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    • The Evergreen Game

      BK Academy of Chess presents the Evergreen Game, a famous chess game played in Berlin in 1852 between Adolf Anderssen and Jean  Dufresne. Together we build and over the board  we even the score!     Subscribe  @  http://www.yout... | Read More

    • How to Cheat at Chess

      In days of yore (did he misspell "your"? No...it's just weird English), when chess players were bold and buildings weren't invented, real men (and women) played with small stones on boards scratched in the dirt, drank rank beer (that means it tast... | Read More

      • kcsmith169
      • | May 25, 2013
      • | 53 views
      • | 1 comment
    • CROSS-INVITATION to Bobby Fischer Group, Kasparov Chess Club, and Chess Society!

          Bobby Fischer Group   A group about Robert Fischer, probably the best chess player ever and the most complicated personality. You can check many annotated games of this great player, biographies, pictures, videos and articles about hi... | Read More

    • JOIN TO CHESS SOCIETY!

      JOIN TO CHESS SOCIETY:https://secure.chess.com/groups/join?id=4771 ****** Welcome to CHESS SOCIETY! For you who want to play team matches, vote chess games, and tournaments together with other mates from all over the world! We're #2 on vote... | Read More

    • Well only a few more days and i can start the journey towards becoming a Master

      Well i am almost 50 years old, i am well educated but have the attention span of a gold-fish, but i am internet savvy and if the internet can turn teenagers into GrandMasters then i am sure it can turn an 'old-man' into a 2200 Mater :) So... No c... | Read More

      • crok
      • | May 23, 2013
      • | 43 views
      • | 2 comments
    • The Complete Ruy Lopez

                                             The Ruy Lopez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈrwi ˈlopeθ]; English pronunciation: /ˈruːi ˈloʊpɛθ/), also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is achess opening charact... | Read More

    • Endgame - Pawn Endings - Key Fields for the Kings

      Holla guys! I am here to teach you about key fields today. These fields are important. If you want to get better in endgames you definetely want to learn this fields. You will know then what to do and what you do not want to do. Let's start! Pawn... | Read More

      • ValeRock
      • | May 22, 2013
      • | 80 views
      • | 6 comments
    • London League finale! Drunken Knights vs Wood Green

      On Monday night the biggest match of the London League season took place in The Plough - a pub right next to the British Museum.  Wood Green were multiple times defending champions, fielding a team of 7 GMs, 4IMs and 1 FM over the 12 boards. Dru... | Read More

      • Trendle
      • | May 22, 2013
      • | 649 views
      • | 4 comments
    • My Twelfth Chess Tournament (US Amateur Team Championship South 2013)

      I realize that recently I have not been very consistent about posting the games that I have played otb. This is because I have been busy with too many other responsibilities to find the time to do this so often. As it is now my summer break, I c... | Read More

    • Chessboard

      Hey guys! Here is a chessboard lesson. It helps to develop your sight.  So let's start! The main terms you should know are: A File - the vertical line on the board which marked by letters abcdefgh. Files can be used by Rook or Queen. A Row ... | Read More

      • ValeRock
      • | May 20, 2013
      • | 59 views
      • | 1 comment
    • (مصاحبه با کارلسن مگنوس(قسمت اول

      مصاحبه با شطرنج باز شماره یک جهان مگنوس کارلسن (قسمت اول)     چندی پیش پس از مسابقات یادبود تال در مسکو فرصتی شد تا مصاحبه ای نسبتا مفص... | Read More

      • mokafat
      • | May 19, 2013
      • | 54 views
      • | 2 comments
    • (مصاحبه با کارلسن مگنوس(قسمت دوم

      مگنوس کارلسنمصاحبه با شطرنج باز شماره یک جهان (قسمت دوم)   گشایش و شروع بازی  کارلسن با این نظر موافق است که مطالعه شروع بازی و گشایش... | Read More

      • mokafat
      • | May 19, 2013
      • | 68 views
      • | 4 comments
    • The Queen is a rubbish piece

      A core strategy in my ratings climb will be my QUEEN. Central to this is simple "use my queen to remove my enemy's core piece" The Queen is the most powerful attacking piece on the board, it is central to a lot of players armory. My response i wil... | Read More

      • crok
      • | May 18, 2013
      • | 64 views
      • | 0 comments
    • Steinitz's Memory

      STEINITZ'S GREAT MEMORY He Wins Three out of Four Games of Chess Blindfolded.      The rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club were crowded last evening with lovers of chess.  They had assembled to see Steinitz, the Austrian champion, play, blin... | Read More

      • batgirl
      • | May 17, 2013
      • | 2235 views
      • | 11 comments
    • Two Knight Raiders to Joust in 14th Death Match

      Two Texas Tech Knight Raider teammates will square off in Chess.com's 14th Death Match this Sunday, May 19th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific. The match could be the "Modesty Cup" as neither player gives himself a ringing endorsement in blit... | Read More

      • MikeKlein
      • | May 17, 2013
      • | 6424 views
      • | 60 comments
    • Resign Already

          I am sure we have all been there.  Probably on both sides of the board.  I am a little biased as I have anywhere from 80 to 120 games in progress at anytime.  Not that I am in a hurry but when you have an obvious advantage in pieces or t... | Read More

    • Standard Game

      After taking a good look at some of my older games, and after my lesson this week. I decided to play some standard games online with a real board next to me to view the moves as I would OTB. I have very rarely done this, and my new desk is just pe... | Read More

      • jminkler
      • | May 17, 2013
      • | 44 views
      • | 0 comments
    • The Magical Colle Bus

      Dear friends if you ask chess players about the Colle system you will usually get a negative response.  Its drawish, its boring, its unambitious, its not played at grandmaster level etc etc, all nonsense.  The whole secret of playing the Colle s... | Read More

    • Two Winning Habits at US Championship

      I recently competed in the U.S. Championship from May 3-12. It was held at the St. Louis Chess Club which as usual provided excellent conditions. Congrats to Gata Kamsky for winning; Alejandro Ramirez for tying for 1st in the classical games; Kayd... | Read More

      • dretch
      • | May 17, 2013
      • | 1907 views
      • | 21 comments
    • My First Post

      Hi dear friends, To become a world champion is my dream, goal and whatever it is as like lot of people around here. Am just starting. Lets see how much time it takes to reach there. To know more about me and my extravaganzas please visit my blo... | Read More

      • iamwch
      • | May 17, 2013
      • | 39 views
      • | 0 comments