Whenever I play someone for the first time, I always make a very quick judge their skill level from the very first move they make. Should they move their rooks’ pawn first, I judge them as novice players and I use arrogance to intimidate their game. I have tried to figure out why a person [...]
Archive for December, 2009
What is it about opening with the rooks’ pawn?
Posted in Chess basics, Chess Strategies, tagged rooks pawn on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chess Master, What Does This Mean and How Do You Get One!
Posted in Interesting Stuff, tagged FIDE master, Grandmaster, International Master on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You might have come across such terms in chess such as ‘FIDE Master’, ‘International Master’ and ‘Grandmaster’. It can all become a little confusing. So what doe these terms mean? As you become better at chess, you skill will improve. Those people who have attained a level of skill such that he can usually beat [...]
Bughouse Chess, also known as Tandem Chess
Posted in Chess Variations, tagged Bughouse Chess, Tandem Chess, Twin Chess on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What do you do if there are 4 of you who want to play chess? Well, you can have two games of chess going at once or you can play Bughouse Chess. A few weeks ago, a few friends and I played this chess, it was so much fun that we organized to play it [...]
Alexandra Kosteniuk- Women’s World Chess Champion
Posted in Interesting Stuff, tagged Alexandra Kosteniuk, chess is cool, Women's World Chess Champion on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Born on 23 April 1984, in Russia’s Volga Federal District, Alexandra Kosteniuk is a chess Grandmaster and the current Women’s World Chess Champion, the title she gained in 2008. Her path to becoming the Women’s World Chess Champion started at the age of five when her father taught her to play. In 2001 she reached [...]
Cannibal Chess
Posted in Chess Variations, tagged Cannibal Chess, Chess Variations on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Playing chess is a lot of fun, however sometimes its fun to spice it up with a few variations. Today I will talk about one of the variations you might want to consider. It is called Cannibal Chess. Cannibal Chess starts as normal and the rules are the same. In other words, the pawns move [...]
How Many Unique Chess Games Are There?
Posted in Interesting Stuff, tagged unique chess games on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of us have come across the three move checkmate, however few are aware that the quickest checkmate is in two moves. This two move checkmate is knows as fool’s mate. So this got me thinking, how many possible combinations of chess games are possible. After doing a little research I was amazed to find [...]
3 Rules To Beat a Beginner Every Time
Posted in Chess Strategies, tagged Chess, chess game, chess set on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Being able to think two or three moves ahead of your opponent with every possible combination will go a long way to helping you win your game. Understanding pins and fork, then applying them also help. However, if you are still in the early stages of your chess career and developing your skills, I have [...]
En Passant
Posted in Chess basics on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
En Passant, chess rules
Castling
Posted in Chess basics, tagged chess castling, Chess rules, king, rook on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the Queen, the rook is the most powerful piece. You have two of these and part of your strategy should be to get these pieces into play. Also, your King is the most valuable piece on the board and it is important to protect this from your opponent. One common way of doing this [...]
Chess Basics
Posted in Chess basics, tagged Chess basics, chess board set up, chess game on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chess is a game played by two people. The idea of chess is to capture your opponent’s king. One player will have white pieces and the other player will have black pieces. By moving your pieces across the board and capturing your opponent’s pieces, you win by outmaneuvering your opponent. Each player has 16 pieces. [...]
