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 A perception in favor of white has been proven incorrect; the opportunities posed by the opponent's moves begin with the first, providing exploitative positions and  knowledge of that opponents next series of moves. Such foreknowledge permits man...http://blog.chess.com/beatjoeblack/image2Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:14:30 -0800http://blog.chess.com/beatjoeblack/image2I'm currently playing a lot of games against opponents quite a lot stronger than myself, and I'm having a pretty hard time of it.  By way of some repentant self-flagellation, I have exhibited two horrible losses below for your entertainment. So ...http://blog.chess.com/SonofPearl/the-worst-way-to-loseThu, 07 Jan 2010 15:03:31 -0800http://blog.chess.com/SonofPearl/the-worst-way-to-loseChess http://blog.chess.com/PaulGeniusMorphy/bloody-battles-of-the-englishThu, 07 Jan 2010 14:51:13 -0800http://blog.chess.com/PaulGeniusMorphy/bloody-battles-of-the-english http://blog.chess.com/traffic/chess-puzzle11Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:43:37 -0800http://blog.chess.com/traffic/chess-puzzle11Some traps in the Accelerated Dragon. . http://blog.chess.com/LeChevalierNoir/traps-in-the-accelerated-dragonThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:41:06 -0800http://blog.chess.com/LeChevalierNoir/traps-in-the-accelerated-dragon http://blog.chess.com/Cast/good-drawnThu, 07 Jan 2010 13:36:05 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Cast/good-drawn  I first found Chess.com through the Facebook application created by Chess.com.  I had such a good time on there I had to come to the parent site.   I was a little disappointed at first that I had to create a new account and start over as my ...http://blog.chess.com/Miketmbt/chesscom-vs-facebook-appThu, 07 Jan 2010 12:43:38 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Miketmbt/chesscom-vs-facebook-app   This is our rear-garden! This photo was taken yesterday - 6th Jan morning about 10-11am - at about 3pm there was quite heavy snow falling...bottom image...snow is falling! next photo - street view - snow falls! - that was yesterday http://blog.chess.com/Annabelle/snowThu, 07 Jan 2010 12:41:40 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Annabelle/snowThe Queen's Gambit is often characterized as a slow, positional (i.e., to some at least, boring) opening.  It is true that white can play a slower, less aggressive game, but this isn't the whole story!  Many openings arising after white's d4+c4 ...http://blog.chess.com/Biarien/attacking-with-the-queens-gambit-part-1Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:28:49 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Biarien/attacking-with-the-queens-gambit-part-1I begin to notice, that more often i see problems with a very low passing rate, still beeing adressed as simple problems, i not realy understand it. It seams to me that problems with a low pass rate must be very complex. Because the number of prob...http://blog.chess.com/PeterArt/bug-in-tactic-trainerThu, 07 Jan 2010 12:13:40 -0800http://blog.chess.com/PeterArt/bug-in-tactic-trainerHere's another poem I had to write for Language Arts called I Can't Write a Poem. We were supposed to get a little silly with it, so feel free to lol and tell me about it.       <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, ...http://blog.chess.com/FLVS_Boy/la-i-cant-write-a-poem-poemThu, 07 Jan 2010 11:10:57 -0800http://blog.chess.com/FLVS_Boy/la-i-cant-write-a-poem-poemneed to test http://blog.chess.com/greatunknown/testnThu, 07 Jan 2010 10:59:31 -0800http://blog.chess.com/greatunknown/testn I guess we can call this 5.Nxe5 a Good Trap acording to this article : The Good, the Bad and the Ugly http://blog.chess.com/Gilmar32Andersen/legals-mate---1-minute-gameThu, 07 Jan 2010 10:58:31 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Gilmar32Andersen/legals-mate---1-minute-game WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP LOGGING IN, WHEN I'M A PAYING MEMBER? AND THE DAMN POP UPS ARE GETTING IN MY OWN BUSINESS; http://blog.chess.com/NORMAN-CHURCH/logging-inThu, 07 Jan 2010 10:24:53 -0800http://blog.chess.com/NORMAN-CHURCH/logging-inWater Carriers Unite! For Aquarians the world over. Not long till we're in The Age Of Aquarius now. The supposed clean up of our planet, we'll see! Will be playing Team Matches hopefully helping one another in our game, and building an army of Aqu...http://blog.chess.com/pmk78/calling-fellow-aquariansThu, 07 Jan 2010 09:07:55 -0800http://blog.chess.com/pmk78/calling-fellow-aquarians They said chess programs would never play better than grandmasters, but that has all changed....And then this got me thinking about….. Science fiction writer Douglas Adams in his book Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, says the earth is giant c...http://blog.chess.com/SamV/where-will-chess-take-usThu, 07 Jan 2010 07:41:20 -0800http://blog.chess.com/SamV/where-will-chess-take-usTo succeed in business and life many skills are necessary, but the skill that cuts across every challenge is the ability to solve problems.  Chess will always help.   Donald Noone, Ph.D.   -Others says you can make money with this site? ht...http://blog.chess.com/kingaj/creative-problem-solvingThu, 07 Jan 2010 07:10:29 -0800http://blog.chess.com/kingaj/creative-problem-solvingWhite mates in 2 moves not three or four (2 moves). http://blog.chess.com/kingaj/chess101Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:42:00 -0800http://blog.chess.com/kingaj/chess101League match away to Hanham B on Tuesday was cancelled due to the severe forecast of snow! http://blog.chess.com/philtheforce/hanham-b-p-p-cabotThu, 07 Jan 2010 06:24:16 -0800http://blog.chess.com/philtheforce/hanham-b-p-p-cabotIf dogs ever rule the world and they choose a king. I hope they don't make thier decision based just on size. Im sure there are some chihuahuas out there with  good ideas. http://blog.chess.com/cartert2/food-for-thought3Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:57:43 -0800http://blog.chess.com/cartert2/food-for-thought3