Submitted by
nhoinla on Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:30am.
Here's another Deflection example Read more »
Submitted by
nhoinla on Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:19am.
The concept of the overworked piece is the same concept of deflection. Removing the defender also falls under the umbrella for deflection. Here's an example. Read more »
Submitted by
nocab on Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:45am.
I surfed on over to the South Carolina Chess Association website (www.scchess.org/) to obtain information on the recent SC Open and noticed the “database” link. Clicking on it was like entering a portal to a time machine! I saw games p... Read more »
Submitted by
CyberSensei on Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:30am.
AGAIN!!! And not just once; but twice!!
I've lost my queen to "forking" knights. I'm in dire need of a hiatus to retreat into the basement and studying Knights until I can see clearly. Ironically, I can see 4-5 moves ahead with any other piece; ... Read more »
Submitted by
AWARDCHESS on Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:55am.
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Submitted by
AWARDCHESS on Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:30am.
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I will not force and /or/ ban anybody for that factor, at all!
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Submitted by
Rael on Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:43pm.
I wrote this for the Picture Caption Contest #7.
Results of Brain Regeneration Techniques on Curlersby Brian Wallace (Rael)
2008/08/19
Scientists at the Canadian Institute of Neuroscience co... Read more »
Submitted by
gauss1181 on Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:32pm.
haha my avatar picture has a small monkey mouth...that's what I normally look like in a neutral state/mood. =)
ROTFLMAO! Read more »
Submitted by
wizzifnab on Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:16pm.
Here is the latest game I recently completed. I've added my usual annotations. I do feel that I tend to forget a lot of important stuff that I was seeing during the game by the time I review/analyze the game at completion. I may ... Read more »
Submitted by
Eldeon101 on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:19pm.
Everyone knows to move your king or queen's pawn is a usual start off. Don't pick starting with the queen. It is bad bad bad bad. No commas for a reason. That is what moving your queen pawn up is like. Forgetting commas. I can really screw you up.... Read more »
Submitted by
aabbccdd on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:16pm.
Here is an award winning chess problem for today. Read more »
Submitted by
batgirl on Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:01pm.
from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 by Horace F. Cheshire
REGULATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
Place and Date. — The Tournament will be held in the Brassey Institute, Hastings, and will commence on Monday, Augus... Read more »
Submitted by
kazakhnomad on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:27pm.
The following is the last installment from Frank R. Thoms unpublished manuscript that I received from my Peace Corps assistant and Kazakhstani friend Tatyana Kazanina. I knew Tatyana from training Peace Corps volunteers in Almaty the summer ... Read more »
Submitted by
mauerblume on Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:26am.
In the last lessons we have seen how gambit concept in openings work: You offer a pawn for quick development. Material for time!-
Today - in lesson 5 - I want to look forward into middlegame. There also the pawnoffer is a dangerous weapon. Espec... Read more »
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AWARDCHESS on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:29am.
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Submitted by
Variable on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:09am.
Why is mobility so important? There are many reasons. To me, the most important one is that by checking mobility of pieces, it helps you to see more candidate moves. Seeing more moves helps you to calculate better and I don't know anyone who ... Read more »
Submitted by
batgirl on Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:17am.
from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 By Horace F. Cheshire
INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS HASTINGS 1895
Royal Patron— H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G.
PATRONS. PRINCE DEMIDOFF DE SON DONATO (Attaché Russian Embass... Read more »
Submitted by
kazakhnomad on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:03am.
p. 191 “Like prompting, cheating serves the collective. But unlike American students, Soviets do not cheat from one another but with one another, the brighter students helping the weaker ones. Students refer to the process of che... Read more »
Submitted by
ishcairn on Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:47pm.
I am still learning openings, and this is the first time I've encountered this particular opening. I was obviously playing someone very near my own skill level, and I am posting this in this way simply because I can save it and browse it ... Read more »
Submitted by
kenytiger on Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:26pm.
In the following position, can you see what White is threatening? Black misses it completely, because he ignores his weakness on the first rank. How can Black make his position reasonably safe?
Black sees a chance to win White's h4 pawn. Without... Read more »
Submitted by
greatexcalibur on Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:20pm.
It’s a good lesson worth to read because let us learn not fall into the same mistake..
And it’s about... Democracy
The main idea / question is:
Do you think we need democracy here? Or we just a bunch of people who let ourselves l... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:49pm.
The Black Krazy Kat is a defensive system for Black where the black pawns are on f6 and g6, the knight is on f7 and the bishop is on g7. A typical opening setup is 1.e4 Nh6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 f6 4. Bc4 Nf7 5.Nf3 (or other moves) 5...Bg7. Yo... Read more »