PUZZLES in my 1st 3 Months
This are the puzzles in my first 3 months here in chess.com. All of this puzzles are posted in the forums. This are the list: PUZZLE in TWO: "this is easy to see" PUZZLE in TWO: "Simple isn't?" &nbs...
Titled Chess Players sites
Titled Chess Players Sites WGM - Claudia Amura GM - Viswanatha...
SeaCKAT Groups
WELCOME!!! DEADLY CHESS PLAYERS Seasonings of Chess Knowledge and Aggressive Tactics (SeaCKAT) Please visit: Killer Moves here in chess.com Groups
Weakness of Engines - Part #2: Fritz 5.32 vs Bendcat
This is one of my favorite counterattack, the Traxler counterattack. A lot of issue about this counterattack, they say that this counterattack will not win in computer chess if white try to move the best. And a chance came to prove how strong this...
Fried Liver no more!!
Last week I see a post of Traditional Fried Liver opening, this is a sharp opening and it gives a pressure to black's defense, if black don't know how to prevent it black will fall into trouble. I'll show you first what's t...
Elo Rating List
The Elo rating system was invented by Árpád Élö" (1903-1992), a Hungarian-born American physics professor, who spelled his name "Elo" after he left Hungary. So Elo is not an acronym and should not be wirt...
Commentary Symbols ( !!, !? )
This are the few list of commentary symbols, somehow it would help the new players in chess. Many of them don't know the meaning of the symbols in PGN format or other chess notation. ! Good move !! ...
Weakness of Engines - Part #1: Bendcat vs Fritz 5.32
Recently I see the post of free Fritz 5.32 Chess Software here in chess.com downloads, and I try if I can beat it. Fritz is very hard opponent, but onetime fritz fall into my opening Giuoco Piano and the rest of the moves makes the fritz crazy. ...
Filipino Chess Player: Florencio Campomanes
Florencio Campomanes (born Manila, February 22, 1927) is a Filipino political scientist, chess player and chess organizer. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of the Philippines in 1948. Then, he studied at Brown Unive...
Filipino Chess Player: Rosendo Balinas, Jr.
Rosendo Balinas, Jr. Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr. (September 10, 1941 - September 24, 1998) was an International Chess Grandmaster from the Philippines. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1975 and the International Grandmaster t...
Filipino Chess Player: Rogelio Antonio Jr.
Rogelio Antonio Jr. Rogelio Antonio Jr. (born February 19, 1962) is a Filipino chess player. He is affectionately known as "Joey" Antonio or GM Joey, having been awarded the International Grandmaster (GM) title. As of early 2007, his ...
Filipino Chess Player: Mark Paragua
Mark Paragua Mark Callano Paragua (born March 29, 1984) is a Filipino chess Grandmaster. He was born in the Philippines to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, who is also his coach. The father and son travel around the world to participate ...
2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship in Tehran #2
Picture gallery Tehran's most famous monument is the Azadi Tower (Freedom Tower), which includes a cultural centre with a library, a museum and art galleries that display works by contemporary artists. The tower is a trium...
2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship in Tehran #1
2007 Asian Cities Chess Championship in Tehran 15.03.2007 – The brainchild of the Hong Kong Chess Federation, and dominated by the Chinese for over a decade, the Asian Cities Championship has migrated to the Midd...
Torre breaks Chess Olympiad Record
Asia's first GRANDMASTER Eugene Torre has broken new ground as a Philippine chess team member in the ongoing 37th World Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy. The 53 year old Torre joined the record books...
The Rise of Grandmaster Eugene Torre #2
Eugene Torre wins (2002) Philippine National Championship Eugene Torre shot to prominence in 1976 as a possible future title challenger after winning a strong 4-man tournament in Manila ahead of world champion Anatoly Karpov - thus becoming the fi...
The Rise of Grandmaster Eugene Torre #1
Eugenio Torre (born November 4, 1951) is a chess Grandmaster. He is considered the strongest chessplayer the Philippines has ever produced during the 1980's and 1990's period, following the heels of Fischer era Filipino chess champions NM ...
FILIPINO CHESS PLAYERS
Chess Players Chess has also contributed a lot to the country's winning tradition in sports. Filipinos take pride in having compatriots who became the first international master and grandmaster in Asia. In 1988, ...
"WALL" of Fame: Traps of GM Bill Wall
BILL WALL(born May-11-1951) United States of America Bill Wall was born in Raymond, Washington in 1951. He learned chess around age 13 and took chess seriously when he joined the Tacoma Chess Club in 1969. He is a past Secretary-Treasurer (1976-19...
Women's World Chess, "Gorgeous Grandmasters"
The Women's World Championship was established by FIDE in 1927. It was a tournament that was held alongside the Chess Olympiad. It was won by the legendary Vera Menchik (picture right), who went on to win every challenge and in...
