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After doing some research on the origins of chess I have found myself in a world as intriguing and complex as chess itself, the world of the ancient Indian epic the Mahabharata. Chess originates from a battles scene, the Caturanga. I am currentlyÂ... | Read More
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Has anyone ever looked at the chess game in Alice's Through the Looking Glass? I was wondering if anyone else had ever taken a look at that. There are some wild theories out there about the meaning of the game. I was looking to see if I saw any pa... | Read More
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Sometimes chess pieces double as art, they really do. This is especially true in the case of the sculpted steel chess pieces and chess tables made by Denver Chess Club chess player, artist and welder JC MacNeil. JC has been a local fixture her... | Read More
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"Rhett Langseth" of Colorado says "Frankly my Dear I don't give a damn" about sound opening theory, and blows away the competition at the Colorado State Scholastic Championship. Let's take a look at one of his games.
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1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 Nc... | Read More
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Why did I take that stupid pawn? I blame the diagrams. Here's what I mean. In the original position I had about 2 minutes left on my clock, so I didn't have much time to calculate a position I didn't fully understand. But I went after that pawn o... | Read More
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I watched the President's speech and got in to really bad time pressure, and even were it not for that I most certainly should have lost this game. Maybe it's because of my Animal Chess nature, but when people play the French I react like a rabid... | Read More
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Brian Wall was black in this game, and Ted Doyos was white. Here are a couple of points Brian makes about this game:
Brian -A couple of points -A - I try to save a tempo by playing ... Bd7, ... Qb8skipping ... Qc7 - I think IM Lester Van Meeter ... | Read More
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I used to say "bring it on" when someone would play the Smith-Mora Gambit. That was because at one time I knew how to play it, because I had gone over it with my co-author, Brian Wall. But then I completely forgot what it was I knew. Another ches... | Read More