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On its first move, the pawn can either move one space or two spaces forward.
A pawn captures diagonally, which is kind of tricky.
But another way the pawn can capture is called en passant. This only happens when on its first move, an opponent... | Read More
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Opening theory vs chess variants
Capablanca was not the first to think that opening theory was becoming so vast that it stifled creativity. It seems like, particularly at a high level, opening preparation is becoming ever more significan... | Read More
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Hello Everybody!
After teaching two long classes for Chess.com University, I am back with a single-day chess seminar:
Chess 101: The Game of Chess
Level: This seminar is aimed at players below the 1200 USCF/FIDE level.
When: Sat... | Read More
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Chess is a game of strategy and tactics. Each player commands an army of 16 chessmen: 8 pawns, 1 king, 1 queen, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 2 rooks.
A well-played chess game has three stages. In the opening, the players bring out their forces in ... | Read More
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Chess Boxing????!! Hmmm...
Ever get slugged in the head and then try an en passant?
How about combining Rope-a-dope with Ruy Lopez?
OK...THIS IS ULTRA BIZARRO!!!!!
OK???...No...it's more like KO.
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I am a chess player. By that I don't mean simply that I play chess. Being a chess player is one of the things, and an important one, that defines me as an individual. I can't remember when I was not a chess player, I even find it difficult to conc... | Read More
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Poetry in chess has been around for a long time. H.J.R. Murray's "A History of Chess" dedicated an entire chapter to Early Didactic Literature. It this chapter he discusses 11 Latin poems and 2 Hebrew poems from about 1000-1450 A.D. ... | Read More
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If you had it to do all over again, looking back, now that you know, what would you do differently to get from your beginning chess strength :
1. Well if I had to do it all over again, I think that You should be playing in tournaments an... | Read More
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If you had it to do all over again, looking back, now that you know, what would you do differently to get from your beginning chess strength :
1. Well if I had to do it all over again, I think that You should be playing in tournaments an... | Read More
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With all the talk on Chess.com about chess variants, I thought that I might suggest what I would believe to be a logical and aesthetic extension of the original game. In fact, I would keep all the current rules of chess for the variant I ca... | Read More
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If you had it to do all over again, looking back, now that you know, what would you do differently to get from your beginning chess strength :
1. Well if I had to do it all over again, I think that You should be playing in tournaments an... | Read More
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These problems are HARD! But first, what in the world is an "impossiproblem?" In a nutshell, it's a puzzle where I give you a diagram and in return you have to tell me whether:
a.) This position CAN be reached in a chess game
or...
b.) This pos... | Read More
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I just like to pin a few tactics that might help starting players.
Opening (that's about the first 7 moves)
In general castle early in opening, later you might not have the time to castle while under attack, don't be worried about giving away ... | Read More
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En passant is a pawn technique that most beginners do not know of. If they play someone expreicenced, sometimes they call it "cheating". En passant is when a pawn passes an opposing pawn to try to "escape" the pawn by moving two spaces up. T... | Read More
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In the next diagram, the pawn on b2 is what's known as 'backward' pawn. It is called this because it lags behind the adjacent pawns and cannot easily advance. if it goes to b3, either black pawns can capture and if it goes straight to b4 they stil... | Read More
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The true origin of the game of Chess is not clear. Some Legends attribute its invention to the Biblical King Solomon, or to the Greek god Hermes, or to the Chinese mandarin Hansing. But most probably originated in India sometime around the 5th, 6t... | Read More
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Esse é o primeiro post dentro desse blog de xadrez, então o começarei me apresentando. Meu nick aqui no chess.com é Ulquir e gosto de pensar em mim mesmo como um jogador mediano, nada além disso. Minha história com a prática séria do xadre... | Read More
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Greetings,The second Tuesday in October begins the City Championship (4SS, G90) for Colorado Springs. It costs $5, does not require any membership, and is not rated. It runs 4 weeks (10/9 thru 10/30; one game per night) and pays prizes based o... | Read More
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The French Defence is a chess opening. It is characterised by the moves:
1. e4 e6The French has a reputation for solidity and resilience, though it can result in a somewhat cramped game for Black in the early stages. Black often gains counteratta... | Read More
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I'm sure someone has suggested this before, but in the interest of those of us who are too lazy to study chess, I submit the following:
What if we set up the board with each side moving all their pieces/pawns forward by one square, leaving the ba... | Read More