Chess Secrets

There are many things about chess that I will call " chess secrets ", that are never explained in chess books and can't be explained as they occur on a subconscious level. Most chess books are written by chess grandmasters and for them to see plans and concepts comes natural and they often assume that the reader sees what they see. They read a position like a newspaper, and I mean, that they read it fast.

They feel and see the right concept in a given position immediately and start calculating, whereas normal players -non-grandmasters- as we are, have to virtually force themselves mentally to illuminate themselves by going through all this step by step, hammering each concept into our minds to grasp and never forget these ideas.

Chess is not only about memorizing hundreds of opening lines. There is something below the surface that is hard to grasp. Just try to understand the following game. Fritz Chess Program versus No Name. Try to understand why Black has drifted into a lost position. Black has played well, you think....yeah, that's what YOU think.

Both players have developed their pieces. So far so good. BUT what is disturbing in my mind is that Black has not castled but played b6 very early. Well this might mean nothing yet but it POPS UP in the mind of a fine-tuned player. You just notice it. Then you feel the urge to use this to your advantage and try to seize the initiative in the center, where else, playing e4.

Hey! Don't make a silly waste-of-time-move now like a3 or h3 or Bd2! or some other stupid thing. I must formulate a principle to grasp for you or we will get nowhere!

So, here it is!
This move puts pressure on the center and the pawn threatens to go ahead to attack the f6-knight. So what? If this happens the black knight must retreat and this will weaken the kingside.I formulate a new principle now! Memorize it!
This will liberate your sleeping c1-bishop in the long run because it MIGHT come out along the c1-h6 diagonal, but this is just a positive side effect. You have to think about the future, my friend, and increase your possibilities and your development potential. Add up potential in chess.
1.e4 dxe 2.Nxe 0-0
leads us to the following position. Play the last moves up till here in your mind. In a real game you must do this too before you execute your moves.

What now?
You know one thing for sure. Whatever you do, you should play in the center. Now where to go with the queen. I show you another concept.
Queen goes to e2. Why?

to make room for Rd1 to protect the e4-knight to be able to go to e4 to put pressure to e6 which is located IN THE CENTER and near the KINGSIDE because e6 will somehow tends to become weakened because the black white-colored bishop will probably go to b7 as Black has played b6 and will not protect e6 in the future.

3.Qe2 Re8
see diagram below

What now?
Well, you know you should play in the center and this will help you to think about center moves ONLY, avoiding trash moves!

You know that if the black f6-knight gets driven away that this will weaken the kingside.

this move attacks the c6-pawn and limits Black's choices as he probably plays Bb7 which is a mistake, but very hard to see. If Black trades off the Knight playing Nd7xNe5 then your d-pawn recaptures and moves to e5 and DRIVES AWAY the f6-knight. Remember, this is one of our formulated principles: Driving away the kingside knight to weaken the kingside! If Black trades off the e4-knight then your queen recaptures and comes to e4 and threatens to hit or penetrate to h7. To stop this Black has to make pawn moves at the kingside and this will weaken his kingside, making it easier for you to attack it.
4.Ne5 Bb7
leads us to the following position.

What now?
Just relax and look at this position for a moment. What do you see? What are the facts?
I know it is hard, very hard, to see anything for White now.
White's Queen is better placed than Black's Queen because the white queen can go to center square e4 in the future or will attack the kingside when the defending f6-knight gets traded off or moves away in the future.White's kingside knight is better placed than Black's kingside knight that still sits on f6, the original square, whereas White's knight is sitting right in the center on e5, which makes it more powerful.The white queenside knight is placed better on e4 than Black's queenside knight that sits on d7.Black rook is looking a bit funny. It has moved to e8 and weakened f7. You think that this is a crazy thought. But look! F7 is weak!
Hello! I am not gone mad! F7 is weak!
weakens the e6-pawnweakens the kingside

Now switch on your brain and start calculating. Let's see, if you can estimate that this is a winning move.

5.Nxf7 KxN 6.Ng5+ Kg8 (if 6...Kf8 7.Qxe6 and checkmate cannot be avoided)
This leads us to the following chess position below.

Now think, think....

