Staunton Chess Pieces

If you have played chess for any amount of time, I ‘m sure you’ve heard of Staunton Chess Pieces. Staunton Chess Pieces are a style of chess pieces design by Nathaniel Cook and named after Howard Staunton, considered to be one of the best chess players in the mid 1800’s.
Staunton chess pieces became popular very [...]

Chess Moves – The King

The King, as you probably suspect, is the most important of all chess pieces. It is not, however, the most

Variations of Chess – Fischer Random Chess

Back in his day, Bobby Fischer, one of the world’s greatest ever chess players, invented Fischer Random Chess. This is a variant of regular chess where the beginning positions of the pieces are placed at random. This can be played with any standard chess set yet provides more challenge.
Fischer’s idea was to eliminate prepared and [...]

After School Chess – update

Well, My daughter has now attended three chess classes. She has learned about all the chess pieces, their value and how they move. In class, their first game was a king and pawn game.

Chess Piece Values

In the game of chess, each chess

Chess Game Phases

The games of Chess is divided into three phases of play. These are called the opening, the middlegame and the endgame.
The opening of the game is when chess pieces are mobilized, hopefully in an effective pattern. This deployment of forces is sometimes called development.
The middlegame is the phase of the game where battles ensue between [...]

No Stress Chess

I was shopping at Toys R Us the other day (early Christmas shopping) looking at the board games. And with chess being my favorite all-time game,

Human Chess Match

Last weekend, I attended the Northern California Renaissance Faire at Casa De Fruita in Hollister, CA. This is an annual Faire where numerous fair staff, vendors AND patrons dress up in the clothes and wares of the Renaissance Era and also behave and speak as such….just for fun. One of the shows they boasted, the [...]

Online Chess: No Substitute for the Real Thing

Like most chess fanatics, I like to stay mentally prepared by playing games on the computer. While Internet chess can be somewhat effective at helping me to hone my strategy, there’s nothing like the experience of a real one-on-one game. Sort of like in poker and other gambling games, it’s possible to get a read [...]

Variations of Chess – Chess for Four

Chess for Four
Chess for four features four colors of chess pieces played from rows

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