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Chess Tips : Development is important

2011-05-25T05:12:00.000+08:00

Time and development are very important elements of chess. Development simply means that your primary pieces are moved out from the back rank and in a potion to attack. Though sometimes this can be accomplished by leaving them on the back rank, it is not the normal scenario. Imagine that rook that is trapped on the back rank by a knight and a pawn, it has not yet been developed. The player whose pieces are ready for battle sooner will be able to control the tempo of the game. If you want to be that player, you have to develop your pieces efficiently and quickly to powerful positions.

Many inexperienced players like to move many of their pawns at the beginning of the game to control space on the chessboard. However, you cannot win with pawns alone. Since knights, bishops, rooks, and queens can move greater distances than pawns and threaten more distant targets, it is a good idea to bring them out quickly. This of course is after you have moved enough pawns to guarantee that your stronger pieces will not be chased back by your opponent’s pawns.

Once all the other pieces are developed, it is easier to see what pawns you should move to accomplish your overall plan. It is tempting to bring the queen out very early because it is the most powerful piece on the board. However your opponent can chase your queen back by threatening it with his or her less valuable pieces Instead of just moving pieces out, try to determine the best square for each piece. Then try to place that piece there in as few moves as possible. This may save you from wasting valuable moves later in the game.

Chess Tips : Control the Center of Game

2011-05-25T05:10:00.000+08:00

Control of the board cannot be understated. The most valuable four squares on the board are the four directly in the center of the board. In many cases the person who controls the four squares at the center of the board will have the better game and a definite advantage. It is critical to attempt to gain this control of the center.

There are two simple reasons that controlling the center of the board is important. First, a piece in the center controls more of the board than one that is somewhere else on the board. As an example, place one knight on a center square and another in one of the corners of the board. The knight in the center can move to eight different squares while the cornered knight only has two possible moves. Second, controlling the center of the board provides an avenue for your pieces to travel from one side of the board to the other. To move a piece across the board you will often have to take it through the center. If your pieces can get to the other side faster than your opponent’s pieces you will often have an advantage. Being able to mount a successful attack on that side before he or she can bring over enough pieces to defend against your attack results in you having an advantage.

It is often worthwhile in the long run to be willing to exchange pieces with your opponent so that you gain the control of the center of the board. This exchange of pieces may seem wasteful at first, but pays off in the end of the game by you having a control of the tempo. Control of the center of the board also offers an excellent defensive advantage.

Chess Tactic : Center Domination

2011-05-08T06:12:00.005+08:00

It is very important in any game of chess to focus on a number of concepts that are proven to be effective. One of these concepts is to control the center of the board. Controlling the center of the board allows you to be very flexible in your game play. When you control the center of the board that you are able to mount a variety of attacks as well as maintain a solid defensive structure. If you have an advantage in the center of the board you have a strong advantage in the game itself and a higher chance of winning.

There are some ideas that a chess player should follow to help maintain domination of the center of the board. First is to not allow your knights to be forced out of the center of the board by your opponent’s advancing pawns. If you allow this to happen you are likely to hand over control of the center of the board to your opponent, who then will have the advantage. Understand that if your knights are limited by the edge of the board or by the back rank on the board, they are rendered much less effective than when they are helping to control the middle of the board where they are a viable threat.

Another idea for helping to control the center of the board is to use flanking pawns to capture your opponent’s pawns instead of using your own center pawns. As much as possible, try to leave your center pawns in the center and bring out pawns from the sides (C and F files) to capture your opponents advancing pawns. This also allows your knights to remain in the center where they belong. Do your best to control the center of the board and you will drastically improve your odds of winning.

Chess Tips : Developing your primary pieces

2011-05-08T03:00:00.001+08:00

One of the more obvious and more overlooked strategies in chess is developing your primary pieces. Some players will get distracted with their opening sequence and find themselves getting into what I call pawn battles. Having a solid pawn structure is important and can have a dramatic effect on the game play. However, if all you do is work on your pawn structure and do not develop your knights, bishops, rooks, and queen, then you are giving your opponent a tremendous advantage.

To use an oversimplified example, imagine that a player has moved all of his or her pawns forward at least two spaces, but has not moved any of his or her back row pieces. This is an easy opponent to pick apart. With a sacrifice of a few or your pieces and development of your primary pieces you ill easily win the game. Of course this is an extreme example but it is intended to show you what can happen if you focus too much on pawn structure and not enough on your primary pieces getting developed.

The more you develop your primary pieces, the greater chance of success you will have at winning the chess game. A rook sitting on your back row that is trapped by your pawn and knight serves little to no use for you in the game. The same goes for a knight that cannot move from its original spot because of your pawn structure. Having these powerful pieces and not using them is a beginner mistake that is made rather frequently. A general rule is to try to move every piece that you have once before moving any piece twice. This may be hard to accomplish, but the idea behind it is a solid one that will help you land victories.

