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Written by Yury Markushin
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 23:11 |
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 Today’s topic is a bit unusual. I will not talk about strategy, tactics, endgames, middle games, psychology and any other chess related things. However I will still talk about chess. Here are some facts about the game of chess which not many non chess players may be aware of. These are little, fundamental ideas behind the game of chess, from the chess history to the longest game possible. The first one is:
1. The number of possible unique chess games is much greater than the number of electrons in the universe. The number of electrons is estimated to be about 10^79, while the number of unique chess games is 10^120.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 24 March 2012 11:12 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Tuesday, 01 November 2011 21:54 |
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Today I will do a review of one of the strongest free chess programs available for android smartphones: Droid Fish. This program does not have any fancy things like a high texture wooden board or special sounds effects like those of Chess Free. However, what DroidFish does and does really well is playing chess. The application is powered by a very powerful Stock Fish engine, which is a derivative of a commercially available all-famous Rybka. It is hard to precisely estimate the playing strength of Droid Fish, but I can certainly say that it’s way stronger than a Master’s.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 18:55 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 22:32 |
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 There are many different chess products available on market these days. Hundreds of companies produce chess books, chess clocks, chess boards, chess pieces, chess notebooks, chess software, chess computers and just everything about chess.
Do you really need to buy all these things in order to be a successful tournament player? Which things are must have and which are just luxuries? Keep reading to learn more.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 22:51 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:51 |
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 Today we’ll talk about something different rather than Rook Endgames that I was covering lately. If not endgames, than what, you may ask? Right, we are going to talk about openings, which is something opposite to the endgames. Don’t get disappointed yet since I’m not going to cover the openings you know and play on regular basis. Today’s topic is something a little bit different. We’ll talk about the openings you have no clue about. More specifically, we’ll discuss how to play the openings you never saw before and don’t even know they exist.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 27 August 2011 17:02 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Saturday, 22 October 2011 20:47 |
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Today we will talk about the ideas your need to keep in mind in order to be successful while over the board playing chess or even a day or two beforehand. Chess is definitely a sport; it means that even if you are a weaker player you can still win the game if you are ready for this challenge. The more information you have about the opponent you are paired up against, the better. Maybe you saw him play before, maybe you have played against him yourself, in any case you may have some idea about the openings he plays and his “level of aggressiveness”. Here is is a simple 3 step guide that will help you to win more chess games.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 October 2011 21:04 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:36 |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:42 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Sunday, 21 August 2011 18:31 |
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 As you already know the rook endgames are the most common type of endgames occurring in chess. About half of all endgames are rook endings. Today we’ll talk about one very important and common type of endgame: Rook + Pawn vs. Rook.
This is one of the very theoretical endgames. All the variations are well analyzed and known, that’s why it’s called an elementary endgame. Previously I have covered Endgame Strategies and King + Pawn vs. Rook.Elementary does not necessarily mean easy, it means with the perfect play it will be a predefined win, draw, or lose. You’ll ask me why you need to know how to play endgame which is a theoretically lost for you? Good question. Since this is only a theoretical lose, it’s only a guaranteed lose in a perfect world, such as when playing against a strong computer program armed with Nalimov’s Tables.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 21 August 2011 18:58 |
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