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    • Chess History: Origins of the Pieces

      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

      • slimedog
      • | Apr 11, 2011
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    • The Chess Game in Through The Looking Glass

      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

      • slimedog
      • | Apr 8, 2011
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    • Chess Art: Solid Steel Sculpted Chess Pieces

      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

      • slimedog
      • | Mar 21, 2011
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    • "Rhett" The New Colorado State Scholastic Champion of 2011

      "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.   1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 Nc... | Read More

      • slimedog
      • | Mar 9, 2011
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    • Crazy Game

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      • slimedog
      • | Feb 14, 2011
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    • The Square of the Pawn

      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

      • slimedog
      • | Jan 28, 2011
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    • Benko

      order a copy of "How To Play Chess Like An Animal" by Brian Wall and Anthea Carson at www.chesslikeananimal.com -- get yours today! | Read More

      • slimedog
      • | Jan 21, 2011
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    • The French brings out the German in me

      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

      • slimedog
      • | Jan 12, 2011
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    • More Smith-Mora

      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

      • slimedog
      • | Jan 7, 2011
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    • Smith-Mora

      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

      • slimedog
      • | Jan 6, 2011
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