Popularity of Chess on the Internet

2011-05-08T02:50:00.000+08:00

The rise of the internet has caused widespread sharing of information and trends that had traditionally been centered in certain areas. Chess is no exception. Though chess has maintained a constant popularity worldwide for the last several centuries, the always helpful Google Trends gives as an interesting, and perhaps unexpected, look at the number of chess queries over the past six years or so. One of the most surprising things about these searches is the inclusion or exclusion of certain countries. Russia, for instance, who dominated the chess field for several decades in the twentieth century, isn’t even on the top ten list of countries where “chess” is most commonly searched, while the Russian language is only ninth on the list of languages in which “chess” is most commonly searched, though there is certainly a good representation in the Nordic and Slavic areas. There are a few explanations for this trend however: it is quite possible that the popularity in internet trends reflects more a popularity among a younger generation, excluding popularity among older generations, or that the exclusion of some countries could reflect higher accessibility to chess clubs where chess is played in person, and less accessibility to internet chess resources. Overall, however, Google Trends shows an undeniable drop over the past six years in searches relating to chess, with just a few spikes along the way. The most recent data shows that chess queries are the most unpopular they’ve ever been, for as long as Google Trends has been keeping records. That said, there are clearly a number of countries who are still gaga for chess, and their dominance is chess queries on Google is clearly shown.

1. Philippines

With the fifth highest population of countries in the world, the Philippines only narrowly edged out India for the number one country where the most “chess” searches come from. Additionally, Tagalog, one of the more common languages of the Philippines, is the number one language in which said chess inquiries are entered.

2. India

India has the second highest number of chess related queries of any country, while Delhi, India holds the top place as city with the highest number of chess searches. Because of the wide variety of languages spoken in India, no exclusively Indian language makes the top ten languages in which chess is most commonly searched, though Arabic is a distant eighth.

3. Norway

Norway is the third highest country in terms of the number of chess searches, while Oslo is the second highest city. Norwegian also takes second in languages in which chess queries are most commonly made.

4. United States

While the United States actually comes in ninth in terms of countries from which chess queries come, English is the third most commonly used language to search chess. This could be because of the wide number of English speaking countries (South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand also make the top ten list), but it is important to know that five of the top ten cities from which chess queries most commonly come are in the United States.

Chess Tips : Studying is Hard Work

2011-05-08T00:05:00.002+08:00

To really make major improvements in your chess game you need to study a variety of concepts. You have already started by reading this. Reading about games, tactics, strategies, etc. are proven methods of improving your chess game. There are also software programs to visually teach you tactics and multiple web sites with a variety of learning tools.

The important thing is to try and stay interested in learning. Playing chess is great fun. Studying concepts and strategies is not always as fun as playing an actual game against a good opponent. Try to stay interested in your studies by utilizing a learning method that you enjoy. If you enjoy reading, then get some chess books to read through. If you are a more visual learner, then some of the software programs or websites may be more your style.

Think back to your school days, or your current school days. It was always easier for me to do well in courses that I enjoyed because they held my interest. The same idea applies to studying and learning about chess. Learn about the things that interest you the most. Those could be gambits, tactics, strategies, focusing on the end game etc. Then use the methods that hold your attention the best. If you are a visual learner, reading may not be the best method for you. If you are more of a conceptual thinker, you may like to reconstruct games in your head and play through all of the possible options that were available. Whatever methods you choose try to make learning about chess fun for you because after all that is what games are all about.

Chess Tips: Which Forked Piece to Capture

2011-05-07T21:00:00.001+08:00

A fork is when you are able to threaten two pieces at the same time with ONE of your pieces. Knights are notorious for being able to do this, especially against rooks. For an example, you have your knight forking two rooks. Does it matter which of the two rooks you capture? Are you sure? Should you capture one of the forked pieces immediately?

These are the types of questions that you need to know the answers to if you want to consistently win games. When to capture a forked piece depends on what your opponent does with them. If your opponent leaves the pieces sitting there you can simply wait. If your opponent moves one of the two forked pieces then the answer is simple. Take the piece that you still threaten and take it now. But what if your opponent threatens your forking piece?

Using the example mentioned, let us suppose that your knight is now under attack and you must act. Which of the two rooks do you capture? The answer is to capture the rook that is doing the least on the board. If one of the rooks is simply stuck on the back row and the other rook is pinning one of your pieces, then capture the rook stuck on the back row. This will result in your opponent taking your knight with the other rook, thus unpinning your pinned piece, or it will result in you getting a “free” capture because your opponent simply allows you to take the rook. Always take the piece that is doing the least amount of work and always wait to capture until you are forced to capture, or until your opponent removes one of the forked pieces.

