Christmas Chess Special – 5 Classes for only $25 each. Only available till Dec 25th!
Posted on December 4, 2011 by William in Non-Chess related
The holidays are around the corner and I wanted to make an exciting announcement that from now until Christmas I’m offering a huge discount on my classes. You can buy a package of 5 classes for only $25 per class. This means I’m taking a whopping 30% off my regular $36 class-to-class rate. I will be making these classes transferable so you can use them for yourself or as a great Christmas gift. Why 5 […]
3 Biggest Beginner Chess Mistakes
Posted on December 19, 2011 by William in Beginner’s Corner, General Chess Articles
Beginner chess players often make the same mistakes over and over again, preventing them from taking their game to the next level. This repetition of errors causes many beginner chess players to give up the game altogether in a brash display of hopelessness. If you can’t identify your mistakes, you will never be able to evaluate your flaws and fix them. These are the 3 Biggest Beginner Chess Mistakes I’ve seen throughout my chess career: […]
Chess. Just Another Leisure Game? What is it Good For Anyway?
Posted on December 18, 2011 by iPlayooChess in Beginner’s Corner, General Chess Articles
The story goes like this: when Genghis Khan couldn’t occupy a town for 30 days he said to his strategists: think! They thought and they made a special table with wood pieces of own and enemy forces – warriors, cavaliers, martial carts. Actually they constructed a board on which they planned their strategy and tactics (from Who invented chess?, article in Weekly Mirror). Learning military and life strategy through chess Wargames on two-dimensional board with […]
Posted on December 18, 2011 by iPlayooChess in Beginner’s Corner, General Chess Articles
The story goes like this: when Genghis Khan couldn’t occupy a town for 30 days he said to his strategists: think! They thought and they made a special table with wood pieces of own and enemy forces – warriors, cavaliers, martial carts. Actually they constructed a board on which they planned their strategy and tactics (from Who invented chess?, article in Weekly Mirror). Learning military and life strategy through chess Wargames on two-dimensional board with […]
Chess Ingenuity Vs. Nerves + Time, Starring Vassily Ivanchuk
Posted on December 16, 2011 by Arkham in All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles
The great Alexander Alekhine once said, “The fact that a player is very short of time is to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.” Although quite heavy in his reasoning, it holds no weight in the accelerated form of chess where each player has only five minutes to make all his moves. It’s […]
Posted on December 16, 2011 by Arkham in All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles
The great Alexander Alekhine once said, “The fact that a player is very short of time is to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.” Although quite heavy in his reasoning, it holds no weight in the accelerated form of chess where each player has only five minutes to make all his moves. It’s […]
Chess 960 – Strategies for Survival Chess 960 (Fischer Random Chess)
Posted on December 15, 2011 by charlesgalofre in All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles, Strategy & Game Review
Have you heard of Fischer random chess well maybe you have or maybe you haven’t. In this article we are going to tell you a couple strategies to keep in mind when you play Fischer random chess. Before giving a breakdown on some strategies lets make sure we know exactly what the game is and why it is what it is. Chess960 (or alternatively Fischer Random Chess) is really a chess alternative created and encouraged […]
Posted on December 15, 2011 by charlesgalofre in All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles, Strategy & Game Review
Have you heard of Fischer random chess well maybe you have or maybe you haven’t. In this article we are going to tell you a couple strategies to keep in mind when you play Fischer random chess. Before giving a breakdown on some strategies lets make sure we know exactly what the game is and why it is what it is. Chess960 (or alternatively Fischer Random Chess) is really a chess alternative created and encouraged […]
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