Do you know how to do the Knight’s Tour? About Knight’s Tour Problem… The Knight’s Tour Problem was first introduced over 200 years ago, by the great mathematician Leonhard Euler. He simply asked, “Would it be possible for a chess knight to travel the entire chessboard (assuming legal L-shaped chess moves), so that each and […]
Inspiring young minds
Chess masters teach kids new tricksWednesday – 3/21/2012, 4:29am ETAndrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com WASHINGTON – Some of the youngest chess masters in America paid a visit to a local students Tuesday night. Students involved in the after school program, Chess Challenge in D.C., got a rare chance to learn from – if not be humbled by […]
Special chess tactic
White to move. How would you assess this position? Black is threatening Nh7, Ng5 then Nf3+ 5n2/P3p3/3pP3/1P1P3P/4p3/1p2P1pk/1P4p1/6K1 w – – 0 1 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Lewis Chessmen: Humor Is Cultural
The Lewis Chessmen: Humor Is Cultural Medieval figures enchant at the MetBy Betsy KimCreated: March 20, 2012Last Updated: March 20, 2012 NEW YORK—The diminutive, delicately carved, 12th century Lewis chessmen face off in an endgame at the Cloisters, the branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the art of the Middle Ages. Their […]