Explore Variety

An inexperienced chess player may be well served to learn an opening and stick with it until he or she learns the basic concepts of chess. Once you have mastered the basics, or once you seem to be at a sticking point in your rankings it is time to try different things. In order to have a well-rounded game it is important that you learn and experiment with a variety of tactics and strategies. Getting stuck in a rut will keep you at the same rating that you have been at. An old saying that I like says, “If you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting.” In short, you will not improve your chess game unless you learn new ideas to improve your game.

That opening that you have been using for a year now is a functional opening, but now it is time to learn other openings and to experiment with them to see if they work for you or not. If you are using the same end game strategies that you used in your first dozen chess games, then it is time to learn some new end game strategies. The more that you know about chess and the various concepts the better your game will be.

It is easy for all of us to get stuck into a rut because many of us think “If something works why change it?” The reason to change your methods is because they may not be the best methods or techniques. The more you learn about chess and the options available, the more versatile you can be during your games. Knowledge is power and the game of chess has mountains of knowledge available for us to learn.

Chess Tactic : Doing Nothing

2011-05-07T18:01:00.003+08:00

Chess is a very complicated game, as we all know. One of the reasons that it is very complicated is that you must move a piece every move. This makes it nearly impossible to hold the wonderful defense that you have created without giving your opponent an opportunity to penetrate your defensive scheme. This defensive structure that you have carefully crafted grows to be even more important in the end game.

Understanding that it is sometimes better to shuffle a piece back and forth from square to square, than to weaken your defense, is very important. Doing this may seem… boring… but it is better to be boring than to throw away a win or a chance at a draw. If your opponent allows you to do this enough, the game will end in a draw due to the 50-move rule. More often though, your opponent will grow impatient and make an error. This is assuming that you are in a weaker position and that your opponent is looking for a way to place you into a checkmate instead of letting you get the draw.

This frantic moving and searching by your opponent will frequently result in them making a mistake and giving you the victory. Another consideration is whether or not you are playing a timed game. If so, you can run your opponent out of time with this shuffling of your piece because your opponent will spend time looking for a mate while you are in a perfectly defended position that requires no thought. Look at your end game for opportunities to utilize this do nothing strategy. This strategy will come in handy at times and can help you secure a draw, or even better a win.

Chess Tips: What is Your Opponent Trying to do?

2011-05-06T05:09:00.000+08:00

This is a question that you should ask yourself each and every time your opponent makes a move in a chess game. Too often players will overlook this simple question and focus far too much on what he or she is trying to do, not what their opponent is trying to do. Ignoring the strategy that your opponent is trying to implement is similar to going to war and only focusing on your army’s goals while ignoring the goals of the enemy.

You are trying to capture your opponent’s queen in these next few moves because it appears to be weakly guarded. This can be a good or bad strategy depending on what your opponent is trying to do. If your opponent is attempting to lure you into focusing all of your attention on that poorly guarded queen while setting you up for checkmate, then your attention is focused in the wrong place. Of course you are not a mind reader and do not always know what your opponents strategy is, or if he or she even has a strategy in mind. However, it is critical that you consider what you believe your opponent is trying to do.

When playing chess your goals in the game need to become somewhat secondary to countering the goals that your opponent has. If you see that in two moves you can place your opponent in checkmate, but fail to realize that in one move he or she can capture your attacking pieces, then you have failed to examine what your opponent is trying to do. Once again it is the all-important balance between offense and defense that you are working towards in the game of chess. Focusing all of your attention on one area or the other is a mistake. Find a good balance between the two styles.

Chess Strategies - Skewers and Pins

2011-05-05T01:26:00.001+08:00

Pinning your opponent is when you are able to trap one of your opponent’s pieces. The most common scenario is pinning a piece that your opponent has placed in front of his or her king. Picture your opponent placing a bishop in front of his or her king and you placing a rook on the same file. Now your opponent cannot move the bishop or he or she will be placed into check. It is an illegal move to put yourself into check. Now that you have learned the tactic of pinning your opponent’s pieces you need to know when it is the best time to actually capture that pinned piece.

Many times a chess player will react too quickly and take the opponent’s pinned piece because it seems like the right move. This is often a mistake. If you are able to pin one of your opponent’s pieces you may be best served to wait to capture that pinned piece. If you react quickly and take it now, you will lose the piece that you have used to create the pin. From the example above, you would lose your rook once you take the bishop.

A better option is to wait until your opponent moves that piece. Referencing the example again, wait until your opponent moves the king before you take the bishop. Eventually, if you are patient, your opponent will move the king in order to get the bishop back into the game. When your opponent does this take the bishop. An even better scenario is making sure that your opponent has moved king so that you can capture the bishop without losing your rook. The most important concept is to be patient. Far too many chess games are lost due to players acting too quickly.

