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		<title>Chess Moves &#8211; The Bishop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bishop is one of the next most powerful of the chess game pieces &#8211; after the Queen and the Rook. The other chess piece at the value of 3 as the Bishop is the Knight which will be covered on a future post.
The Bishop can only move diagonally, which means it wil stay in [...]


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		<title>Variations of Chess &#8211; 3D Chess</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a variation of chess that I&#8217;m not sure I could play. It&#8217;s 3D Chess. 3D chess is a chess set comprised of three standard


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		<title>Chess Moves &#8211; the Rook</title>
		<link>http://www.chessdrawerblog.com/chess/298-chess-moves-the-rook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rook is the next most valuable chess piece after the Queen. It is considered a &#8220;chess heavy&#8221; along with the queen. The reason these two pieces are considered chess heavies is because either of these chess pieces along with the King can put the opponent&#8217;s King in checkmate, something none of the other pieces [...]


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		<title>Chess Moves &#8211; The Queen</title>
		<link>http://www.chessdrawerblog.com/chess/210-chess-moves-the-queen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Queen is the most powerful of all the chess game pieces, also making her the most valuable chess piece, other than the King, of course. This is because of her mobility. The Queen can move any number of squares in any direction. Her only limitation is that she cannot jump over pieces.
Because the queen [...]


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		<title>Staunton Chess Pieces</title>
		<link>http://www.chessdrawerblog.com/chess/259-staunton-chess-pieces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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If you have played chess for any amount of time, I &#8216;m sure you&#8217;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&#8217;s.
Staunton chess pieces became popular very [...]


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		<title>Chess Moves &#8211; The King</title>
		<link>http://www.chessdrawerblog.com/chess/246-chess-moves-the-king/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The King, as you probably suspect, is the most important of all chess pieces. It is not, however, the most


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		<title>Variations of Chess &#8211; Fischer Random Chess</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in his day, Bobby Fischer, one of the world&#8217;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&#8217;s idea was to eliminate prepared and [...]


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		<title>After School Chess &#8211; update</title>
		<link>http://www.chessdrawerblog.com/chess/265-after-school-chess-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.


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		<title>Chess Piece Values</title>
		<link>http://www.chessdrawerblog.com/chess/220-chess-piece-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the game of chess, each chess


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		<title>Chess Game Phases</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chess-Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]


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