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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
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