Dragon Chess Set – I got one

Hello everyone, I ‘ve been away for quite awhile but am back now. I recovered from the holidays and it’s time to get back to work, Unfortunately I was laid off from my job this last month. What does that mean? That means more time for chess! Except that all my friends are working.
After being laid off, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

The Ancestry of Chess

Who invented Chess and where did it come from? Nobody really knows. There are several theories though.
One theory is that chess evolved from the ancient Chinese game of Xiangqi. Another theory states that it evolved from an old game Chaturanga from India or Afghanistan. Yet others say it evolved out of Persia. Many other cultures [...]

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 [...]

Speed Chess: Not for the Faint of Heart

When some people think of chess, they think of a deliberately paced, methodical game of strategy – a battle of wits that can stretch on practically to eternity. It’s also commonly thought of as a refined game of unmatched elegance, played on a marble chess board. A chess player might enjoy sipping on a fine [...]