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  • The King of Chess in St. Louis

    At first glance, Charles Lawton displays nothing extraordinary: deliberate gait, quiet voice, slight smile."Call me Charles," he says on introduction.But around St. Louis chess boards, he is "The Man."Lawton, 56, of University City, is the only lo... | Read More

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    • Recent Rating Spike

      I recently experienced a major rating spike (compared to other improvements, anyways...). My goal is to reach 1600 soon, and I recently defeated a 1700 and 1800 to get a 2 out of 3 st the Houston Chess Club... I think that my victories are mostly... | Read More

    • AoW

      One of the greatest strategy books ever written is Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". My goal is to ultimately design a system based on this tome that can be used with every move in a game of chess. The initial layout is based on the Five Constant Fact... | Read More

      • Reyth
      • | Aug 10, 2010
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    • Training Update (Sort of) and proof that I'm getting old...

      I have been looking through the forgotten others in my extensive chess library, which consists of books that I bought that were out of my range at the time, other books that I felt were about to go or were out of print or hard to find; and the occ... | Read More

      • wango
      • | Aug 9, 2010
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    • Understanding Chess Notation

      Notation" is a method in chess strategy books that is used to describe the movement of pieces on the chess board, without needing a visual diagram of the chess board for each move. It greatly increases a chess author's ability to describe a la... | Read More

      • Zaman12
      • | Jul 19, 2010
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    • The Art of War In Chess : Chapter 1 - Introduction

      One of the greatest strategy books ever is Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". Many businessmen, real estate agents, and modern army leaders have read and re-read this great book in order to understand it and to change it to fit their own needs. So ... | Read More

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  • Ruy Lopez

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    Opening: Ruy Lopez (Spanish)ECO: C60ECO Variations: C60 - C99Type: King's Pawn GamePGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5FEN:  r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 3 3 The Ruy Lopez (also known as the Spanish Opening) is a ches... Read More »

  • Scandinavian Defense

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    The Scandinavian Defense (also known as the Center Counter) is the chess opening characterized by the first moves 1.e4 d5. At first characterized as a beginner's move, it has recently been revived, with several GM's trying it. Although the Scandi... Read More »

  • Hazeltine, Miron James

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    Miron James Hazeltine (1824-1907) was a newspaper chess columnist (New York Clipper) for more than 50 years (from August 1856 to January 1907) who did not miss a single weekly issue until shortly before his death in February 1907.  He was born at... Read More »

  • Tactical Devices

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    Hi, this is Chessking47 writing on tactical devices. I guess you know the basic forks, pins, and skewers, but there are more. First of all, the Clearance Sacrifice.  You might love to play a powerful move, but can't because one of your pieces a... Read More »

  • Fried Liver Attack

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     The Fried Liver Attack is a continuation of the Two Knights Defense. It is an aggressive gambit where white gives up a knight in exchange for poor king safety for black. This attack has not been proven decisive, especially under slower time cont... Read More »

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