Submitted by
Rael on Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:43pm.
I wrote this for the Picture Caption Contest #7.
Results of Brain Regeneration Techniques on Curlersby Brian Wallace (Rael)
2008/08/19
Scientists at the Canadian Institute of Neuroscience co... Read more »
Submitted by
gauss1181 on Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:32pm.
haha my avatar picture has a small monkey mouth...that's what I normally look like in a neutral state/mood. =)
ROTFLMAO! Read more »
Submitted by
wizzifnab on Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:16pm.
Here is the latest game I recently completed. I've added my usual annotations. I do feel that I tend to forget a lot of important stuff that I was seeing during the game by the time I review/analyze the game at completion. I may ... Read more »
Submitted by
Eldeon101 on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:19pm.
Everyone knows to move your king or queen's pawn is a usual start off. Don't pick starting with the queen. It is bad bad bad bad. No commas for a reason. That is what moving your queen pawn up is like. Forgetting commas. I can really screw you up.... Read more »
Submitted by
aabbccdd on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:16pm.
Here is an award winning chess problem for today. Read more »
Submitted by
batgirl on Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:01pm.
from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 by Horace F. Cheshire
REGULATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT.
Place and Date. — The Tournament will be held in the Brassey Institute, Hastings, and will commence on Monday, Augus... Read more »
Submitted by
kazakhnomad on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:27pm.
The following is the last installment from Frank R. Thoms unpublished manuscript that I received from my Peace Corps assistant and Kazakhstani friend Tatyana Kazanina. I knew Tatyana from training Peace Corps volunteers in Almaty the summer ... Read more »
Submitted by
mauerblume on Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:26am.
In the last lessons we have seen how gambit concept in openings work: You offer a pawn for quick development. Material for time!-
Today - in lesson 5 - I want to look forward into middlegame. There also the pawnoffer is a dangerous weapon. Espec... Read more »
Submitted by
AWARDCHESS on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:29am.
>AWARDCHESS's Trophy Room
Total Trophies: 201 | Most Recent Trophy: Good Sportsmanship from thomsonfam
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Submitted by
Variable on Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:09am.
Why is mobility so important? There are many reasons. To me, the most important one is that by checking mobility of pieces, it helps you to see more candidate moves. Seeing more moves helps you to calculate better and I don't know anyone who ... Read more »
Submitted by
batgirl on Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:17am.
from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 By Horace F. Cheshire
INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS HASTINGS 1895
Royal Patron— H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G.
PATRONS. PRINCE DEMIDOFF DE SON DONATO (Attaché Russian Embass... Read more »
Submitted by
kazakhnomad on Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:03am.
p. 191 “Like prompting, cheating serves the collective. But unlike American students, Soviets do not cheat from one another but with one another, the brighter students helping the weaker ones. Students refer to the process of che... Read more »
Submitted by
ishcairn on Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:47pm.
I am still learning openings, and this is the first time I've encountered this particular opening. I was obviously playing someone very near my own skill level, and I am posting this in this way simply because I can save it and browse it ... Read more »
Submitted by
kenytiger on Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:26pm.
In the following position, can you see what White is threatening? Black misses it completely, because he ignores his weakness on the first rank. How can Black make his position reasonably safe?
Black sees a chance to win White's h4 pawn. Without... Read more »
Submitted by
greatexcalibur on Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:20pm.
This is the second time I write this article.. because my first one was removed by the authority of chess.com due to (as reason given to me through PM) more appropriate posted in Blog (which is what I am doing now). In which, in my opinion, it&rsq...; Read more »
Submitted by
billwall on Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:49pm.
The Black Krazy Kat is a defensive system for Black where the black pawns are on f6 and g6, the knight is on f7 and the bishop is on g7. A typical opening setup is 1.e4 Nh6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 f6 4. Bc4 Nf7 5.Nf3 (or other moves) 5...Bg7. Yo... Read more »
Submitted by
LucasBP on Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:45pm.
Hey everyone, this is my first blog, but I'm curious as to what everyone thinks is the best book on Chess Openings on the market.
I'm looked on Amazon, and I see some of these, and I'm also curious if anyone has any knowledge of Eric Schil... Read more »
Submitted by
b4d93r on Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:42pm.
Hi everyone! I've been interested in chess for quite some time but never really sat down to learn it. It was always this mysterious game that only really smart people played and i never considered myself smart enough to play. Until now. (Que drama... Read more »
Submitted by
batok on Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:33pm.
This is my wish list to chess.com web development crue:
1 - Don't let or show one hundred open challenges from the same user. I think a maximum of three would be good. One might create anyone but not shown in the open challe... Read more »
Submitted by
batgirl on Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:35pm.
from The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 by Horace F. Cheshire
Problem-Solving Tournament
THE bye day, August 22, has arrived with its full programme. In the morning we all drive to visit Mr. Farmer Atkinson (former M.P.), and to ... Read more »
Submitted by
chuckg99 on Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:40pm.
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to play in the Southern Open in Altamonte Springs, FL (just NE of Orlando). While this "learning experience" didn't match my Boca Raton experience, it did come with some genuine lessons that made it w... Read more »
Submitted by
WolfLore on Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:53pm.
Not the best game on this site, I know. However it had a sacrifice I was happy to see ended up paying off in the long run by wrecking White's pawn structure and putting his King in an uncomfortable position.
As always, please comment ... Read more »
Submitted by
gauss1181 on Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:32pm.
i changed my picture to a bald guy studying for a math test!!! HAHAHA ROTFL
how'd u like it? Read more »