Chess

Hobbies Articles | November 26, 2009 Chess is a popular and fun game for many people with good amounts of action, while for others it seems to be a complicated endeavor. You will always find the same pieces in a chess set, unless of course you misplaced some pieces. Chess is by some considered to be a complicated game while those who know how to play it find it exciting and fun. The pieces in the chess set are always the same. Chess sets consist of a chess board and two sets of chess pieces which are a queen and king, two knights, two bishops, two towers and 8 pawns. In most cases the pieces are black and white and the chessboards have white and black squares. These standard chess sets were used for centuries. But this doesn�t mean that your chess set should look the same as others. A chess set doesn�t have to have the traditional layout. Nowadays you can find many variations of the traditional chess sets. Chess sets are regularly made from wood while there are some that are made from

Other Articles | December 8, 2006 If you like to play chess and you can�t find anyone to play with you should look for chess game download sites on the Internet. The advantage of using a chess game download is that you can play on your own and at any time you want to. You don�t have to wait for other people in order to play. You can even play a free game during your break time at work, if you happen to be one of the thousands of people who have a desk jockey job. I�m not lying when I say, that I have gotten more use from my chess game download than from any of my other Internet toys. Using a chess game download also allows you to play against the computer that is probably as good or better than any of your friends. Unless you have friends who are Grand or International Masters in the sport of chess, you will probably find it more difficult to beat a computer than with defeating your friends. It�s also a fact, that chess game download tournaments are far more challenging than almost any

Hobbies Articles | September 23, 2009 Are you getting bored with your chess games?� Infuse some added competition and excitement by timing your moves with a chess clock. A chess clock is made up of two clocks that sit right next to each other and a button that stops one of the clocks which then triggers the other clock to start. The chess clock is rigged so that neither clock ever runs at the same time as the other. These chess clocks are used in games with two players where each player takes his own turn to move his chess pieces. The reason that a chess clock is used is to keep track of how much total time each of the players is taking to make a chess move. This makes it so that neither of the players takes too long or stalls the game. The first time that chess clocks were widely used was in chess tournaments. The year was 1883 and the place was London. In these chess tournaments, the player with the black chess pieces was allowed to decide which side of the chess board he wants the c

Hobbies Articles | November 23, 2009 Chess is a wonderful game played by millions of people worldwide. There are many players that just like to socialize with a variety of people. There are also people that play chess just for fun or because it is their hobby. Chess is played by people from all over the world. Some people play it to interact with different people on an intellectual level. Some play the game to enjoy themselves and pass the time while other people are into chess just as a hobby. Many people also like to collect chess sets. Sometimes, these people form groups or clubs to keep in touch with each other and help one another complete their collection. One of these amazing groups are the Chess Collectors International. A quick search with a search on one of the search engines on the Internet will lead you straight to them. You can collect a large variety of chess sets. They range from the common wooden type sets to the rarer and exotic themed sets. However, you can�t easily c

Hobbies Articles | December 17, 2010 The chess game that everybody plays today is a product of evolution over the past 15 centuries. To some, chess is a boring past time. But the people who play it every single day, join chess clubs, play online, and compete in chess tournaments will say that chess is actually quite interesting. To understand their enthusiasm, you've got to know how chess works. Over the past 1500 years, chess has gone through several modifications prior to ultimately becoming the game we recognize today. To some, chess is a boring past time. However, people who do play chess routinely find the board game quite exhilarating.�You need only to understand the manner in which the game works. The History of Chess Although there is no official documented proof to support the theory, most historians believe that chess was pioneered in Persia. The historians also believed that chess wasn�t meant to be a game at all, but rather as a military tool develop battle strategy. Ch

Marketing Articles | March 2, 2005 Until the day I learned to play chess I loved playing checkers. Both games require a strategy that maximizes a player�s ability to capture her opponents pieces without first losing her own. Checkers was fun. But the complexities of chess lead to more satisfying victories and defeats. Chess is a more complicated game than checkers as there are more variables. Therefore, much more thought and concentration is required to win a game of chess than is required to win a game of checkers. Like chess, marketing your business is a complicated endeavor. A successful chess player anticipates future moves and will position his pieces in such a way that each piece helps add strength to other pieces already in place. A successful marketing strategy is no different than a winning chess strategy. Every move you make must reinforce previous and future moves. Instead of rooks, bishops and queens the moves made in the game of marketing are made with advertisements, web

Family Articles | August 29, 2005 Chess is a popular board game across the world.  While many people are content to play chess on a regular board with plastic pieces, many players who truly love the game take pride in their uniqu... There are many different kinds of chess sets to accommodate all chess players.  Chess sets are made out of many different materials such as glass, ivory, marble, and wood.  Some chess sets are especially small or have magnetic pieces, perfect for taking on trips and playing while traveling.  People have been playing chess for many centuries.  No one knows for sure where or when it originated, but it is known that people in Persia, India, and China played chess in the Middle Ages.  The game spread to the Middle East next, then to Spain and the rest of Europe.  It is very likely that the game pieces were altered once the game spread through Europe to take on the forms that they currently have.    The different pieces in a chess set each represent parts of med

Family Articles | August 29, 2005 Themed chess sets are great for people who are interested in history or are fans of TV shows and movies. These chess sets allow people to support their favorite movie or TV show while playing an ancie... Many people today choose to play with nontraditional chess sets that do not feature common chess pieces like bishops and kings, but rather, have more modern characters for the chess pieces.  There are commemorative chess sets representing historical events such as the American Civil War.  Popular characters for TV shows and movies are also immortalized in chess pieces.  Some of the most popular themed chess sets are of Civil War characters, the Lord of the Rings, and of the popular animated TV show South Park. Many popular themed chess sets feature figures from the Civil War, with one person playing as the Union and the other playing as the Confederates.  Civil War themed chess sets are extremely detailed and realistic.  The pieces are painted and carv

Hobbies Articles | September 11, 2009 Chess is a competitive sport and there are several opinions about how to improve�one's game.� But the most important thing you need�to do to become a master chess player is to practice�continuously. What can you do to improve your chess game? There are many opinions on this topic, but the main thing you can do to improve is to practice continuously. Chess has always been a competitive sport, even before the first world chess championships in 1886. People always regarded chess champions as great intellectuals who always propel the game to greater heights every time they play the game. As of now, the current World Chess Champion is Viswanathan Anand and like most chess grandmasters, he started playing the game at a very early age of six and proceeded to win a lot of official chess tournaments. Today, he is one of the most recognized grandmasters of chess and an embodiment of the game�s prestige. As anyone can point out, most people who aspire to