7.Qxe6+ Kh8 (if 7...Kf8? 8.Qf7++)
8.Nf7+ Kg8
9.Nh6+ Kh8
10.Qg8!!+ NxQ (or RxQ)
11.Nf7++ Checkmate

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Chess Tutorial - The Discovered Attack

This is a chess tutorial about the discovered attack. If you overlook this attack you can lose the game right away. Train your mental eye to spot it. You can use this knowledge to win games.

1) 1.Rc8 Rxa 2.Kb6+! and the rook is lost.
2) 1..Qd3+! KxQ 2.BxB+ and Black recaptures the queen after and has regained its piece and is a pawn up.
3) 1...Bxf1+!! 2.QxQ Rxf2+ 3.Kh1 Bg2+ 4.Kg1 Rxe2+ 5.Kh2 Bf3+ and Black recaptures his queen and wins
4) 1.Nxg+ QxN 2.Rxc4+ Qg7 3.QxQ KxQ 4.Rc7+ Kf6 5.f4 big advantage for white.
5) 1.Rd5+! Kc6 (1...KxR? 2.c4+ with loss of queen)2.Rc5+! Kb6 3.Rb5+! Ka6 4.Ra5+! Black can't win...draw
6) 1.Bxh7+ Kh8 2.Bg6+ Kg8 3.Qh7+ Kf8 4.Qf7+#
7) 1...Rxg2+ 2.KxR Nc3 and wins the queen.
8) 1.Bf6! QxQ 2.Rxg7+ Kh8 3.Rxf7+ Kg8 4.Rg7+ Kh8 5.Rxb7+ Kg8 6.Rg7+ Kh8 7.Rg5+ Kh7 8.RxQ and White wins.
9) 1.Rf5+ Kb4 2.Rf4+ and White wins the queen.
10)1.Qe6+ Kh8 2.Bxf! Qg5 3.f4! Qxf 4.QxQ RxQ 5.KxB and White has more material and wins. Here Black had no time to start the mechanics of the discovered attack.

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Chess Tutorials - Your Move - See the Danger!

It's your move - see the dangerous moves of your opponent in these chess tutorials.

1) threat is Qb4+ and wins the bishop
2) "" 1.Nc7+ wins the bishop
3) "" 1.Rh8+ Bf8 2.Qd8+#
4) "" 1.Nd6 followed by 2.Re8
5) "" 1.Rd1 and Black loses the bishop
6) "" 1.Rxa7+ KxR 2.Qa5+#
7) "" 1...Nxe4
8) "" 1.BxNc6 RxR 2.Re8+
9) "" 1...BxBc3 2.bxB QxN 3.QxR QxR+
10) "" 1...Nc5+ and NxR loses the exchange
11) "" 1.Rxe4 would lose the knight
12) "" 1.Rg7+ followed by RxR

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How to play Chess

To understand how to play chess you have to get to know the chess pieces first and understand the objective of the game.

There are 16 white pieces and 16 black pieces.
The board has 64 squares on which your pieces can move.

You have:
1 King
1 Queen
2 Rooks
2 Bishops
2 Knights
8 Pawns

Each piece has a unique character and moves in a special way. See here how the chess board is set up properly and study the different abilities of each chess piece. Learn more about the king and the Chess Pieces and about lines, rows and square description and how to start a game.

Every square has a name depending on its coordinates on the board. For example g2 or f3.

About Checking the King

You can attack the king with a piece. This is called giving a check. The king must move away to get out of the check or destroy the checking piece or move another piece in between the enemy piece and the king to block the check. This is not possible if a knight gives the check because knights can jump and there is no way to block the check of a knight. If a knight checks your king you must either destroy the knight or move away with your king.

Objective of the game

The objective of the game is to checkmate the king. But to achieve this you need to set up your pieces correctly in the first place to get a strong position first and win material or start a strong attack against the enemy king. You should learn to play a good chess opening. This will help you to set your pieces on strong squares right from the start of a game.

Usually you win games because you have won pawns or pieces and thus have more material in the endgame where you can transform one of your pawns into a new queen. If this is possible the opponent will usually resign as it is just a matter of time until you checkmate him with your material advantage. It is just a waste of time to play on if your opponent has a queen or a rook and you got nothing but the king. You will be checkmated sooner or later. Just resign and start a new game.

