Submitted by
billwall on Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:06pm.
As of June 13, 2009, there are four players rated over 2800 (chess.com ratings). The players are:
Ouachita (Bobby Johnson) - 2848 LucidDream - 2833 Nonnetrovouno - 2808 cuendillar - 2807
None of these top four players seem to have any ti... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Mon Jun 1, 2009 11:09am.
We all have heard that chess makes you smart (whether true or not), but can chess help you become valedictorian? My nephew, Jonathan Wall (who plays chess on chess.com), graduated this weekend in Miami and was class valedictorian. He was als... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:59am.
It is estimated that 700 million people know how to play chess. It is estimated that over 200 million people play chess online. There are about 8 million registered chess players with various chess federations. FIDE, the world chess federati... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:35am.
The post-game press conferences of the World Chess Championship have been delayed by more than half an hour as each player, Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, had to take their mandatory drug tests. Anand calls it completely point... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:43pm.
The latest news item is the chess-playing hacker, David Carl Kernell. David was born on October 27, 1986. His parents are Michael Kernell, Tennessee democratic state senator from the 93rd district in Memphis, and Lillian Landrigan, medical doc... 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 »
Submitted by
billwall on Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:47pm.
The moves 1.e4 b6 is known as Owen's Defense, Queen Fianchetto, or the Greek Defense. It was popularized by John Owen (1827-1901), an English vicar who played under the pseudonym 'Alter.' In 1858, he used this opening to beat Paul Morp... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:00pm.
1.d4 e5 is known as the Charlick or Englund Gambit. Henry Charlick (1845-1916) introduced ...e5 in the 1890s. His variation continued 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 d6. In 1930, Karl Behting (1867-1943) of Riga, Latvia published analysis of this... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:52pm.
Perhaps the rarest opening defense is the Hippopotamus Defense (1.e4 Nh6), also known as the Adams Defense. Still, it's a playable defense in reply to any move that White may make on his first move. Over the years, I've collected about... Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Sat Aug 9, 2008 10:21pm.
I like to experiment and play unorthodox openings, especially when it comes to blitz chess. One of the more stranger openings is the White Krazy Kat, which is 1.Nh3 e5 2.f3 d5 3.Nf2. 1.Nh3 (the Amar or paris Opening) usuall... Read more »