Submitted by
AWARDCHESS on Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:57pm.
I studied and played checkers, russian checkers, 100 squares checkers, when I was young... I has a good library on that, too... But I left it...
We need focus on main brain activities, when the time is coming to choose us!
What you thi... Read more »
Submitted by
wizzifnab on Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:56pm.
Here is the latest game I played. The rating of my opponent has gotten progressively higher, about 200 pts each game.
Update:
I've added Rybka notes. Although I knew the 18. ... Nd5 move was probably not best, Rybka clearly saw thi... Read more »
Submitted by
skymaster on Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:44pm.
Thought I would get a post down about the various different woods used to make chess sets. Other materials will be covered in another blog entry. Let me know if i have missed any obvious ones out
Sheesham
Lets start with Sheesham wood. This i... Read more »
Submitted by
dkedixi on Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:40pm.
Who am I? I think I know.
I live inside, I'm not a trusting soul.
Who am. I? Who should wonder, Who should care?
Who am I ? Who else?
I am myself.
I'm not the reflection of me in thee.
I am however the me I reflect of myelf in the eyes... Read more »
Submitted by
RadioMitch on Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:31am.
I find it fascinating to play chess. I most like that it is a gentleman's game. I run into players all the time that are encouraging and help me become a better player.
I can speak for me I don't find much joy in beating someone who ... Read more »
Submitted by
dina-31Q on Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:28am.
Snakes can be very dangerous. Waiting for the right moment to bite when you don't see them! what do you think? Read more »
Submitted by
Being on Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:04am.
really humid today.....hot! Read more »
Submitted by
OSUBUCKEYE on Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:28am.
Please can someone please tell me how or why I am close to 1500 in tactic trainer yet my rateing is a current 1190 and dropping from 1365 or something?
I wish I had the time to study more, a few mintues here and there, reading parts of blogs, ar... Read more »
Submitted by
benws on Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:07am.
I have decided to start a new type of contest that introduces people to the wide range of puzzles and the sense of humor of some composers.
In this contest, you have to give the full answers to the puzzles, as well as the important variations. N... Read more »
Submitted by
qtsii on Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:16am.
Influence on chess
Lasker founded no school of players who used a similar approach to the game. Max Euwe, world champion 1935-1937 and a prolific writer of chess manuals, said, "It is not possible to learn much from him. One can only stand and w... Read more »
Submitted by
coolzan on Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:42am.
Hello,im seeking challengers so if you see this message please submit a challenge but the moves need to have a time limit of 3 days or more. Im kind of new here so im still learning.and i need more practice so please challenge me.
&n... Read more »
Submitted by
kazakhnomad on Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:52am.
I enjoy reading British authors C.S. Lewis and also G.K. Chesterton but for today I’ll use a quote from Lewis because politics have been on my mind a lot lately. One can’t help it while being back in the U.S. with the cons... Read more »
Submitted by
Gokukid on Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:33am.
Move Selection Process
Chess is a complex game. Without a guide you will find yourself in a maze, or get stuck in a position in which you no longer know what to do or which way to go. Understanding the elements of the game is the key... Read more »
Submitted by
aabbccdd on Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:24am.
This is the chessgames.com game of the day. It is another played out drawn ending But, it taught me new lines of the Sicilian such as the Sveshnikov (see game) Read more »
Submitted by
mauerblume on Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:56am.
As you can read in my profil, I teach chess for 4 years in local chessclubs. Only strategic themes.- Inspired through the just started weekly blogserie of "My system" from likeforests (according to Nimzowitsch ), I thought it could be ... Read more »
Submitted by
batgirl on Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:57pm.
Mars was the Roman god of war. It's only fitting that the planet named for him would develop the most war-like variation of the Chess, the game of war.
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an extremely pro... Read more »
Submitted by
wizzifnab on Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:59pm.
In the below game, I play the Sicilian Dragon. Again, this game was played after about a 9 - 10 month break from playing chess. So my dragon is a bit rusty. It veered early from the lines I'm familiar with. I'll be updating... Read more »
Submitted by
AWARDCHESS on Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:33pm.
It was very busy day for me today!
348 Chess games waiting online on the line for my rapid moves.
New "developed' treads against me, at Forums...
New warning/?/from website! Do not use a CAP letters at naming of new posts!
I already... Read more »
Submitted by
AWARDCHESS on Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:04pm.
Welcome to fair play Team!
We are starving to fair!, after been abused everywhere, years and years, behind us...
Just start to re-unite great persons around, who is shared our virtual global common values!
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Submitted by
9xave on Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:32pm.
I am so glad football season is here so that I can quit fooling myself into believing that my Texas Rangers have a shot at the wild-card spot in the American League. Anaheim will win the AL West and the wild-card will come out of the AL East. More... Read more »
Submitted by
kenytiger on Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:35pm.
Sixteen-year-old Bobby Fischer suffers four defeats against Mikhail Tal during the Candidates' Tournament of 1959. He faces Tal again at Bled in 1961, this time things turn out differently, the boy has become a man and he ... Read more »
Submitted by
aabbccdd on Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:01pm.
This is the http://www.chessgames.com game of the day for July 25, 2008. Read more »