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Unusual Rules for Unusual Chess
Changing the rules of chess is actually a fairly common practice. Often it is used to postulate problems, especially in a computer science setting, though when played in a real game, it is used to test the mettle of the players. Changing the rules can change the basis on which strategies are made, and require … Continue reading
Randomized Chess Games
To the well-organized player, chess is a game of high strategy and planning. The movements of the pieces are highly controlled, and a clever chess player can be seen to excel almost entirely on skill and control. There are, however, a number of types of chess that look to introduce some type of randomness or … Continue reading
Popularity of Chess on the Internet by Country
The rise of the internet has caused widespread sharing of information and trends that had traditionally been centered in certain areas. Chess is no exception. Though chess has maintained a constant popularity worldwide for the last several centuries, the always helpful Google Trends gives as an interesting, and perhaps unexpected, look at the number of … Continue reading
Significant Chess Organizations
Chess as a sport is officially organized by FIDE, the French organization entrusted with running worldwide chess. There are, though, a number of chess organizations and sub-organizations that have significant power over the chess world, and have made significant contributions to the sport of chess. The most significant chess organizations in the world today are … Continue reading
Top Reasons to Play Chess
Chess is an almost two millennium old game that, to this day, continues to be appreciated and enjoyed by players all around the world, mainly for the highly intellectual nature of its game play. It is both beautifully simple in its easy-to-learn rules, and mind-numbingly difficult in the high amount of strategy and planning it … Continue reading
Reasons to Play Free Chess Online
Though many Windows computers come with a free chess program, and there are plenty of places online in which one can pay to play chess against other people, free chess online is not only a great opportunity to practice chess, it also has some advantages over other types of play. To some people, playing free … Continue reading
How to Learn Chess
Chess is a relatively simple game to learn, though upon first glance it can be intimidating. Each piece has its own set of possible movements as distinctly different from every other piece, and the interactions between the pieces can be complex. If you are looking to learn chess for the first time, there are a … Continue reading
Alternate Types of Chess
By far, the vast majority of people play “classical” chess; the sort of chess with few to no time restrictions and the board set up in the usual fashion with the rooks on the outside, king and queen in the middle, etc. Unbeknownst to many, however, there are actually many variations of chess set up … Continue reading
Some Better Known Fairy Chess Pieces
Fairy chess is a type of chess where new pieces are invented to move in ways not normal to chess. These pieces are decided upon before the game begins by both players, usually for the purpose of trying out different strategies or offering new challenges. There are thousands of different recognized fairy chess pieces, and … Continue reading
Chessboard Variations
Besides the different configurations of chess pieces, a common way of changing the game of chess is to change the shape or size of the board. This has the effect of changing strategies around in a game of chess, and involving new patterns of logic, which can be an appealing change for people who play … Continue reading