The Immortal Game: Synopsis A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white squares according to very simple rules, that has captivated people for nearly 1,500 years? Why has it driven some of its greatest players into paranoia and madness, and yet is hailed as a remarkably powerful intellectual tool? Nearly everyone has played chess at some point in their lives. In his wide-ranging and ever-fascinating examination of chess, David Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity.
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Online Chess Games Database Chess Strategy for Chess Openings and Chess Principles The art of chess strategy consists of formulating a plan for the chess game, and of arranging the chess pieces to accomplish this plan in view of the opponent's best response. This chess strategy article will get any new chess player on the road to understanding correct chess opening strategy - how to control the chess board from move one. Introduction to Chess Strategy Beginning chess players discover very quickly that learning how the pieces move is the very tip of the tip of the chess playing iceberg. It's usually sometime during the first several moves of their very first chess game that they find themselves saying, "What now?" We're going to provide you with some very simple, easy guidelines in chess strategy for playing the chess opening. As your chess career continues you'll also notice that there will be times when it's best to ignore some of these chess strategy and opening principles. The centrally-placed Knight can move to (and control) eight squares. Here's a simple example.
Enhanced Guitar Lessons - TuneLessons.com A Beginner's Garden of Chess Openings A guide by David A. Wheeler. The first moves of a chess game are termed the "opening" or "opening moves". The possible opening moves of chess have been extensively studied for hundreds of years, and many of these sequences have been given names to simplify discussion of a game. This document briefly lists a few of the more well-known chess openings, so that when you see the first few moves you can at least say "Ah! In all openings there is a struggle for key territory, in particular the center squares, and an effort to deploy pieces and pawns in useful positions. There are three groups of openings covered here: White can start by moving his King's pawn 2 spaces, i.e. playing "e4". Each of these openings is briefly described below. Ruy Lopez Giuoco Piano King's Gambit Sicilian Defense French Defense Caro-Kann Center Counter Pirc/Modern Queen's Gambit King's Indian Defense Nimzo-Indian, Bogo-Indian, and Queen's Indian Defense Dutch Defense English Opening References
SILMAN CHESS March 2014 If you’re a 1.d4 player, then this book might well be for you A new edition of Dvoretsky’s magnificent work This book, the first of 3, covers the super complex Winawer Variation (sans 7.Qg4) Lakdawala teaches you to play 1.b3, which has been successfully used by Fischer, Larsen, and Nimzowitsch A fine handbook of key positional methods A deep analysis and discussion of Carlsen’s World Championship victory over Anand, in a beautiful hardcover edition. January 2014 Jeremy Silman’s first novel! The first proper translation in English (for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch). A simple but effective system for those that want effective but easy-to-learn openings Another instructional masterpiece by Cyrus Lakdawala How Magnus broke Kasparov’s rating record Another magnificent book by grandmaster Ivan Sokolov Aagaard and Ntirlis team up to give you a complete, dynamic answer to 1.e4 November/December 2013 A K-8 educational math learning aid series that teaches you to play chess at the same time! July
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