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  • A History of Blitz

           Today, possibly 90% of chess is played on the internet and possibly 90% of the chess games on the internet are played at fast time controls.  Classical chess is still the Gold Standard, but fast games seem to be coin of the realm. ... | Read More

  • Older Chess Players

    Now that I am an older player in my 60s, old age is creeping up on me (I can feel it in my knees), but I can still enjoy chess.  Even after playing almost 50 years in hundreds of tournaments, I still like the chess tournament atmosphere and can a... | Read More

  • Attacking with f4

    This article is about playing f4 as white in different parts of a game like Bird Opening,King's Gambit,Bishop's Game,Sicilian. After viewing the article don't forget to lookup the Kairav's chess masters (KCM) homepage:http://www.chess.com/groups/... | Read More

  • Sicilian Defence for beginners

    Here are the basic ideas behind the Sicilian and some variations.Pls don't hesitate to post anything regarding this opening. Both players rush for the center,white has d5 and f5,while black has d4 and b4.Usually white has initiative early in th... | Read More

  • English opening for beginners

    The English looks like this: white goes for d5 but not with the usual e4,he goes 1.c4 while still keeping his central pawns ready to advance.The other advantage is that he doesn't block his c2 pawn after Nc3. This is how it looks like,white's sec... | Read More


    • Time-out prevention in team matches

      Hello chessmates, This is being already discussed since the dawn of human age, but I want to add (if it only hasnt been discussed already) some ideas about time-out regulations. All members know, when you create a new team match, there is one us... | Read More

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      • | Jun 17, 2013
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    • 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

    • QGD Chigorin Defense, Chess, aging, improvement

      I am a better speaker than typer, and the bulk of the content here is on video. It lasts nearly an hour and features two games with this solid, sound, and much neglected defense to 1. d4. I have a lot of experience with it, primarily in top level ... | Read More

      • aww-rats
      • | May 3, 2013
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    • Welcome Note:(privete blog!)

      Hello, welcome to the Checks and Mates Chess Club, You should know the following:   Check out our Forum section: http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/training-program-for-everyone http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/understanding-improveme... | Read More


  • Spielmann, Rudolf

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    Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942) was a Viennese professional chess player.  His nickname was "The Last Knight of the King's Gambit" because he played this opening so much.  In a tournament a spectator carelessly flicked an ash on Spielmann's pants, ... Read More »

  • Yusupov

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    Artur Mayakovich Yusupov (Jussupow in German) was born on February 13, 1960 in Moscow.  He learned the game of chess in 1966 at the age of 6 and trained at the Moscow Young Pioneers’ Palace. In 1977, at the age of 17, he won the World Ju... Read More »

  • Kalme, Charles

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    Charles Kalme (1939-2002) was the U.S. Junior Open champion in 1955, which was held in Lincoln, Nebraska.  In 1957 he was the U.S. Intercollegiate Chess Champion.  In 1960 he was on the winning U.S. Student Olympiad team (Lombardy, Kalme, R Wein... Read More »

  • Charging up at F7

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    Charging up at F7 is common for checkmating.Scholar's mate is The most common example: In a Team match Game w/o raminjafar,He was 1429 and he fell for an f7 attack: I hope u enjoyed and DO NOT FALL FOR f7 PLEASE Read More »

  • France and chess

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    France dominated chess during the 18th and early 19th century. Andre Philidor dominated from 1745 up to 1795. He contributed with the Philidor's defense and told us pawns are the souls of chess. He wrote the first modern chess book. He also came u... Read More »