're smiling, and the media assault is beginning. Newspapers, radio stations and television stations have started to reali... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessfan007on Sat May 9, 2009 12:00am.
As the opening remarks began, I found an open seat directly behind Boris Gulko, Gregory Kaidanov and Yury Shulman - a nicer trio of gentlemen would be hard to find.After opening introductions, St. Louis Chess Club founder Rex Sinquefield got up to... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessfan007on Sat May 9, 2009 12:00am.
The weather could not have been nicer for the outdoor opening ceremonies. It took place on an open field behind the Museum of Art, with servers offering an assortment of delicacies.After exiting the Marcel Duchamp exhibit inside the building, I wa... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessfan007on Sat May 9, 2009 12:00am.
The opening ceremonies were scheduled to begin at 7:00 P.M. and I arrived at the beautiful site on the campus of St. Louis University about half an hour early. The event took place at the Museum of Art on campus, which is now presenting a Marcel D... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessfan007on Sat May 9, 2009 12:00am.
Here is a link some of you may be interested in. It's an interview with Rex Sinquefield, the founder of the Scholastic Center in St. Louis.
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/05/man-behind-us-championship.html Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbob20on Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:00am.
How good do you think you are? Good? We'll see. This game is something that I found in a Chess Life. It had two masters facing off in London. This is a game that they played. Now if you think you are good enough then you can try to guess the next ... Read more »
7384 reads | 17 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
chessfan007on Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:00am.
Greetings CLO readers! The 2009 US Championship is fast approaching, and in two days, it will also be time to enter the third annual Fantasy Chess competition! After reading the rules below, login and go to this url to enter: http://uschess.org/... Read more »
3179 reads | 1 comment | 1 vote:
