Another world wide board game is go. it was invented in china 4000 years ago, and got to japan by an unknowen person. the game is played on an 18X18 board, wich have 19X19 lines on it. the game is played at the crosscuts of lines, there are 361 cr...
I was nineteen and working at a grocery store. I was stocking at the end of an aisle close to the meat counter when I saw him. He was a large man looking at a large package of pork chops. He slid the package into his coat and began walking. I bega...
How many games do u play at once... i play around 5 as i like to concentrate on just a few games. however the opponent i am playing now 'sah' plays around 30!! please feel free to comment and say how many games u play at once. i ...
I was the first on either side of the family to finish college, and the only one to receive a masters (besides my youngest sister a few years later) or a doctorate. Dad valued education even though he only completed his G.E.D. Mom finished high sc...
In 1857, in an Opera House in Europe, the American chess master Paul Morphy and two strong amateurs, the German noble Duke Karl of Brunswick and the French aristocrat Count Isouard, who consulted, playing together as partners against Morphy(Googl...
When I began thinking about my trip to Montana in May, I looked at the schedule for the two meetings I would attend (back to back without a break in the middle). One began Monday at 1:00 PM and the other ended Friday at Noon. I realized there...
Here is one of my games which shows the importance of position over material... Comments are most welcome!
I could not belive this is not checkmate. Try to see why.
When touring Yellowstone back in May, I was on sensory overload. There was so much to see: geysers everywhere; volcanic rock; trees I'd never seen before; eagles; osprey; bison; elk; jagged rocks; snow (yes, on the highest elevations--I even s...
There are bits of advice for winning at chess. Some of these bits, though small, can be the difference in winning or losing. Some can help a beginner take the next step toward a more solid game and improved play and rating. Consider some of the fo...
Here we will be looking at a game from round 10 of the recent UTD Invitational event. Here is GM Ramirez - IM Bartholomew with full annotations and commentary: This game features many interesting moments. First was the opening...
This unknown game is full of brilliant strategy ideas. Watch how the outpost b7 is utilized, how combinations on one side of the board win a pawn at the other, and the ending, where Black's knight is imprisoned and his king tries to be in two ...
#1 Tactics : Solve tactical puzzles daily!#2 Endgame studies : Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master #3 Strategies and planning : How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess-Mastery Course
What do you all think of 1e4,c5 2 Nf3, a6 ? Is it playable ?
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1971 Taimanov candidates quarter final match held in Vancouver Taimanov had been Soviet champion in 1949 and 1956 and had played in the World Championship candidates tournament in 1953. With a great dea...
Poster of the long awaited match There was great interest in the staging of this match. Belgrade put up the highest bid of 152,000 dollars. Buenos Aires followed with 150,000 dollars, and Reykjavik offered 125,000 dollars. After consider...
FISCHER VS. FIDE Many readers still wonder why Bobby Fischer wouldn't defend his title against Anatoly Karpov in 1975 despite a $5 million purse offered in the Philippines. Some fans blame Fischer's refusal to compromise; others accuse a Soviet-...
Bobby Fischer - Statement of Facts On July 13th 2004 at about 5:25 p.m. Robert James Fischer (�Bobby� Fischer) entered the Japanese immigration dept. on his way to Japan Airlines flight JL 745 departing from Tokyo/Narita airport at 6:20 p.m. for...
Thursday, July 29, 2004 TOKYO — "The battle to block the deportation of chess champion Bobby Fischer is entering a new stage," says John Bosnitch, the Tokyo-based communications consultant and jour...
By Joseph Coleman ASSOCIATED PRESS 2:13 a.m. August 17, 2004 TOKYO – Former chess champion Bobby Fischer's announcement that he is engaged to a Japanese woman could win him sympathy among Japanese officials and help him avoid deportat...
Iceland Follies BOBBY FISCHER VS. THE REST OF THE WORLD One squally night two years ago, just when it seemed that Bobby Fischer was finally going to board a jet for Reykjavik, Iceland, when it looked as if his match with Boris Spassky fo...
Welcome to the world of chess, by now I am sure you have expiranced hightened victories and sour defeats at the hands of many different people. Well I would rather not waste any more of your precious time so without further adue I introduce ...
