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Improving Your Chess Skills

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Hobbies Articles | November 30, 2009 What can you do to turn into a better chess player? Many people will tell you that the best thing you can do is improve chess game through practice. How would you be able to improve your chess skills? Many people will tell you that the best thing you can do is improve chess game through practice. Even before 1886, when the first world championship of chess was organized, the game of chess was very competitive. People always regarded chess champions as great intellectuals who tend to propel the game to greater heights every time they play chess. At the moment Viswanathan Anand, who started playing chess while he was six years old and won loads of tournaments, is the current World Chess Champion. Today, Viswanathan is the most renowned master of chess. There are however many people that would have liked to develop their chess skills from an early age, but did not have the chance to do so. This however, can�t be used as an excuse not to be one of the b

Chess Clubs That You Can Touch And Feel

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Hobbies Articles | December 17, 2010 Online chess playing rooms are fantastic, yet some chess players feel that they are impersonal since they extract the real excitement out of chess. The setback that these players face upon leaving the chess rooms is that it's difficult to find another player who is both interested in chess and has the time to devote to playing chess in its entirety. Virtual chess communities are amazing, yet on the negative side, they do not possess the warmth of personal interaction. One of the biggest hurdles in a non-virtual community is meeting fellow chess enthusiasts who have enough time for a match or two. One means to resolve the dilemma is to find fellow chess enthusiasts in chess clubs. The Chess Club Chess clubs are organizations who share the same passion for chess. In addition to playing chess, members share strategy tips, hold scrimmages with each other, and compete in chess competitions. Chess Clubs in the Early Days Chess is a primitive game, but

The Unique History of Chess Pieces

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Hobbies Articles | January 18, 2008 Chess pieces are not only the rank-and-file of a chess game,but they are also the heart and soul of the chess game experience. There is apiece of history behind every piece on the chess board. Chess pieces are not only the rank-and-file of a chess game,but they are also the heart and soul of the chess game experience.�� Chess pieces with matching or uniquemovement qualities completing their intended purpose make for a sharp strategicballet with nearly limitless possibilities of progression. � Pierre Mac Orlan, famous 20th century Frenchwriter and poet, once said, �There are more adventures on a chessboard than onall the seas of the world�.� In fact,there are approximately 1040 possible legal chess piece positions.� Now consider an average chess piece positioncan possess as much as 218 movement possibilities.� The resulting number of game play optionsrockets to a figure that only International Grandmasters like Garry Kasparovand super-computers such a

Correspondence Email or Postal Chess

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Education Articles | December 10, 2004 ... Chess or E-mail Chess might be for you if can't spend a lot of time playing without ... because you also have a life E-mail chess is an ... from the postal chess which wa Correspondence Chess or E-mail Chess might be for you if can't spend a lot of time playing without interuptions because you also have a life E-mail chess is an evolution from the postal chess which was very popular in the late 19th century. Both can be catogarized under the term Correspondance Chess Unlike postal chess where time is measured in days,online e-mail messages can be delivered almost instantaneously Correspondence chess allows people or clubs geographically distant to play one another without meeting in person. The length of a game played by correspondence can vary depending on the method used to transmit the moves - a game played via server or by e-mail might last no more than a few months, but a game played by post between players in different countries

Playing Chess Does Not Need To Be So Serious

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Hobbies Articles | November 20, 2009 Many people see chess as a very complicated game. From the different styles of chess boards to the different chess pieces, it might seem complicated at first. Many people even approach this game with fear because of its strict rules. Chess is by many considered to be one of the most complicated games ever made. From the different styles of chess boards to the different chess pieces, it might seem complicated at first. This game is very intimidating to a lot of people because of the rules, the concept of protecting the king, chess pieces getting �eaten� and winning it altogether. Never feel intimidated by chess! Chess is fun, especially for those who like mind games. However, there are many people who don�t appreciate the game because they feel overwhelmed with the set of rules and required strategies. Why don�t you organize a chess party in your own home so that more family and friends can enjoy chess. Nobles from the old times played chess in socia

The Differences In Chess Sets and Boards

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Hobbies Articles | November 22, 2009 Chess is a very famous game played by two players on a specifically designed chessboard. The chess we are familiar with was developed in south Europe in the fifteenth century. Chess has been around for quite a while and is quite popular these days. The chess we are familiar with was developed in south Europe in the fifteenth century. The European chess evolved from a corresponding but much older Indian game. The game of chess is being played globally in tournaments, at home, in clubs and online. People get closer together because of the game, especially when they try to teach others how to play. Today you can find many different kinds of chess sets and board, even though they all have the same basics. A normal chess board is divided into 64 squares colored in black and white and appointed in an eight by eight grid. Depending on what you are looking for, chess sets and boards can be found in many different sizes and variations. A folding chess set, f

Chess Pieces and the Rules of Movement

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Hobbies Articles | September 23, 2009 Thinking about learning how to play chess?� The first step is to gain a good understanding of the capabilities and limitations of each of your chess pieces. Chess pieces can have different values and capabilities. Every chess set is made up of a certain number of chess pieces, which usually consist of one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and 8 pawns. A player can obtain extra bishops, knights, rooks, or queens by having one of their pawns reach the opponent�s side of the chess board. One of the players has chess pieces that are all white and the other player has chess pieces that are all black, so the sides are referred to as black and white. In the game of chess, the word �piece� can have three unique meanings. The first meaning that it can have is just any one of the actual chess pieces in the chess set, including all of the pawns. The second meaning that �piece� can have is any of the chess pieces except for pawn, so usually