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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Beginning Chess Lessons: Part 1 : What is Passing in a Chess Game
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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10 best 'what NOT to do' tips in Chess
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Chess History Center - Chess Notes
Map of Aachen in Year 1600
This map is in Sovereign States mode, zoom in from the main map to display the dependencies Imperial City of Aachen (Aachen) , Aix-la-Chapelle.
Three Chess Tips that Will Change Your Game for Good!
After reading these tips and strategies you will increase your chess win rate and ranking easily. Just by following these simple tips your chess game will be a lot more solid. So without further ado, here we go. 1. Control the center: It is vital that you take control of the center of the board at the beginning of each game you play. 2. Pawn structure is very key to winning in chess. 3. Yes, I know it is common sense. Now if use all three of these simple tips in your game all at the same time, you will notice that most players under 1400 lack these simple tips.
Learn to Play Chess
Chess Corner Home Learn Play Games Fun World Champions Ecards Book Store Links Learn to Play Chess Want to play chess? Don't know how? Don't worry. Once you know the fundementals, you will need to practise your skills. Why Chess? Elementary Intermediate Copyright © 1997 - 2017 Chess Corner.
Children With a Rare Genetic Syndrome Have no Racial Biases - As
Apr 13th 2010 By Jeremy Taylor Our happy our fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Children with Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, are the first human population group ever found to have no racial bias. People with Williams syndrome have high rates of mental retardation, heart problems and unusual facial features. While this is an interesting finding, the fact that the first truly color-blind population group is known for its naivety and lacks common sense suggests racial bias may be a hard habit for humanity to break.
Ten Chess Tips
Ten Top Tips (updated Jan 2011) by National Master Dan Heisman (610-649-0750)Main Chess Page - Articles Page - Dan's More Top Tips Page! - Lessons - Award-Winning Columns on How to Improve 1.The most important chess guideline: SAFETY: Keep all your pieces safe! (And consider taking opponent’s pieces that are not safe). For piece values, Bishops and Knights as worth about 3¼ pawns, Rooks 5, a Queen about 9.5.Having two Bishops when your opponent does not is called “the Bishop Pair” and is worth about an extra ½ pawn. Winning a Rook for a Bishop or Knight is called winning The Exchange and is worth almost half a piece (Bishop or Knight). 2.The 2nd most important chess guideline: ACTIVITY: Make sure all your pieces are doing something all the time! 3.TAKE YOUR TIME – if world championship players always take several minutes to find a good move, what makes you think that you can find a better one faster? 7.When you are winning, think defense first!! ·Get ALL your pieces into play every game
