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Even the game of chess is now influenced by the innovation in technology making it state-of-the-art that is more complex. The advantage of this innovation is that you can play chess and computer at the same time. However, the same principles of the game applied in this form of chess game. You still need to plan efficient move early in the opening.
Do you know that there are 20 possible moves if the white starts the game? The possible moves that white can make is by moving any pawn forward in two positions or move in two different ways the knights. Any move taken from the 20 possible moves will make the white win the game. On the other hand, the black also has 20 possible moves depending on the first move or opening of the white. As we know that chess is a game that offers all possible moves [...] Continue Reading…
Most people who play chess games, especially those who are not very experienced, tend to lose very quickly. Sometimes, they just lose within the chess opening (very first ten movements or so). They have trouble in figuring out the square where they would be able to place their bishops as well as the knights so that they can castle immediately and move on to the next stage, which is the middle game. This is the reason why many chess players are spending most of their time and effort in learning the basic chess openings and the advanced chess openings as well.
The first rule in the opening game is to develop all the chess pieces before anything else. This is getting out your knights first and getting your pawns to the squares at the center. The control of the center squares is very important in the game of chess. In [...] Continue Reading…
Chess is a board game for two players, each controlling 16 pieces. The pieces are moved following strict rules. The objective of the game is to over power the king of the opponent into a situation where in it can not escape. It is widely termed as “checkmate”. To checkmate a king, is to weaken the position of each piece on opponents square by your own pieces using your tactics and strategy.
Over the century, the face of playing chess has changed but the concepts and rules remain the same. So, still, a game of tricky tactics and skillful strategy remains a remarkable feature of the chess game.
With the rise of competitive chess, it leads to the question of “should a player be permitted to spend enormous amount of time just to make his move?” in the past, chess was governed by an unwritten amateur freedom that allowed unrestrained time [...] Continue Reading…
Chess is a board game that needs keen and wise decision to counteract the opponent. Just like any other game, chess has three parts of the game such as the opening, middle and closing. Chess openings widely differs in character in which a player can make a quiet positional play or surprise the opponent with a tactical play. Beginners in this game should learn first the principles of a good opening. There are numerous chess books that you can buy and study the specific openings that you can apply in a real chess game. However, some enthusiast learns this game only by watching the actual game without referring to a book. Sometimes non-book learners are wiser than those who learn chess theoretically from books. Thus, it is important that you learn the good opening principles that will you adapt to the moves of your opponent.
Controlling the center of [...] Continue Reading…
Movement of the Queen
As you might have known the Queen is the most powerful piece in chess. In the physical appearance none of the pieces is taller than it other than the King. The Queen is able to move in versatile ways combining the movements of the Rook and the Bishop. The Queen can move in so many directions. It can move in any direction but it cannot change the direction in the middle of a move. It can move along the entire length of any rank, file, or on the diagonal on which it stands so long as there are no obstacles. The Queen can have two types of obstacles its way: friendly men which cannot be displaced or jumped over and the enemy men, which can be captured and removed from the board.
How the Knight moves and captures.
A Knight is characterized by a ridden horse in it. [...] Continue Reading…
Perhaps, you still remember that every pawn, the first time it moves, has the option of moving two squares forward instead of just one.Also, pawns capture diagonally, and not the way they movement passant is a special rule that allows the Black pawn to capture the white pawn as if it had only moved one square.En passant is a French term meaning “in passing”.En passant is only possible if the conditions below are fulfilled:
-The pawn which is doing the capturing must be in the fifth rank if it’s a white pawn, or the fourth rank,if it’s a Black pawn.
-The pawn which is capturing and the pawn which is being captured should be on adjacent ranks.
-The pawn which is to be captured should be on its original square
-The pawn which is to be captured must advance two squares in one move.
-The opposite pawn captures the pawn that has advanced two [...] Continue Reading…
The diversity and richness of chess today is credited to the many contributions of the predecessor players. The chess notation is one of the heritage bestowed on us by the chess ancestors. The first chess book was actually written in Persia about 1400 years ago.
The method of designating squares on the chessboard is today accepted by nearly all countries. Each square on the chessboard has a name which is made up of one of the letters from a to h followed by a number 1 to 8.Therefore the corner squares which the White Rooks occupy are always designated as a1 and h1,whereas a8 and h8 show the location of the Black Rooks.
Each vertical column of eight squares is known as a ‘file’. The first eight letters of the alphabet,a,b,c,d,e,f,g, and h, starting from the left on the white’s side are used to designate the files. Meanwhile the ‘rank’ [...] Continue Reading…
Are you a beginner in playing chess? If you are a beginner then this session will be really helpful to you. You are a beginner in playing chess so you should know the rules of the game well. This session is not to teach you the rules and the procedures of the game to make you to start up with chess. This is to make you move one step higher from the level of beginners.
Are you interested to move one step higher from beginner level? If you are really interested to increase your potential of chess game playing then this context will be more useful for you. Before you know about these steps you should do one thing so that you can enrich your skill to all higher levels. Don’t panic! That is nothing but you should be familiar with the rules of the game always. Unless you know [...] Continue Reading…
The internet today is a valuable tool for the fun and enjoyment of playing chess games. More and more people who love the chess games are playing the internet chess because it is more convenient and easy to play online. Furthermore, playing chess games online is the best place to practice and enhance your chess skills.
Improving chess games online can be through the chess websites’ tutorials and training services. Also, it can be through chess lessons and puzzles offered in a chess website. There are also forums and blogs on chess games where registered chess players can find great tricks from other chess players about winning a game. Furthermore, it can also be the online chess game playing where you can really improve your chess skills.
Playing on these chess websites, whether they are free or requires premium pays can allows you to achieve experiences at a chess board in [...] Continue Reading…
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