Chess Move: How The Pieces Move and Capture

2011-05-05T01:24:00.001+08:00

Picture yourself playing a tough chess game and your opponent is threatening to promote a pawn. When should you capture this pawn? For most of us the answer would probably be to capture it as soon as possible, or when it is convenient for us. Typically a player will capture that pawn quickly to eliminate the threat that it presents by being able to be promoted. If the pawn has a few moves to go before it can be promoted a lot of players will wait until they are in a good defensive position before going after that pawn. What if both of these tactics are mistakes though?

Often times a better option to capture that promoting pawn is to wait until after it has promoted. This means that you take it the very next move, after it promotes. You must eventually capture the promoting piece, but doing so too early may cost you a win or, at worst, a draw. Most chess players face a promoting piece late in the end game where pieces and moves are extremely valuable. The end game situation makes it even more critical that you plan ahead and that you do not hurt yourself in capturing that promoting piece. Of course, do not wait to capture the promoting piece if your opponent is threatening to block your capture.

Instead of capturing the promoting piece too soon, try to gain tempo in the game so that you have your opponent forced into a more defensive stance. A tempo advantage often wins games. Tempo is when you are a move ahead of your opponent and you are able to threaten your opponent due to your solid defense. Being too hasty in reacting to your opponent‘s advances can be very destructive.

Chess Move: Protect an Attacked Piece

2011-05-04T17:01:00.003+08:00

There are many methods to protect your pieces when they come under attack from your opponent. Not all of these methods will work in an actual game, but all should be considered depending on the situation that you find yourself in.

The first method is to move the piece to a safe square. This would be a square where your opponent cannot attack the piece or where it is guarded by another piece of yours.

A second method to protect an attacked piece is to capture the attacking piece. This may be one of the best methods because not only do you eliminate the threat from your opponent, but you also gain material and tempo in the process. Your opponent will have gone from an offensive front to a defensive posture in this one move.

The third method is block the attack. This does not work with all pieces such as knights. If you opponent is attacking with a queen, rook, or bishop this method will work. This is where you simply move another piece in the path of the attacker so that your opponent cannot capture your primary piece.

The fourth method is to simply guard your piece that the opponent is attacking. Moving another piece does this, so that if your opponent does attack, you will be able to capture the opponents attacking piece the very next move.

The final way to protect an attacked piece is to counterattack. Pinning or skewering your opponent can do this. For example, if your opponent threatens to take your rook, but you are able to threaten to capture your opponent’s queen, then your opponent is likely to surrender the attack and to defensively move his or her queen.

The Best Chess Move

2011-04-21T05:13:00.005+08:00

When playing a game of chess it is always important to not get rushed and make a simple mistake. Too often a chess player will see a good or decent move and jump quickly to make that move. What is often overlooked is making the best move possible. Getting in a hurry or getting overly confident in your skills leads to making this simple mistake. Chess is a game that requires a well thought out plan and strategy if you want to win on a consistent basis.

People in general have a tendency to look for the easiest path to follow and it is no different in playing chess. While there may be an option to skewer your opponent‘s pieces, you may have overlooked the possible checkmate in two more moves that you could have made. This tendency to leap towards the first move that appears to you is a mistake that many inexperienced chess players will make.

There are multiple books, software, and web sites that offer tactical skills improvement exercises. These are very good for you to be able to look for the best move instead of looking for the easiest move. When you look at one of these tactical exercises you will be able to say to yourself “what would I have done in that situations?” Then you will be able to see what the best move is. Did your instinct move match the best move offered as the solution in the exercise? If not you may not be taking the time to look for the best possible move. These tactical exercises may seem somewhat mundane, but if you really want to improve then you need to spend time focusing on them so that you can consistently look for the best move each and every move.

You Have To Develop Your Pieces

2011-04-17T14:47:00.002+08:00

When playing a game of chess it is important to develop all of your primary pieces early on in the game. If you have primary pieces that are still sitting on the back rank by the time you reach the middle game, then you have given your opponent an advantage in the game. All pieces need to be developed in order for you to have the tactical advantage in the game. Often times a player will leave a rook sitting on the back rank doing absolutely nothing. If you find yourself doing this, then you need to change. A rook is a very valuable piece and leaving it sitting safely tucked in the back rank is creating a situations where you are basically giving your opponent a one piece advantage.

A general rule of thumb is to move each piece once before moving any piece twice. This may seem very difficult to achieve in game play, but it does provide a great advantage to you if you are able to carry out this strategy. If you are able to safely develop all of your pieces early on in the game you will definitely have a lead in tempo over your opponent. Conversely, if you play too conservatively, you will allow your opponent to gain tempo and your opponent will be able to put you on the defense for the entire game.

