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,

More about the Chess Board

As mentioned in a previous post of mine, the chess board is a geometrically square board of eight rows and eight columns with alternating light and dark squares. The rows are called ranks and the columns are called files.
The ranks (running horizontally) are labeled 1 through 8 beginning at the bottom where the white pieces [...]

Variations of Chess – Chess for Four

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

National Chess Day – I missed it!

I have loved the game of chess

The Benefits of Chess for Children

Want smarter kids? It’s a fact. Numerous studies have shown that teaching children the strategic game of chess, either in school or at home, directly contributes to increased academic performance in many areas, including Math, Science, English and Reading. Not only that, chess strategies

Defensive Tactics to Keep You in the Game

Chess is known for being a complex game that tests mental acumen as well as endurance. Unlike in checkers, the master player must learn to strategize based on the unique capabilities and value of each piece. Once you understand that concept, the game becomes a bit easier to digest. Luckily there’s only one instance where [...]

The Very Basics of Chess

The game of chess is a two player strategic game played on a chess board which is a square board of eight rows and eight columns. The name that is assigned to the colors of the 64 squares is referred to as light squares and dark squares, which alternate. The board is placed between the [...]

Defeating the Master

When I was a kid, my dad passed his love of chess on to me. Just about every night of the week, we would sit down at the dining room table and wage miniature warfare. In truth, it was more of a massacre than a fair fight. My dad was of the school that you [...]

« Previous Page