To understand how to play chess properly you need to learn chess tactics first to understand combinations. After this learn chess strategies and openings, study grandmaster games, analyze your own games and learn from your own mistakes.

Writing down moves

You always write down your moves in serious games played in a chess club or chess tournament. In a serious game always a chess clock is used and a time limit is given. For example, two hours each for 40 moves and one more hour for the next 20 moves. In this case a game can last up to six hours.

When you play a serious game you don't talk with your opponent but concentrate entirely upon your game. A tournament game can last over 4 hours sometimes 6 hours. This depends on the time limit given in a tournament. You are not allowed to talk about your position with somebody else while the game is still is progress.

When the game is finished you shake hands and sign up your score sheet and the score sheet of your opponent. After that you set up the chess pieces properly. Then you give the copy of the score sheet to the tournament organizer. After that you can analyze your game with your opponent in a different room to avoid disturbing the other players.

Learn how to play chess well

If you want to learn how to play chess properly then join a chess club in your town. There you can play every week in club tournaments and teams and you will get a lot of hints and ideas to improve your game and you will get a rating. Buy good chess books and study them to achieve a higher rating and better results. Read these chess tips to improve your chess.

For beginners I recommend Logical Chess - Move by Move by Chernev because every move is explained here.

Another good book for beginners that received very good reviews is the Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess.

Beginner I Start from there.Beginner II.Chess Tactics Learn to see tactical combinations.Chess Openings and learn some decent openings to know how to start a game properly and make strong moves right from the beginning.

Then study

Chess Strategies IChess Strategies IIChess Strategies III

Get practical training at:

Play Chess IPlay Chess IIPlay Chess IIIPlay Chess IVPlay Chess V - Robo Chess

First start by playing the weakest chess program "Play Chess V--Robo Chess", which does not play chess properly, regarding chess principles. It makes really bad moves. Try to beat it, then work your way up higher until you finally reach and play "Play Chess I". If you can beat this program then you are pretty good.

If you are a beginner, it may take years until you can beat "Play Chess I". So take your time. To learn, how to play Chess properly, is not easy.

Make sure to get some Top Chess Books or you might make the same mistakes for the rest of your life.

Join a chess club first to get registered as a chess player with the United States Chess Federation (USCF), then play in chess tournaments to get a rating. All chess tournaments that are organised in America report their results to the USCF, who will then calculate the rating for every chess player in the US and publishes regular updates in chess magazines. This procedure is similar in other countries.

To get a rating you must provide data, this means you must play tournament games. The more games you play the more data they get and the more accurate your rating can be calculated.

So play some tournaments this will get yourself an accurate rating. To ensure that players of roughly similar strength are matched up with one another, there are ratings sections, e.g. Under 1400, Under 1600, Under 1800 etc.

If you are a beginner, having no rating yet, you play in the lowest section to get a rating first, which will be calculated and published some time after the tournament has finished.

When you get your first rating after some weeks you know your exact rating and can work your way up playing better and better in future tournaments provided you study Top Chess Books.

Chess expert is a rating and title given by the United States Chess Federation. It is awarded to chess players rated from 2000 to 2199. Players rated above are masters while players below are class players.

Approximately 400,000 chess players in the US have USCF ratings, of which approximately 4000 are rated 2000 or better. Thus, chess experts are in the top 1% of all USCF tournament chess players. Read more at Wikipedia.

Join a chess club then you are registered with the USCF automatically as you pay monthly fees and your rating will be calculated when you play in chess tournaments. If there is no chess club in your area then join the United States Chess Federation (USCF). Discounted rates for juniors are available. You will get a monthly magazine and it will list the chess tournaments in your state. You will only be eligible to play in these chess tournaments if you are a USCF member.

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Electronic Chess Game - Computer Chess Sets - Electronic Chess Sets

To play an electronic chess game at home regularly on your own chess computer is quite fascinating and helps to learn finding good routine chess moves fast and disciplines your chess thinking over time.

If you consider buying a chess computer go for quality and don't just buy any computer with plastic chess pieces and sensory chess board. This is my opinion based on reality. I had a computer with sensory chess board for many years myself.

