The Chess Club

The king is the cornerstone of the chess game. If you loss the king then you are totally incapacitated as the King is very vital in the chess game. If you lose any other piece you can still manage to play on, but if you lose the King, you lose the game automatically. The movements of the King is in many ways similar to that of the Queen. The only difference is that you have to move one square at a time. Therefore it can move forwards, backwards, sideways, or diagonally.

The King controls eight squares, as it always does [...] Continue Reading…

The Rook enjoys great freedom of action as it can cross the entire board by just making a single move. The only disadvantage is that it cannot change direction in the middle of a move.Therefore, on an empty board; a Rook can reach any of the 14 squares just by making a single move, while it can reach any of the other squares by making just two moves in two different ways.

It should be understood that capturing in chess is optional. It however feels good to capture an enemy since this will weaken him. This will result in a [...] Continue Reading…

This article is closely related to the article on chess notation. As you may have already learnt,chess notation is a special kind of language in which each square and man has a name, so it is easy to record positions and moves. The notation adopted in this article is the international algebraic notation.

Mastering the notation system will enable you to easily read chess books and articles easily. Once you have mastered the system you will find it very easy to play the chess game.

The algebraic notation is based on the grid system. Each file is designated by a letter, [...] Continue Reading…

Once you have known all the rules of the chess game, you need to practice frequently in order to become a master in the game. One and a half hours of daily practice can increase your mastery of the game in quite a big way. You can practice with anyone from amateurs to experts to measure your strength.

There are many ways in which you can make your first move.i.e 16 pawn moves and 4 Knight moves. All these moves are, however, not good from the onset. The following points should guide you when you are starting the game:

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It is imperative that you know the value of the various men so that you make an informed decision when you trade your men. You certainly don’t want to give up a strong one for a weak one. If a player discovers that you actually don’t know the relative value of your men, he can exploit that and trade his weaker men for your stronger ones. He can consequently use this advantage to checkmate or to queen a pawn and then to checkmate.

The value of a chessman is determined by the maneuverability and range, the number of squares it [...] Continue Reading…

Famous Chess Servers on the Internet

Chess, which is considered the “sport of kings”, is believed to have started in India approximately during the 6th Century A.D. It was derived from a Chaturanga, a game that was created by an Indian philosopher to symbolize two armies at war. Since that time, this board game managed to grow in popularity and has spread in many parts of the world, starting in Asia, and later followed by Japan and China. Until today, chess remains one of the world’s most popular games, played and enjoyed by millions of people from all walks of [...] Continue Reading…

Larry Evans, Walter Browne, Pal Benko and of course Bobby Fischer! Thought you may have heard the names somewhere? Chess! They were the famous chess master during the James Bond era. If you are a chess enthusiast, surely you are familiar with their histories in the chess world. But without doubt, their sovereignty over the chess table happened a long time ago. And the outlooks of people on chess have changed dramatically since Fischer step down from his world championship crown in 1975.

Chess is a game played by two. Face to face over the chess table where the chessboard [...] Continue Reading…

FIDE’s credibility in the World of Chess

If you are planning to get a title in the world of Chess try applying in Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) or World Chess Federation. But the question is, is FIDE credible enough to organize world chess championship? FIDE or World Chess Federation is the international governing body of chess competitions founded on July 20, 1924. It aims to unite the various national chess federation around the world. It is the one responsible in organizing World Chess Tournaments. In some instances, FIDE’s credibility to organize World Championship was questioned. Even the reigning Grand [...] Continue Reading…

The online websites on chess games has portrayed a very important role in popularizing the chess game today. Now it is relatively easy for players of chess to access different resources in chess games such as tutorials, chess puzzles, game analysis, and even shop high quality equipments of chess through internet. Some chess grandmasters and some international chess masters have also designed and created chess websites of their own to be able to share their knowledge to all chess players who wants to seriously learn stuffs about chess.

Most of chess players today are playing the online chess games because [...] Continue Reading…

To play chess online is really fun and exciting. It offers certain alternatives to the traditional methods of chess game play such as OTB or over the board game play where chess players play against live or human opponents. In this kind of chess game, chess players sit together in front of a board in the computer and play a live chess game. It uses real time environments where the bullet chess games, blitz chess, and rapid games of chess can be played. Time controls and time management are being enforced for both of the chess players.

Another is the [...] Continue Reading…