Do not forget to develop your king by castling. Generally this is done on the king’s side, not the queen‘s side. This is also usually done during the opening, or within the first fifteen moves of the game. A winning strategy is one where you are able to develop and cautiously advance your pieces before your opponent has the chance to do the same.

A Winning Chess Player Attitude

2011-04-17T14:45:00.000+08:00

A chess player‘s attitude probably has as much to do with winning and improving their chess game than anything else. A chess player can spend months reading books, practicing games, and memorizing openings, but if that chess player does not posses the winning attitude he or she will only advance so far in his or her abilities.

I am not going to suggest that you need to be an overly joyous soul to be good at chess, but you do need to work on some attitudinal skills such as confidence, respect, determination, discipline, etc. All of these traits can help make you a better chess player and perhaps a better person. Confidence in your game and your skills does not equal an arrogant person, confidence means that you know you are an intelligent person with some chess skills who could beat anyone on a given day. Confidence means that you are approaching the game with an attitude that you can in fact win the game at hand if you play well.

Respect for other players is important as well since you do not want to take an opponent so lightly that you do not try your best when you play. Determination means that you are willing to put in the practice and time that it takes to become a great chess player. If you look towards grand masters as people you would like to emulate, then understand that they got to where they are by practicing, studying, and learning from their mistakes.

Finally discipline is needed to have a winning attitude. The discipline to critically think through your moves, the discipline to sit and analyze the games that you have played, and the discipline to analyze the games of the chess greats is needed to develop a winning attitude. Disciplining yourself into good study habits will definitely help improve your game and your attitude.

Original Article : 101ChesTips.com

Chess Puzzles and Problems

2011-01-09T06:34:00.001+08:00

Solving chess puzzles or problems is a whole lot of fun, isn't it? As all of us are well aware, we put a lot of effort into keeping our bodies fit. Gyms and hundreds of magazines and videos tell us how to do it. But what keeps our brains fit?

Well, the chess puzzles and problems that you will find in the Academy are a good start. As long as you have the discipline to try to find the solution yourself before jumping to the lesson, you should derive great enjoyment and benefits out of them.

As you will see, they vary between combinations, openings, middle games, endgames, and everything else there is. One of the more intriguing features about them is that you won't know in advance what you are looking for. All you will know is whose move it is. The rest is up to you!

The idea is for these chess puzzles and problems to simulate as well as possible a real life situation. During a real game nobody notifies you that you should be looking for a queen sacrifice or a great positional maneuver, right? It is up to you to study the position and decide what the best move would be right there.

In the Academy's training environment your task is very similar. The only advantage you have over a real game is that by showing you the position I am letting you know that something special is about to happen. Figuring out what exactly is your job!

Ampang Aidilfitri Open Chess Championship 2010

2010-09-29T21:32:00.000+08:00

Ampang Aidilfitri Open Chess Championship
Date: 2 October 2010 (Saturday)
Venue:Galeri Tingkat 4, Menara MPAJ, Jalan Pandan Utama, Pandan Indah Kuala Lumpur

Please come for register before 9 am

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Free Jamuan Raya
Lots of prizes
Lot of fun
See you there!

Speed Chess - Tournament

2010-07-26T20:39:00.000+08:00

Playing tournament chess - Speed chess

In speed chess the players might be required to make all their moves in anywhere from three minutes to five minutes. At these fast rates of play an exciting game of chess can be played.

If you decide to play in tournaments there are certain formalities that you'll have to observe. Tournaments are run by arbor tours or controllers. These officials are always ready to advise new players about the rules and regulations of the game. Although it is against the rules to ask anyone For advice about which move to play on the board when the game is in progress.

Playing tournament chess - tips

2010-07-20T02:00:00.000+08:00

If you decide to play in tournaments there are certain for maladies that you'll have to observe. Tournaments are run by arbor tours or controllers. These officials are always ready to advise new players about the rules and regulations of the game. Although it is against the rules to ask anyone Ford vice about which move to play on the board when I game is in progress.

Playing tournament chess - Keeping score

When you enter a tournament you will be expected to keep an accurate record of all the moves of the game. You can keep an accurate record on that score sheet. You will keep this record just in case a dispute arises.

To keep score he will need to be familiar with algebraic notation.

Playing tournament chess - Clocks

At the tournament level you will be expected to use a chess clock. The chess clock is a device with two clock faces. One face will show the amount of time used by white in the other side will show the amount of time used by black. The clocks can be started by using a button or a switch. While you are thinking about a move your clock will be running.
Once you've made your move you press your button to stop your side of the clock and start your opponent's clock. The clocks in sure that games proceed on schedule and that each player has the same amount of time as the other. Before the clocks were used games could last a very very long time.