A higher level computer can always play at easier levels, but you can outgrow a novice level computer for beginners fairly fast. If this happens, you need to buy a better one. So why not buy a high level and good quality computer in the first place?
I don't like chess computers, that have sensory chess boards because if you make a move, you must press each time on two squares, the starting square and the destination square.
Let's say you move the bishop from b2 to e5. You must press the square b2 and then the square e5 and place the bishop to e5. If you have to do this all the time, thousands of times for the next ten years to come, this will be annoying. This was annoying for me anyway.
Squares: And if you press too hard on to a square it might damage this particular square and the computer is ruined and you have to send it in to get it fixed. This happened to me once.
Playing strength: Buy a chess computer with at least 2000 Elo. If you buy a weak computer at around 1800 and lower, it will not play proper positional moves but will play inferior setups. It will still win against you on a tactical basis, but you don't learn the right strategy as it does not play correct opening setups and has no idea about the right plan. It just calculates better than you and sooner or later it will win a pawn or a piece and you lose.
Most computer chess sets are too small and have plastic pieces. This is no fun to play with. To enjoy an electronic chess game I want big pieces and a big board like in a chess club and I like to play with wooden pieces.
Get Quality, because you probably have the computer for many years to come and if you save money and buy lower quality, you will regret it sooner or later. I speak from experience.Buy a good one and you will enjoy every electronic chess game for the next ten years or longer without regret.

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Brass Chess Set

A Brass Chess Set is solid and sometimes a set comes along with a brass-wood combination. Brass chess pieces require a lot of time for completion.

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, the proportions of copper and zinc can be varied to create a change in properties. In comparison, bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.

Sometimes types of brasses are called bronzes and vice-versa. Brass is used for decoration and for chess pieces because it has a bright gold-like appearance.

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Nimzo Indian Defense - Top Opening

The Nimzo Indian Defense starts with the moves:
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4

This defense is classified as a closed opening. It comes to us from the great theoretician and chess grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch who used this opening in the 20th century.

The idea is to control the center with pieces instead of pawns. The bishop on b4 pins the knight which otherwise would support a pawn going to e4. If white plays now e4 black would just capture the pawn playing Nxe4 winning a pawn as the knight is pinned. Furthermore the black bishop threatens to capture the knight and create double pawns in white's position.

As you can see black stops white to build a strong pawn formation in the center by applying pressure with pieces on center squares.

The Nimzo-Indian Defense is highly respected, very popular and one of the best chess openings. It is a flexible weapon for Black against the move d4 and has been played often in world championships.

In variations in which Black captures the knight and creates a double pawn, white will have the bishop pair as compensation. If you are a beginner this opening is too difficult to grasp for you.

To avoid double pawns White can play the line 4. Qc2 but this loses time.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 popular is now 7...c5 8. dxc5 g5 9. Bg3. If you are Black, surprise your opponent and play the alternative variation 7...g5 (instead of 7...c5) 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5!?

This move will very likely upset White psychologically as Black shows unexpected aggression, avoids the popular line and White might find himself unprepared.
Now 10. f3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 looks ok for Black.

Variation of the Nimzo Indian

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Bobby Fischer - searching for Bobby Fisher - the Chess Genius

The opening repertoire of Bobby Fischer in his chess games was somehow limited. As White he played the King's Pawn and was orientated towards the Spanish opening. As Black he played the Sicilian defense against the King's pawn opening and the King's Indian or the Gr?nfeld against the Queen's pawn opening, if possible.

Bobby Fischer (left) with Collins

But sometimes he experimented with old openings like the King's Gambit or he revived old moves. His chess openings created a dynamic imbalance and were strategically and tactically complex so he could use his intuitive abilities to the utmost.

Former world champion Max Euwe compared Bobby's playing style with that of the American chess genius Paul Morphy, who was the greatest attacking player in history.(1837-1884)

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Good Chess Strategies - learn the strategies of chess

It takes time to learn and apply good Chess Strategies. Chess consists of countless little strategic ideas. Accumulate and memorize those ideas and you can use them in your chess games.

Push the E-Pawn! Cramped chess opening setup leads to bad chess position. The Opponent has violated chess principles and gets punished. E-Pawn Push disturbs piece coordination severely. The Bishop Pair and the E-Pawn Advance. Keep your Bishop Pair when the position tends to open up. Replay games from the match - Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997 How to handle the Isolated Pawn? Use the Imbalance to your Advantage Winning Chess Moves - running behind in Piece Development Get some Blindfold Training here!

