Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com We are on November 2, 1858. The American young walks quickly the Rue Le Peletier up to the main door of the Paris Opera. Today it represents "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" and the young music lover is desired to savour the Rossini's work. He smooths hi...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/the-opera-gameSun, 08 Apr 2012 15:10:23 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/the-opera-game"Les échecs, c'est trop difficile que pour être un jeu, et pas assez sérieux  que pour être une science ou un art." (Napoleon Bonaparte) 14 September 1812. The army of Napoleon reaches Moscow. He ran into a ghost town, uninhabited, with no ...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/check-to-napoleonSat, 25 Feb 2012 11:43:35 -0800http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/check-to-napoleonFilatelium Capablanca is not a scientific name of an insect or a flower. It is a way of mention Capablanca's presents in the world of stamps. Stamps that tell us a little of his history.  José Raúl Capablanca (Havana 1888 - New York 1942), a...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/filatelium-capablancaTue, 25 Oct 2011 11:14:19 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/filatelium-capablancaDifferently of normal game, where it is played with wooden pieces, in the living game it is played with people only human.  This kind of game is very old. For instance, John of Austria celebrated the Lepant victory with a chess game where his...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/a-living-gameFri, 14 Oct 2011 10:39:05 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/a-living-gameI've discovered a curious film Le joueur d'echecs where the Turkish appears on it, and I've extracted two very interesting fragments: Von Kempelen presents the autòmata  (3 min 26 seg) Caterina II de Rússia VS The Turkish (4 min 35...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/the-automata-turkishSat, 08 Oct 2011 06:46:28 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/the-automata-turkishIt's said that it was Humphrey Bogart who introduced in detail a game chess, that it can be seen in the film Casablanca. Part of the film (2 min 52'') In this scene, it is shown Bogart in the  Rick Café playing against himself. He is...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/a-french-defense-from-casablancaFri, 07 Oct 2011 01:09:41 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/a-french-defense-from-casablancaCheckmate, ballet play referent of the contemporary Britain ballet, was created in 1937 by the choreograph Ninette de Valois (1898-2001). And it's based on the idea of the composer Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975). The premiere was in Théatre d...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/checkmate-ballet-music-and-chessWed, 05 Oct 2011 06:32:45 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/checkmate-ballet-music-and-chessIn a recent interview they asked Spassky what of his games seemed him immortal. Boris answered:  "I believe that the most unforgettable game was the one that I played vs Bronstein in 1960. The balance between the strategy and the tactics was exc...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/spassky-amp-bronstein-from-russia-with-loveTue, 04 Oct 2011 02:15:03 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/spassky-amp-bronstein-from-russia-with-loveCuriously enough ─Savielly Tartakower─ the creator of the Catalan opening, was Polish. This opening was officially played for the first time in 1929 in the town of Sitges (near Barcelona). There were the best players at that time such as T...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/the-catalan-openingSun, 02 Oct 2011 03:56:30 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/the-catalan-opening2001: A space Odyssey (1968)Directed by Stanley Kubrick    Position after HAL move 13. ... Bh3! While the Discovery ship head for Jupiter, in a chess game the astronaut Franck Poole plays 14.Qxa6. HAL answers him 14... Bxg2 and Poole defend hi...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/franck-poole-vs-hal-9000Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:39:11 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/franck-poole-vs-hal-9000I've found this picture, by the Italian painter Sergio Alessandro Ughi that reproduce a calm familiar scene: a man and a woman are playing a game of chess while and absent boy, near a relaxed cat, is passing the time with the captured pieces. Th...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/alessandro-ughirsquos-pictureFri, 30 Sep 2011 03:49:31 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/alessandro-ughirsquos-pictureNovels also play chess! Someone, probably a little crazy, thought to create a programme that set the novels at odd, in a chess game. The programme assigns a couple of characters for each chessboard square different for the white ones and the bla...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/to-set-the-novels-at-oddWed, 28 Sep 2011 11:53:47 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/to-set-the-novels-at-oddWe are at the sea. Between Milford and Waterford.  A grey autumn evening of 1824. It is a windy bad sea, and very cold. William Davies Evans is 34 years old and over 20 years he has spent at the sea. He is playing a game of chess. He will win it....http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/captain-evansMon, 27 Jun 2011 01:52:35 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/captain-evansThe Queen is the most powerful piece of the chessboard, it is the one that dominates more squares, the one that can arrives to any place in only one o two moves. A piece that is definite, dangerous, sure, agile, protective, female, murderer.... Bu...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/from-shatranj-to-chess-the-female-irruptionThu, 21 Apr 2011 02:44:26 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/from-shatranj-to-chess-the-female-irruptionHow many different chess games is possible to play?  At the beginning of a game, the white ones chose one between 20 possible moves. Next, the black ones had 20 options of answer, any one that was the movement of the white ones. So, in a chess g...http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/how-many-possible-games-are-thereThu, 24 Jun 2010 07:22:25 -0700http://www.chess.com/blog/Pau/how-many-possible-games-are-there