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    • A Knight's Movement

       The Knight is an interesting piece. It is the only piece with the ability to "jump", giving it extra charm. In order to use your knights effectively, you must learn to take full advantage of your knight's movement capabilities.... | Read More

      • hybrid_dan
      • | Oct 20, ‘07
      • | 209 views
      • | 1 comment
    • A Chess Paradox

      There's an interesting paradox that all chess players experience at some point or another. I love to win, but more often than not, winning a game doesn't make me a better player: I was merely able to out-think my opponent. On the other han... | Read More

      • hybrid_dan
      • | Oct 11, ‘07
      • | 523 views
      • | 3 comments
    • The Art of the Draw

      The Art of the Draw Usually, a draw means one of two things: either there weren’t enough pieces left for checkmate, or the winning player was careless in his final moves. But these aren’t always the case. In a hopeless situation, a... | Read More

      • hybrid_dan
      • | Sep 24, ‘07
      • | 126 views
      • | 0 comments
    • My first loss at Chess.com!

      Congrats to Mean2u for your win... beat me SOUNDLY. So I've been playing games for 2 weeks, winning 17 games to earn the rating 1700. I'm his first win, and he went from 1200 to 1689 in ONE GAME! Let's just say after that game, we'... | Read More

      • hybrid_dan
      • | Sep 19, ‘07
      • | 157 views
      • | 2 comments