Submitted by
LYCAN148 on Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:58pm.
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Submitted by
LYCAN148 on Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:53pm.
T.R,Dawson Flakirk Hearld 1914
Mate in 2 white to move
(solution below)
We are going to work this out from retrograde analysis.Where could have blacks last move been???He can... Read more »
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Submitted by
rjboy on Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:55am.
Tournament price
1st price 10000$
2nd price 8000$
3rd price 5000$
After a long round or chess tournament it came out a result……
A lowest rank in the tournament scoring no win and no draw all game is lo... Read more »
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Submitted by
aristeidis9 on Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:00am.
The first known blindfold event in Europe took placein 1266.Philidor demonstrated his ability to play up to three blindfold games simultaneously in 1783 with great success, with newspapers highlighting his achievement, having taught himself to vis... Read more »
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Submitted by
kokino on Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:34am.
Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. - Spielmann Read more »
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Submitted by
antoninl on Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:39am.
like this!
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Submitted by
Grakovsky on Sat Feb 7, 2009 1:16pm.
Music's influence onto societies can be seen throughout history in every culture and environment. For some, if not most humans, need a sufficient amount of a music dose to mentally get through each day of our lives. Music is a stress reliever, a m... Read more »
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Submitted by
MisterCutie on Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:46pm.
During a short intermission on Live Chess, I decided to join in the general conversation. When I was about to start another game someone had posted, "where did chess come from?" I tend to see a lot of these random statements. Others include-
How ... Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Fri Jan 2, 2009 12:33pm.
Here is what you've all been waiting for - the answers and winners of the Chess.com Holiday Puzzler competition!
The standard of entries was incredibly high, so a BIG thank you to all members who submitted answers.
Where necessary, equal scores... Read more »
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Submitted by
LYCAN148 on Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:02pm.
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Submitted by
jrcolonial98 on Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:44pm.
Is it possible to bring a Knight to every square on the board in 63 moves?? If you get it, post it in a comment. Read more »
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Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:30am.
Welcome to the 2008 Chess.com Holiday Puzzler!
How many of the 20 questions below can you answer?
Don't answer in the comments!
Send your entries to holidaypuzzler@chess.com and you could win one of these fabulous prizes!
1st Prize: 1 year of... Read more »
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Submitted by
jrcolonial98 on Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:21am.
I know a brainteaser where you must put 8 Queens on the board where none of them can attack eachother. It took me a while to solve, but I eventually got it. I'm not going to show it, I want to see if you can get it!! Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:35am.
Here is a list of Nobel Prize winners who also play or played chess.
Zhores Alferov (1930- ). He won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in electronics.. He invented the heterotransister. ... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:03am.
Chess is considered the “drosophila” of cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence studies because it represents the domain in which expert performance has been intensively studied and measured.
In 1894, Alfred Binet demonstrated th... Read more »
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Submitted by
billwall on Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:02am.
Chess came to Cuba with Columbus. Chess is mentioned as being played in Cuba in 16th century books.
In 1838, Johan Maelzel (1772-1838) went to Cuba and introduced that country to The Turk chess automaton. As he sailed from Cuba back to ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Vitez on Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:55pm.
550 AD - Northwestern India
- Persian poem in 600 AD describes chess coming to Persia (Iran) from India
First called: "Chaturanga" - a Sanskrit word translated as "4 limbed" or "4 parts"
The four divisions of an army: five foot soldiers, three ... Read more »
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Submitted by
Grakovsky on Sat Dec 6, 2008 7:30am.
This is a translation of a story which appeared in Les Cahiers de l'Echiquier Français of 1936. The story, problems, and drawing are by V. Barthe.
Paulo Boi was the greatest chess player of the 16th century as well as a poet, soldier, and sailo... Read more »
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Submitted by
Grakovsky on Fri Dec 5, 2008 5:30pm.
This is a translation of a story which appeared in Les Cahiers de l'Echiquier Français of 1936. The story, problems, and drawing are by V. Barthe.
A chess player and gourmet once invited a friend to his home. The friend, Onésime Xadrez, beside... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:29am.
As I already have mentioned before, i had some limited success at the nc open earlier this month. It was very interesting, as despite the low turnout, lots of interesting people attended (including one unnamed staff member of chess.com). Highlight... Read more »
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Submitted by
rubyflyer on Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:06pm.
This came from a game where I played white and my opponent forced a stalemate, even with my passed pawn.
Edit: I know this is not statemate, and it is perpetual check. But because perpetual check is unresolvable, I put down stalemate. Read more »
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Submitted by
Hellogoodbye1969 on Sun Nov 9, 2008 7:41am.
A ideia de criar uma máquina capaz de jogar xadrez remonta ao século XVIII. Exemplo disso é a história d’O Turco de Wolfgang Von Kempelem (que será aqui contada entre muitas outras histórias) que jogou com muitos ilustres adversários, e q... Read more »
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Submitted by
benws on Sun Nov 2, 2008 4:40pm.
I'm not sure how i did it, but i've scored 3.5/5 (3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss) at the NC Open. And i haven't played tournament chess in 4 months. With the exception of a third round game that i epic phailed (), i think i played ok.
So what do you guys... Read more »
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Submitted by
nv_nish on Sun Nov 2, 2008 1:13am.
This is an article that I read in a local newspaper here.Found it interesting,so thought of sharing it with everyone else. Here's some trivia about VishyAnand-The world chess champion. Vishwanathan Anand was born on 11 December 1969 in Chennai,Ta... Read more »
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