Get this image on a T-Shirt in my Shop...Chess Moves - Use your Intuition Chess Knight Tour - Can you make it? If not, so what? Don't worry too much about it! Recognize Chess Pattern and memorize them for later use! I wish I would have a photographic memory. Choose a target. This is a bit rough, I know. But I have to wake you up somehow. Use Pawns the right way.

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Make the right Chess Moves

Study weak chess moves here. Just click on the game you like to see. Here you can see the bad effect that a weak move has on the overall position.

"Every move is gold" is a saying from world champion Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941).

Don't just move anything that comes to your mind. Always take a few moves into consideration - the so-called candidate moves - before you decide on a move. Check them all to see which one is the best. Always try to find the best move. The second best move might not be good enough and loses the game.

Select and list the Candidates Moves in your mind first. Then analyse each one and choose the best one. Before you execute it find ways how your opponent can possibly refute your move. If you are still convinced that this move is best then make it.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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Sharp Chess Opening - Marshall Attack

The Marshall Attack is a variation of the Ruy Lopez chess opening (spanish) and originates from Frank James Marshall. He was born 10th of August in 1877 in New York City, but lived in Montreal, Canada from age 8 to 19, where he started playing chess at the age of 10. At 1890 he was one of the best chess players in Montreal. In 1904, 1906 and 1909 Marshall won the U.S. Chess Championship.

The first moves of the Marshall Attack are:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5

After Blacks Move 7...O-O White is suffering psychologically as he does not know if Black will now play the Marshall Attack or not if White plays 8.c3 next. So often White avoids the Marshall Attack for fear at this point and plays not 8.c3, but 8.d4 instead and ruins the whole concept of the Ruy Lopez.

The Marshall Attack has a good reputation and many players who play the spanish opening with the white pieces are fearful that Black employs the Marshall Attack and play the so-called Anti-Marshall Lines to avoid this opening.

In the Marshall Attack Black sacrifices a pawn in return for the initiative and starts a very sharp attack at the white kingside. White must defend and be careful not to run into dangerous attacking lines.

Anti-Marshall lines are, when White does not play 8. c3 - which most players do - but plays other moves instead:
8. a4!?
8. h3
8. d4 Nxd4

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Monday, January 10, 2011

Top Chess Books, Chess Software and Fritz Chess

You should study good chess books. This is absolutely necessary to become a good chess player. If you read opening books and learn opening lines you will be able to play your first 12 moves or more in 2 minutes or faster. This will save you a lot of time in a serious chess game. Your opponent will wonder, why you don't even think.

I will recommend some of the best books and chess authors below. Why? Because I want that you get the best chess books for your money.

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For beginners I recommend Logical Chess - Move by Move by Chernev because every move is explained here!

Another good book for beginners that received very good reviews is the Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess.

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I recommend the following books for advanced players. There are many other good books around, but the following chess books are highly respected among chess players and myself.

It is commonly agreed among chess players that the following chess books from Jeremy Silman are very good to improve your chess. Why are these books so good? It is the way how chess positions are explained. Jeremy has a way to explain that makes you understand things very fast. This is a natural gift he has. Some writers have it and some don't. I recommend the books The Amateur's Mind and: How to Reassess your Chess

"The Amateur's Mind is eminently readable and instruction-rich. Jeremy Silman never disappoints those who seriously wish to improve their game." Joel Benjamin, International Grandmaster. Get Jeremy Silman Books here

For Beginners to Advanced Players

Get chess books from Grandmaster Edmar Mednis because he is a very experienced chess writer. But most importantly he is explaining complex chess positions the easy way.

Grandmaster John Nunn, has written some outstanding chess books that are very enjoyable to read.

Polgar - 5334 Problems, Combinations & Games. This is one of the best chess books on Chess Tactics, which organizes 5,334 unique instructional positions! This book is written by the father of the Polgar sisters who became all Grandmasters. The book is widely known and has excellent reviews!

For advanced Players

One of the best chess authors is Mark Dvoretsky, who is a well known russian chess trainer (Some say, he is the best in the world). His books are full of original ideas taken from his personal archives. You can't buy anything better than that. But it's hard work to study them and you should be a good player already.

