Author: Suprema Chess

Young Player Behavior in a Chess Tournament

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You are supposed to know the rules before you play in a tournament. Nevertheless, it happens regularly that a player does something illegal. This may lead to a sanction.

Touch and move: If you touch a piece, you have to move it, except if it is impossible, of course. As long as your hand has not left the piece on a new square, it can be placed on any accessible square. From the moment, you let it go, it is played. If you don’t know this rule, it can be an expensive one. As an example, watch this game that went:

1. e4 – e5
2. e4xd5 – Qxd5

Then, white, by mistake, touched his king. That meant, he had to play it. The king could only move to e2, then black moved his queen to e4 and it was a checkmate. A very humiliating way to lose. So in … Read More

Homeschool Games Make Learning Fun

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chessBejeweled 2, the sequel of Bejeweled, is a classic puzzle game. This game too has been developed by Popcap games. This popular game is available on the iPhone as well. This game is so popular that gambling websites like and gaming websites too have offered this game for surfers of the web. This game is fiercely contested on all online portals.

Chess strategy is concerned with evaluation of chess positions and with setting up goals and long-term plans for the future play. During the evaluation, players must take into account numerous factors such as the value of the pieces on the board, control of the center and centralization, the pawn structure , king safety, and the control of key squares or groups of squares (for example, diagonals, open files, and dark or light squares).

My understanding of the chess learning process deepened when I started teaching a young fellow by … Read More

‘Queen Of Chess’ Abandons Gibraltar Match To Protest Pairing

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chessLearning all of these subjects was an eye-opening experience, as I had no idea there was such a vast amount to learn. In fact, as I mentioned before there is still a lot left for me to work on! But I have always been a student of learning as well as a student of whatever subject I am studying, and I was left with a feeling that there was something missing from the process that could have made it easier, or perhaps more efficient.

Coordinate style notations can be more difficult to read then the other two types. The checker board, which is made up of alternating white and black squares is laid out like a grid with letters and numbers depicting the rows and columns of the board. In coordinate recording, each move is indicated by the start point on the grid to the end point of each piece … Read More

You Tube Private Channel Creation As An Adjunct To Linear Corporate Dvd Distribution

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Play free online chess and connect to our social community. At ChessCube you can live chess and chess tournaments in both standard and Chess960 variants. We have over 2 million users waiting to play bullet chess, blitz chess and long games with you.

On those days when you are in the mood to tickle your intellectual skills, hit the Puzzles link at for a variety of brain tickling challenges. You can play Robert Langdon and crack the encrypted codes to get the Da Vinci Code feeling. Or try worming out of tough Labyrinths. Or piece together intricate jigsaws.

Howard Staunton (1810-1874) dominated British chess as a player, journalist, author, and organizer in the middle of the nineteenth century. In 1835 Nathaniel Cook designed and named a chess set for Howard Staunton. Staunton’s promotion of the set as the standard led to it being known as the Staunton pattern and is … Read More

The Quickest Way To Win At Chess

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chessIvory chess sets have a long and distinguished history, going back nearly to the advent of the game itself. Ivory has been used for many centuries in the construction of chess sets. Some of the earliest chess pieces still in existence are made of ivory.

Obviously, to be called a club, players are needed as well. A ploy that always works is to increase membership by giving existing players solid recognition and adequate publicity about their matches. Don’t just advertise the aims of the club; emphasize the benefits too! There is always a need for donations of equipment and time from parents, and the organizing team should be unhesitant to ask for them. Still confused on how to present your call for membership? Try telling everyone that chess is a fantastic way to socialize and get smart!

Gr8 game Loving the game just if two things can be adressed than … Read More