Submitted by
SonofPearl on Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:29am.
You're playing a chess game and it's your turn to move. You decide to analyse a move that looks like it could be good. How do you decide if your instinct is right or not? You can either look for evidence to back up your idea - ... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:51am.
I don't normally reproduce articles from other sources, but this one is fascinating for anyone, like me, who has an interest in Bobby Fischer's final years and the competing claims on his Estate. I'm also reproducing it here to ensure ... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Wed Apr 9, 2008 12:50pm.
There are some great bloggers here at Chess.com; just check out the list of top bloggers here. However, there are so many blogs that it's hard to sort the wheat from the chaff. As the top bloggers are rated by the number of reads i... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Fri Apr 4, 2008 2:51pm.
There's nothing quite like the excitement of a full-blooded tactical game of chess to get the pulse racing. As the saying goes, chess is 99% tactics, so mastery of this aspect of the game pays dividends. Or so I've heard. ... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:54am.
What makes a good teacher? In particular, what makes a good chess teacher? Not all strong players will be able to teach well, but surely a deep understanding of the game is important if you are trying to help form the thinking process ... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:01am.
I was delighted to receive my Chess.com T-Shirt recently and look forward to becoming a walking billboard for Chess.com! My wife managed to stop laughing at how excited I was long enough to take a photo of me! The back view, fe... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:46pm.
Today marks the start of the Melody Amber chess tournament, being held this year in Nice. Melody Amber often throws up interesting games because instead of standard time controls, half the games are rapidplay games and the other half are bli... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Mon Mar 3, 2008 1:15pm.
Do you access Chess.com from the internet while at work? Count yourself lucky. Until recently my employer's policy on personal internet use was very clear - you couldn't do it. At all. Forget it. ... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sun Mar 2, 2008 2:18pm.
Fritz is a great piece of software, but new users are often frustrated by the very slim paper manual (more of a leaflet, really). This is a shame because the answers to most questions about the program are usually easy to find a... Read more »
Submitted by
SonofPearl on Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:29am.
Chess is a game of perfect information - all the information about the game (the position) is available to both players. No pieces are hidden, no dice roll will determine how you can move next. Despite this, chess is so exponentially c... Read more »