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You need one of the following chess programs to test your opening variations, analyze your games or check which chess openings your opponent usually plays.

Good chess players use the Database from Chessbase OR alternatively the downloadable and excellent russian product Chess Assistant to study the opponents games to find his weaknesses.

The most popular chess program is Fritz Chess. I am sure, that every chess grandmaster on this planet uses Fritz to help analyze his games or prepare opening variations or to check the database to find games of his opponent. You can analyze your games with Fritz to find mistakes. Fritz is a German chess program produced by Frans Morsch and Mathias Feist. There is also a version that is called "Deep Fritz" and is designed for multi-processing.

Rybka is getting more and more popular. This program is known for its outstanding playing strength and it plays like a human, so you have a very natural feel to the game. Rybka is the strongest program available, I believe. See ranking list at Computer World Chess Championsship

Another top program is Shredder Chess, which has gained many computer world championship titles in recent years.
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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Fritz Chess - Man versus Machine

I show you now some Fritz chess games where Fritz played a match of six games against super chess grandmaster and former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik.

Fritz played on Dual Intel Core 2 Duo 5160 system allowing Deep Fritz, version 10, to calculate around 8 million chess positions per second.

These games will show you how strong Fritz really is. Fritz is one of the strongest chess programs worldwide and widely used by chess grandmasters, masters and amateur chess players alike for training and analysis of their games.

Fritz and Kramnik played six games. Kramnik couldn't win a single game. Fritz won two games and four games were drawn. Fritz won the match 4:2.

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Beginner Chess Game

Here you can replay Beginner Chess Games. I commented the mistakes and I hope you do understand my comments and that they help you to learn chess principles.

In the following game many mistakes are made by White who is a beginner. He just knows how to move the pieces around but he has no idea about development and which pieces to develop first.

He does not develop the kingside pieces and brings his queeen out to early. He wastes development time in moving pieces a few times in the opening. All those mistakes add up and finally lead very fast to a lost position.

In the following game the beginner is Black. He just moves pawns and wastes development time but does not develop the kingside pieces until his king remains stuck in the middle.

Next game the Beginner is White. He moves out his Queen too early. Black keeps attacking the white Queen and develops pieces as fast as possible until the enemy king remains stuck in the middle and gets mated.

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Chess Photos and Chess Posters

Here you will find beautiful chess photos and chess posters for your home. Hang up a chess poster to decorate your living-room, club-room or any other room in your house.

Posters are also a great gift idea if you are looking for a nice gift for a friend. To find various posters of different subjects just type in a word like: art into the search box below and related posters will be shown to you. You can have your poster framed, if you like. And consider that some posters are available in various sizes.

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Unique Chess Set - Art Deco Chess Set Pieces

Some people are looking for an amazing Unique Chess Set that would be a great gift idea.

Porcelain-like, unique Art-Deco styled chessmen bring vivacious cheer and lighthearted holiday accents.

Distinctive pieces shine in bright red and dark green with faux pearl inlay.

It is made of solid poly-resin and each piece is hand-painted in detail with long-lasting, lead-free paint. If roughly handled by young children they may break, but they are otherwise durable.

* King size: 3-1/2"
* Base size: 1-3/8"
* 32 chess pieces
* Set weighs 3.6 pounds

Get your Art Deco Chess Set Pieces here.

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Play Games Win Money - Play Games For Money

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This gaming site is unusual because you can play games for money against real opponents and you can win real prizes, even cash.

All games offered are skill based games. This is why it is not considered gambling and so the offer is legal in most of the United States.

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Albin Counter Gambit

Employ the Albin Counter Gambit and surpize your opponent. He may not as prepared as you are if you have studied it beforehand and know the setup very well.

I know by experience that this can be an unpleasant surprise for White if he is caught on the left foot and has forgotten how to play it the best way. Well, just use the Fianchetto setup if you have White, placing your bishop to g2 and putting pressure along the diagonal h1-a8. The bishop is supported by active play at the queenside by moves like Qb3. This will increase the coordination of the g2-bishop and your other pieces. See game 4

Adolf Albin played it 1893 against Lasker in New York. The Albin Countergambit is not popular and seldom playedas a defense against the Queen's Gambit but not on grandmaster level as it is not quite sound.