Playing tournament chess - Time limit

When using a chess clock you will be expected to make a certain amount of moves in a certain amount of time. In international play 40 moves within 2 1/2 hours would be considered typical. Meaning that the first session lasts a maximum of five hours and during that time each player has to make 40 moves.
More moves can be played, but many players prefer to stop at the 40th move so that they can think about their position during a break.

Playing tournament chess - The sealed move

If the game is unfinished at the end of a session 1 of the players will seal a move. One of player seals the move this means that the player decided on their next move and wrote it down on the score sheet but the move is not played on the chess board. At the beginning of the next session is when the seal the move is revealed.

Playing tournament chess - Adjudication

If for some reason you have a fixed amount of time to play in the game is unfinished a judge can be called then to determine the winner of the game. Obviously the judge must be someone who is a very very strong player, he or she must assess what the result of the game would be if both players were to continue in the correct way.

If you decide to play in tournaments there are certain formalities that you'll have to observe. Tournaments are run by arbor tours or controllers. These officials are always ready to advise new players about the rules and regulations of the game. Although it is against the rules to ask anyone For advice about which move to play on the board when the game is in progress.

Back To Basic Part 3

2010-07-13T13:42:00.000+08:00

The opening of the game in chess

The opening is the first part of the game of chess. This is weighing each player brings out their pieces and raised them for battle.
The principles of the opening

Gain control of the center of the board when you began the game of chess you'll want to put your pieces in the center of the board and the reason why is because the center of the board offers you the most opportunities of movement you could consider the middle of the board has a high ground.

Don't move the same piece twice in the opening of the game.

Don't bring out the clean early in the game.

Make moves that she multiple goals

Castle early in the game.

The middle game in chess

The middle game is weighing a most of the chess pieces have been developed.

Mobility. Mobility means a better position for you. The more mobility earpiece is half the more flexible you can be with you or chess piece movements. And remember the center of the board offers the most mobility.

King safety. Guard a you're king, this is always important, but especially important during the middle part of the game.

Pawn structure. You will want to have a strong pawn structure. You will want to defend your chest army with your least valuable pieces. This means the pawns. Use your ponds to defend the stronger pieces on the board in this way you'll be better able to attack with your strong pieces rather than having to constantly defend the strong pieces.

The ending of the game in chess

When most of the chess pieces have been exchanged between the two players the final part of the game has started. When you play the endgame it requires great focus because a single move can remove a winning strategy.

A lot of endings are drawn because neither opponent has enough material to win the game. Draws can be achieved in different ways.
The game can end by agreement.

By perpetual check. If the position is repeated three times with the same player having the right to move in then game is drawn. An example of this is when one of the players can get checked move after move and at the same time the opponent can move out though of the check.

A draw can be achieved by the 50 move rule. The 50 move rule is when both sides have played 50 successes moves without advancing upon or making a capture.

A draw can be achieved by stalemate.

A check is in move that threatens an opponent's king with capture. If you're king is threatened with a check you must make a move so that the King is saved.

A check can lead to checkmate. A checkmate is weighing the caning is in check and cannot escape. Obviously this is the object of every chess game. To get checkmate use moves that both attack the enemy king and prevents your opponent from making any countermoves to get away from attack. If you checkmate your opponent again and again - the game is over and you have won because the king can not get out of check.

How To Play Chess (Back To Basic) - Part 2

2010-07-06T08:06:00.000+08:00

Chess Board

Good manners: chess

In chess there are things called good etiquette. Good etiquette is like good manners in chess to move the peace once you have touched it is considered good etiquette. This is often known as the touch move rule. In competition is rule is strictly enforced.

If one of your pieces is not squarely positioned in its square UK and adjust its if you first say "I adjust". Although most traditionalists will say it in French "j adoube".

How the pieces of chess move

I'm the first move of the game for the pawn it is allowed to move forward one or two squares. After this though a pawn and can only move one square at a time.

The pawn can move forward but not backwards. Paul's are the least powerful pieces on board name because they are restricted in their movements.

Pawn promotion: chess

We know pawns are not as powerful as other pieces, but they can have a great influence on again. A pawn and can be promoted to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight or whatever the player who owns it chooses to make it. The only exception is it cannot be a King. It can be promoted once it reaches its eighth route which is the very end of the opposite side of the board. A player can promote more than one pawn. You can even make all of your pawns a queen.

Since the queen is the most powerful piece on the chess board a player who promotes a pawn and usually chooses to make it a queen.

The knights in chess

The night is considered one of the minor pieces of the chess sets. The other being the bishop. The bishop and the night are roughly equal in strength in each of them is worth about three pardons. The night and the bishop are not as powerful and therefore less valuable thing rooks and queens.

