How to Become a Chess Master

by on 16/06/10 at 9:01 pm

There are many people around the world who play chess, most of whom play chess as a hobby. But there are those players that take it to the next level, in other words, win tournaments, championships and a whole load of money prizes in the process. These people are the chess masters.

So what does it [...]

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iPhone Chess

The popularity of the Apple iPhone seemingly knows no bounds, and every day new applications are created to appease iPhone users.
One of the most successful iPhone applications to date is the iPhone chess game that operates through the world famous GNU chess engine.
If you have ever used Xboard or WinBoard you will easily adapt to [...]

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Norwegian Chess Championship 2010, Game 6

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Playing the black pieces against Thormod Thingstad from the chess club Hønefoss. He has a rating of 1061. Last year we played in class 5 and I won with a beautiful combination. So I believe I might h (more)

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Dutch chessmasters ‘Hans Böhm’ and ‘Robin Swinkels’ take up a chess match 4 meters below sealevel having stingrays and fish as their spectators!

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myspace.com twitter.com This is a chess game played between Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen from the Dortmund tournament of 2007. The opening played was the Catalan. This game acts as a nice examp (more)

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Chess Middlegame Practice #1

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myspace.com twitter.com Middlegame Strategy This is a middlegame position where I ask the viewer to find the best move and come up with reasons for it being the best move. I also share my own assessme (more)

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