Chess Moves – The Queen

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 [...]

Wobble Chess

I am always interested in new, interesteing and unique chess sets. It tickles me. Recently seen on the market is the new Wobble Chess set.

Wobble Chess set is a wooden chess set with concaved squares. Wobble Chess pieces have curved, or rounded chrome bottoms that fit within the concaved square. The pieces wobble and are [...]

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

Appreciating the Artistic Side of Chess

One minute I was online looking for an elegant end table for the living room, and the next I had found a Christmas present for my daughter. Knowing that she was an aspiring chess player, I figured I could kill two birds with one stone. The wooden chess

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 [...]

Chess Sets for Namibia

Near the end of October 2009, Bank Windhoek gave over 550 chess sets to the Namibian Chess Federation (NFC). These sets were distributed to about 100 schools in the south of Namibia, by the Namibian Schools Sports Union. In 2008, the NFC, with help from Bank Windhoek distributed 1000 chess sets to schools in the [...]

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

Perfect Conversation Piece for any Den

Chess is often regarded as the thinking man’s – and thinking woman’s – board game. Those who excel at it are sometimes even heralded as geniuses because of all the logical thinking that goes into every potential move. I’m barely competent at the game; in fact, my 11-year-old son defeats me on a regular basis. [...]

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