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• the great VISHWANATHAN ANAND..

  No doubt, he is the greatest chess player INDIA has ever produced. Not only that, the GENIUS has been one of the greatest players of CHESS, till date. Anand held the FIDE World Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002, at a time when the world title ... | Read More

  • kunduk
  • | Nov 11, 2009
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• some VERY COMMONLY used CHESS terms...

  Action Chess:  A game where each player has 30 minutes to make all his moves. Amateur:  In chess, a non-master. At the US Amateur, masters cannot play. At the US Amateur Team tournaments, the team has to average below master rating. Note: in ch... | Read More

  • kunduk
  • | Nov 1, 2009
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• why white always gets an upper edge in the game?

  as statistics say, in more than 50% of the total games, WHITE has been getting an upper edge (in terms of WHITE-wins). a lesser % is shared between BLACK-WINS & mere DRAWS. but why? is it that because of the 1st move is for white? or else? | Read More

  • kunduk
  • | Aug 3, 2009
  • | 269 views
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