But nonetheless Russian Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich did play it successfully sometimes as it suits his playing style.
It goes like that:

1.d4 d5
2.c4 d5

3.dxe5 d4

Black has sacrificed a pawn and pushes a pawn to d4. This is unpleasant for White as he has a psychological problem and feels somewhat paralyzed unable to play the usual setup, placing a knight to c3. So the white pieces start feeling a bit cramped.

The natural but bad move 4.e3? leads to the Lasker Trap. 4.e3? Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3 6.Bxb4?? exf2+ 7.Ke2 fxg1=N+ winning for Black.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Chess Problems - Defend Yourself against the Pin

Chess problems keep your brain active. Get some training here and get rid of the chess pin!

1) 1...c6
2) 1...Ne6
3) 1...Ne7
4) 1.Ne2 you can't move the bishop or Black gives checkmate
5) 1...0-0 if 2.RxB?? then Rd1+ checkmate
6) 1.Bxf7 this move protects the rook and attacks the queen at the same time
7) 1.Bd3 if exB? then 2.RxR
8) 1...RxB if 2.NxR then Rd1+#
9) 1...Nb4
10)1.Ne2 Rd1+ 2.Ng1
11)1...QxR 2.QxQ RxQ 3.RxR exchange off everything
12)1...QxB

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Monday, January 3, 2011

Jose Capablanca - the " Chess Machine "

Jose Raoul Capablanca was born 19. November 1888 in Havanna, Cuba. He was a chess prodigy, learned chess when he was 4 years old and played excellent games while he was still young.

When he was 12 years of age he played a match against the national champion of Cuba, Juan Corzo y Pr?ncipe and won it 4/3 with 6 draws. Later on he studied chemistry and sports at the Columbia University in New York.

In 1909 he won a match against the leading american master Frank Marshall, 8 wins, 1 loss and 14 draws. In 1911 he became known worldwide when he won the tournament in San Sebastian in which famous chessmasters participated like Akiba Rubinstein, Milan Vidmar and Carl Schlechter. He worked as a diplomat for Cuba 1913 but had plenty of time to pursue his chess career as well.

This is the score sheet of Capablanca's defeat by Richard R?ti in the New York 1924 chess tournament, his first loss in eight years 1913
Championship of New York City - first place.International Tournament in Havanna he came second place.Rice Memorial New York City - first place.1914
In the famous tournament in St.Petersburg in May 1914, he came second place behind the world champion Emanuel Lasker.1915
Championship of New York City - first place.1916
Rice Memorial New York City - first place.1918
Manhattan tournament New York City - first place.1919
Match against Boris Kostic - "Capa" wins 5/0International tournament in Hastings - first place1921
Jose became world champion in beating Emanuel Lasker with 4 wins, 10 draws, no losses.1922
International tournament in London - first place1924
International tournament in New York City - second placeOther well-played tournaments followed.
1927
He lost his title in 1927 in Buenos Aires to Alexander Aljechin scoring 3 wins, 6 losses and 25 draws. There was no return match as Aljechin found reasons to avoid it.

A.Aljechin-J.Capablanca (right) 1927

1936
"Capa" won strong tournaments in 1936 in Moskow and Nottingham.

He was often called "the chess machine", as he played very solid and precise and simplified the position when he had a slight edge. Especially in endgames his playing style appeared simple and strong and he hardly made any mistakes. His highest "historical rating" was 2877 ELO in May 1921 after he became worldchampion. Some say he was the strongest chess player ever...

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Different Colored Bishops - Organize an Attack

If different colored Bishops are suddenly on the board after trading pieces you have to organize an attack running on the same square color as your bishop. At move 15 White brings his bishop to a strong position (15.Bd5) in the center, aiming at the black kingside. He intends to use all his remaining pieces to launch an attack against the black king.

This attack will be based upon the strong position of his white colored bishop at d5 that has no counterpart as Blacks bishop runs on black squares only.

The attack runs foremost on white colors because the bishop at d5 controls white squares! Black will not be able to stop a white-colored attack as he has no white-colored bishop!

So in chess watch all bishops and understand that if a situation of different-colored-bishops arises, you have to bring your own bishop to a stong center square where it will shoot at the opponents king. After that organize an attack with your remaining pieces (and use your king if necessary) on the same square-color as your bishop.

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