A night moves and Anne L. shaped pattern. This L-shaped can be made in any direction it can travel to squares and a one square or it can move one square and then to squares. The night is the own chess piece that can jump over other pieces on the chess board. Then I can capture a piece so long as it lands I this way or that piece is occupying.

The bishop in chess

A bishop can move diagonally and can move along and number of squares until it is blocked by another piece. Each player will have two bishops. You will have a bishop on a light-colored square any other bishop will be on a dark colored square. The move diagonally odd in that color square a start on.

The rook in chess

The rook is considered a stronger piece compared to the night or bishop. A rook is worth about the same as the bishop and to pawns. Chess the rooks and Queens are considered the major pieces on the board. The rook like the bishop can move in any amount of squares in a straight line until it is blocked by his way or that is occupied by another piece.

The queen in chess

The queen is considered the most powerful piece on the chess board. The queen is the most powerful piece on the board because it can move will move amount of squares 80 to all eight different directions. The queen can move forwards, backwards, and move left or right and along all diagonals.

The value of the pieces in chess

In a chess set, the clean and of the rook are the major pieces since they have the most power on the board. The less invaluable pieces on the board that are considered minor pieces all the night's and the bishops. Each piece has an approximate value.

A pawn is considered one unit of strength

A queen is worth nine pawns

A rook is worth five pawns

A bishop is worth three pawns

Knights are worth three pawns

These are rough values but they can help you decide what pieces to capture if you have two options and are not certain which of your opponent's piece is you should capture. Giving the pieces values can also help you determine which person is ahead in the game.

The King in chess

The king is the most important piece of the game. He must be guarded very carefully. Because if you're king is checked Mated then the game is over and you will have lost.

The king can move in any direction one square at a time. The king can also capture other pieces just like all the other pieces. You can not make them move that places you're king and check.

Castling in chess

Castling is a special move that involves both the king and the rook. It is the only time that a player can move to pieces on the same turn. Castling was invented during the 16th century as a way of making the game faster. But in order to use this technique the king and the rook must still be in their starting positions. Castling can only be done by each player once during the game. Castling is when the king and the rook move side by side.

Check and checkmate in chess

Check

A check is in move that threatens an opponent's king with capture. If you're king is threatened with a check you must make a move so that the King is saved.

Checkmate

A check can lead to checkmate. A checkmate is weighing the caning is in check and cannot escape. Obviously this is the object of every chess game
Castling is a special move that involves both the king and the rook. It is the only time that a player can move to pieces on the same turn. Castling was invented during the 16th century as a way of making the game faster. But in order to use this technique the king and the rook must still be in their starting positions. Castling can only be done by each player once during the game. Castling is when the king and the rook move side by side.

Back To Basic - Part 1

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Playing the game: chess

The purpose to the game of chess is to trap your opponents can also known as checkmate or check. To get checkmate use a snaking move that both attacks the enemy king and prevents your opponent from making a countermove to get away from attack. If you checkmate your opponent again is over and you have won because the king can not get out of check.

You can also win if your opponent decides to resign, or forfeit from the gain. And point me resign if he or she feels that their position is hopeless and that it is only a matter of time before you deliver the checkmate.

If neither person enforce the checkmate again is consider a draw. A draw would happen if each player has only came remaining on the board or if both players think that neither of them has much of a chance of winning. Or again can be draw on my stalemate, and stalemate is win the player whose turn it is to move cannot make any legal moves but is not in check. Again this only happens when there are very few pieces left on the board.

The start of the game: chess

At the beginning of a game white is always the first person to move. A player must take his or her turn to move they cannot refuse to do a move. Each person is only allowed to move their own chess pieces and not their opponents. Only in one piece can occupy one square at a time.

Every piece died in the chess board is allowed to move only in a certain way.

To take a piece off the board from your opponent which is also known as to capture, you must move one of your pieces so that it will's I square that has one of your opponents pieces. You can then remove that piece from the chess board removing it from the game. Although there is a way of capturing your opponent's piece without landing on a square but this is called the en passant move, which we will explain later on.

World Chess Champion 2010!!!

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The World Chess Championship 2010 match pitted the defending world champion, Viswanathan Anand, against challenger Veselin Topalov, for the title of World Chess Champion. The match took place in Sofia, Bulgaria from April 24 to May 13, 2010, with a prize fund of 2 million euros (60% to the winner). In a dramatic finish, Anand won the match 6½–5½ to retain the title.
The match was to be twelve games, with tie-breaks if necessary, the same format and length as the 2006 and 2008 matches.

The start of the match ended up being delayed by one day, due to air travel disruptions caused by the volcanic ash emissions from Eyjafjallajökull. Anand was booked on a flight from Frankfurt to Sofia on April 16, and was stranded due to disruption of all air travel. He asked for a three day postponement, which was refused by the organizers on April 19. Anand finally reached Sofia on April 20, after a 40-hour road journey. The first game was consequently delayed by one day.

