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Chess Strategies
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Learn about Chess
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Chess is a game of strategy
and tactics.
read the latest chess news about competitions and
effective strategies
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How to Understand Descriptive Notation
in Chess Strategy Books
Notationis 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 large number of chess games in compact
form, leaving more room for game analysis.
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10 Ways to Become a Self-Taught
Master
Whether you've gone to college or not, you
can learn just about anything these days on
your own. Want to learn about the classics?
Carpentry and home maintenance? Philosophy or
cooking? Chess or computer programming? It's
all online, and with a little bit of excitement,
you can motivate yourself to learn a subject
in a growing number of ways.
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Wouldn't you prefer a nice game
of chess?
Alan Turing, a pioneer of computer science,
said that a machine could be considered intelligent
if its responses were indistinguishable from
that of a human. We're not there yet, but we
are one step closer.
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Traveling in China or Vietnam? Learn
to Play Chinese Chess
The game they are playing is Xiangqi or
Chinese Chess. It has the same rules as western
chess, but with some exciting new pieces like
elephants, mandarins, and rivers. If you know
how to play western chess then learning Chinese
Chess with some focused effort should only take
an afternoon or two, but learn how to play at
a challenging level.
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Boost Your Brain Power..
Have you ever noticed that some people effortlessly
learn new concepts and materials while others
struggle? Napoleon Bonaparte learned the names
of thousands of his loyal soldiers. World champion
chess players can replay games in their mind
from years ago. I have often wondered how these
intellectual marvels have accomplished such
great feats.
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Science Sites for Kids
"Here is a sampling of some of my favorite
"science for kids" sites, along with a few suggestions
from my fellow ScienceBloggers." Well, not actually
from me (ChessPieceFace), from Karmen (Chaotic
Utopia).
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Checkers Has Been 'Solved' After
18 Years of Work. It's a Draw.
Jonathan Schaeffer's quest for the perfect
game of checkers has ended. He left human players
in the dust more than a decade ago after a trial
by fire against the greatest checkers champion
in history. And now, after putting dozens of
computers to work night and day for 18 years,
he has solved the game. It is a draw. Is chess
next?
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XKCD: Chess on roller coasters
After an XKCD comic strip joked about getting
an on-ride photo of someone playing chess on
a roller coaster, many readers have sent in
their own photos of various board games on extreme
rides.
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chess: Nimzo Indian strategic dream
Looks at a super strategic performance by
Aron Nimzowitsch in the chess defence named
after him: the Nimzo-Indian. Amazingly, for
a strategic example, the game is over in just
23 moves.
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You Can Increase Your IQ Right Now
ou can increase your IQ (intelligence quotient)
in the next ten minutes. There are many brain
power exercises and techniques designed to help
you long-term, but what if you need a quick
brain fix right now? What if there is an important
meeting coming up, or a crucial test, or just
a chess game you don't want to lose? Can you
really boost your IQ
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Chesspark Raises a Total of $1M
in Funding
Chesspark, the online community where you
can play chess has raised a round of funding
led by angel investor Jon Callaghan of True
Ventures, Burnt Norton, Inc. and Eaglebrook
School. This round included, Chesspark has now
raised $1 million in funding.
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Tomb Chess - Strangely Addictive
and Fun Chess Variation!
In Tomb Chess, the board is composed of
tombs, each which have to be uncovered to see
if the piece hidden under it is yours or your
opponent's. Pieces with a higher strength can
kill any weaker piece, however the weaker piece
can't attack the stronger piece. Includes both
1 and 2 player modes, can you beat the hardest
computer?
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Russian Wooden Chess Set, 15" Board,
3 1/2" King
A beautiful Russian chess set... with deep
black stained Kari wood, weighted chessmen.
These Russian style chess pieces look wonderful
on the burl style wood chessboard with inlay
border.The board measures 15" square with 1
5/8" squares.The King is 3 1/2" tall with a
1 1/4" base.
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The Thinking Machine 4
Thinking Machine 4 explores the invisible,
elusive nature of thought. Play chess against
a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought
process visible on the board before you.
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Chess Games for Kids
Kids' chess games undoubtedly raise the
intelligence quotient (IQ) scores of kids. They
strengthen problem solving skills and the ability
to make difficult and abstract decisions independently.
Chess puzzles teach children to think logically
and efficiently. As they learn advanced techniques
from chess books and tutorials, children also...
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Good vs Evil chess set [PICS]
Very cool chess set, on the side of good
its got chess pieces like superman and Ghandi,
and on the side of evil its got Hitler and the
tree from the garden of Eden.
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Social Network for Chess Players
Launches
A few weeks back I talked about how Social
Networking is going to get small. Meaning, we
are going to start to see Social Networking
websites focusing on a specific group, not a
broad category (Facebook, Myspace, etc).
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Why does Rupert Murdoch want the
Wall Street Journal?
Business is more like chess than checkers.
You have to plan your moves several steps ahead.
You need to make multiple small steps to setup
your big move...This move by News Corp. is not
the beginning nor the end of the game, but another
step in Rupert Murdoch's long plan to be the
dominant source of news around the world.
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Friday chess puzzle 13
The latest Friday puzzle from Chess Tales
sees Boris Spassky in action at the World Student
Team Championships
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Chess Strategies
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Chess is a board game
and mental-skill game for two players. It is played
on a square board of eight rows, called ranks, and
eight columns, called files, giving 64 squares of
alternating colour, light and dark.
Each player begins the game with 16 pieces which can
move in defined directions. Chess is a strategy game.
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