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The latest edition of The New York Review Of Booksmagazine features an absolutely fascinating review by Garry Kasparov of the book "Chess Metaphors: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind" by Diego Rasskin-Gutman. You can read the review here. »

Good to remind you of these Basic Principles of the Chess game! Thanks to aristeidis for this information! Principles of Chess01. Develop your pieces quickly.02. Control the center.03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space.04. Try to develop your knights towards the center.05. A knight on the rim is dim.06. Don't take unnecessary chances.07. Play aggressive.08. Calculate forced moves first.09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?"10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose.11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move.12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move.13. Play for the initiative and controlling the board.14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can.15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces.16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay.17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly.18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason.19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it.20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces.21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back.22. Do not block in your bishops.23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing.24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row.25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development.26. Don't bring your queen out early.27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook.28. Develop rooks to open files.29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated.31. Don't let your king get caught in the center.32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack.33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king.34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color.35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack.36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material.37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges.38. Study openings you are comfortable with.39. Play over entire games, not just the opening.40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often.41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move.42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black.43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost.44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them.45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more.46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often.47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations.48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files.49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?"50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats.51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece.52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board.53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps.54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines.55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings.56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play.57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble. 58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in.59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight.60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame.61. Have confidence in your game.62. Play in as many rated events as you can.63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game.64. Always play for a win. article from Billwall

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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year Everybody. My seccond (Bobby Fisher random) Chess 960 tournament. If there's enough interest I'll promise to launch all kind and sort of tourney's. Hope you enjoy it and give some feedback that can be useful in the future! Thank you for your participations, and have a joy able tourney! Use the link below to Join the tournament! ( Only 40 can join, so hurry ) Registrations open, the tournament is now waiting for you! Thanks for your attention! In progress -> http://www.chess.com/tournament/random-kings-amp-things-tournament Open to Join! http://www.chess.com/tournament/fisher-random-chess960 Blessings, Ambach!

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Video Chess lesson part 1, Traxler Gambit.! use the link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0rTSvoRTGw thanks, enjoy it!

Ratings 1400-1800 My first (Bobby Fisher random) Chess 960 tournament. If there's enough interest I'll promise to launch all kind and sort of tourney's. Hope you enjoy it and give some feedback that can be useful in the future! Thank you for your participation, and have a joy able tourney! Use the link below to join! ( Only 32 can join, so hurry ) http://www.chess.com/tournament/random-kings-amp-things-tournament Blessings, Ambach!

Bobby Fisher Tribute part 1-5 Documentairy part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2dL-TdHRBE part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE5MLR34VRo part 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52iJpMZXSHw part 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFNNhw8PvqI part 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC1m1En0knQ The end. G. Kasparov about Bobby Fisher! click, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6j_FnliaxU&feature=related Bobby Fisher about God, Religion and love! click, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm4uGECVyBE&feature=related A very different Bobby Fisher! click, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlXC3M8hbg&feature=related Strange Life of Bobby Fisher! click, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px2PoGr0AkE&feature=related Thank you, hope you'll enjoy the documentairies! The next Legend is a living one!