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Learning from our defeats

Details: Published: Tuesday, 03 November 2015 22:38; Written by Eduardo Serrano Salvador; Hits: 9246

Almost one hundred years ago, Don Capablanca wrote: There have been times in my life when I came very near thinking that I could not lose even a single game. Then I would be beaten, and the lost game would bring me back from dreamland to earth. Nothing is so healthy as a thrashing at the proper time, and from few won games have I learned as much as I have from most of my defeat.

Children playing chess?

Details: Published: Friday, 09 October 2015 20:58; Written by Paulo Morais; Hits: 15009

How early should children start playing chess? How early should children start studying chess? How early should children start using chess databases? Everything at once? Little by little? Or it will depend on the answer to the first question? I believe chess playing parents might be interested in this discussion. Curious children may read it too. Ideally, parents and kids: discuss this topic together and we will wait for the next young geniuses!

Chess Novelties Copyright

Details: Published: Tuesday, 06 October 2015 12:06; Written by Eduardo Serrano Salvador; Hits: 11105

Copyright is kind of a forbidden word in the chess world. You can study and play some chess openings or defenses, to be successful with them and then you will see, especially in the elite, how other players will start copying your choice of repertoire and novelties.

Why don't women play chess?

Details: Published: Monday, 05 October 2015 21:34; Written by Paulo Morais; Hits: 9810

This Tuesday, October 6^th, the 1^st European Universities Chess Championship (EUCC) will start..

Far away are those days

Details: Published: Monday, 05 October 2015 21:14; Written by Eduardo Serrano Salvador; Hits: 10764

Far away are those days when playing a chess tournament meant arriving to the playing hall and just to discover (of course, on a handwritten pairing sheet) who was your opponent for that round five minutes before the start. Some pioneers dared to call to the referee the previous night, took some opening book and checked some opening which according to some friend was usually played by his next opponent.

What’s new in Chess Openings?

Details: Published: Monday, 28 September 2015 20:56; Written by helbich; Hits: 11967

C60 Spanish - Dreev – The Cozio Defence (Chess Stars 2014). In this book, we have analyzed one of the oldest variations of the Ruy Lopez -1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7. The move 3...Nge7 was particularly popular during the second half of the 19th century. It was played at these times by such outstanding masters like Adolph Andersen and Willhelm Steinitz.

Time, changes, chess: faster!?

Details: Published: Sunday, 27 September 2015 10:55; Written by Paulo Morais; Hits: 9029

"The times they are a-changin'" - Bob Dylan. Yes, Uncle Bob was right in the 1960s, is right now and will be right for ever and ever. In fact, the times are changing every day, every hour, every second. Conversely, chess has been quite stable throughout the times. Probably, it's due to its double art/game character.

Lack of respect by GMs?

Details: Published: Thursday, 24 September 2015 21:39; Written by Eduardo Serrano Salvador; Hits: 10339

One of my favorite chess tournaments, if not the most, is the World Chess Cup. You have there plenty of interesting games, all kind of Grand Masters, classical, rapid and blitz games… what more can we ask for? But have you seen the hot drama between Kramnik and Bruzon? That was something.

Evolution or cheating?

Details: Published: Tuesday, 22 September 2015 20:43; Written by Paulo Morais; Hits: 10325

In our information society, everything changes so fast; could chess be an exception? An article on chess and time will be herein presented but now the changes in correspondence chess will be the matter of discussion. Until, let's say, twenty years ago, most correspondence chess was dependent on the postal system.

The history of Chess Databases

Details: Published: Sunday, 20 September 2015 10:06; Written by Openingmaster; Hits: 24614

The history of chess as such goes to medieval times and we can write several books about it. The oldest chess board was found in Uzbekistan and goes back to 7^th century but when you try to look for information about the history of chess databases you suddenly have no articles to read. So why don't we have a look where does it come from?

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Learning from our defeats

Children playing chess?

Chess Novelties Copyright

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Far away are those days

What’s new in Chess Openings?

Time, changes, chess: faster!?

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Evolution or cheating?

The history of Chess Databases

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