Source : http://www.anand-topalov.com/

Chess Tips by a Grandmaster...

2010-03-24T20:20:00.000+08:00

Are Chess Tips Useful?

Of course they are! Like in any other game, tips can be very helpful for rapid improvement. Unfortunately, chess is such a complex game that just a few tips are not enough to allow you to jump to the next level.

Here are some very general tips that you will hopefully find helpful. Lets have a look :)

General Chess Tips - Openings

Chess Tip #1: Opening Choice

Make sure you choose openings that fit your style. If you are a tactical player, do not choose the English opening with white, and the French Defense with black, for instance.

Chess Tip #2: Time to Learn

When you select an opening, make sure you have the time necessary to master it. Some openings, like the Sicilian Defense, are incredibly vast and complex and require countless hours to learn and understand. If you do not have the time, pick openings that are more "compact."

Chess Tip #3: Develop First

Do not succumb to the temptation of going after your opponent right away. Remember, the opening is the phase of the game where you are trying to deploy your forces. Whenever you are getting ready to make a move in the opening, ask yourself if it fulfills the goal of development.

Chess Tip #4: Fight for the Center

Do not give up the center! Always remember the importance of the center of the chess board. Make sure your pieces are developed in such a way that they can contribute to the fight for the center which is almost sure to occur later on.

Chess Tip #5: Be Aware of Gambits

Gambits are quite common in the opening phase of the game. When you are tempted to take the pawn you are being offered, always make sure that you know what your opponent's ulterior motive is!

General Chess Tips - Middle Game

Chess Tip #6: Make the Transition

Your goals during the middle game are very different from those in the opening. When the time comes, make sure you take a moment to acknowledge the end of the opening phase, and set your strategy for the next phase.

Chess Tip #7: What is He Doing?

Remember, the game of chess involves two players, not just you. No matter how enamored you are with your own plans, make sure you always ask yourself about your opponent's intentions.

Chess Tip #8: Know When to Calculate

You are not a computer. You can not calculate countless moves ahead on every single move. Develop a sense as to when you should spend a lot of thinking time calculating, and when you can get away with using your intuition.

Chess Tip #9: Don't Stop

If you are in the middle of calculating a combination, make sure you don't stop too early. Analyze in your head the final position and assure yourself that you have gone deep enough.

Chess Tip #10: Have a Plan

As obvious as this sounds, the fact is that players often forget to look at the big picture and make sure the moves they are making are part of a bigger plan. Do not make this mistake!

General Chess Tips - Endgame

Chess Tip #11: Role of the King

Remember that in the endgame the king is not a liability anymore. Instead of having to protect him, you can actually use him as a very dangerous weapon!

Chess Tip #12: Calculate More

Now that so many pieces are off the board, you can take the time to calculate more often and deeper than before. Do not let your opponent surprise you with a move you haven't thought of!

Chess Tip #13: Study Endgames

There are many endgames that you can just not win during the game if you don't already know how. So dedicate some of your preparation to the endgame, and focus on those you are most likely to encounter.

Chess Tip #14: Avoid Time Pressure

Tournament chess revolves around time controls, and the last thing you want is to lose a game because of time. Pace yourself to make sure you will have enough time left when nearing the time control.

Chess Tip #15: Analyze Your Games

No matter what the result of the game was, make sure you take the time to carefully go over it. Nothing helps you learn better than your own mistakes!

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Three Types of Draws

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Stalemate is not the only draw that can be achieved in the game of chess, although it is the most well known. The other two types of draws include the fifty-move rule and the three-fold repetition. If you are looking for the win then you want to avoid draws as much as possible and have the game result in a checkmate instead of a draw.
A stalemate is when it is your opponent's turn, but they have no legal moves that they can make. This means that the king is the only piece that can be moved, but it cannot be moved into check. Remember that it is illegal for a king to place himself in check. This results in the draw by way of stalemate. Neither player wins the game.
The fifty move rule is when there are no pawn movements and no captures for fifty consecutive moves. If a pawn move or a capture takes place, then the count resets to zero and begins again. Upon reaching fifty moves either player may claim a draw and again no one wins the game. Typically this happens when both players only have one or two pieces left on the board.
The three-fold repetition says that if the exact same position occurs on the board three times during a game, either player may claim a draw. Sometimes this is done on accident, other times it is forced by placing an opponent in check over and over again. Think of being able to take a picture of the board three different times during a game and the pictures come out identical to each other.
Try to avoid these draws so that you are able to come away with an official win. Avoid these by watching out for them and being sure to look for every opportunity to place your opponent in checkmate.