Check Mate

My son loves to play chess with his grandfather. Whenever I bring them over to their grandparents’ house for the weekend, my son would immediately look for his grandpa for a round of chess while they talk about the things currently going on in their lives. There are instances when I would need to leave [...]

Fantasy Moves

The game of chess is widely considered to be the oldest of all board games. It is actually considered a sport in more than a few countries, and is played by millions of people all over the world. There are a wide variety of chess sets ranging from cheap plastic chess sets to fairy chess [...]

The Serious Game

The game of chess makes use of characters in a royal kingdom. There is one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns. It is apt to have chess sets in the medieval theme. Medieval chess sets come in many varieties. You can choose from a King Arthur Chess Set, a [...]

Check Mate

Chess is widely considered by many to be the oldest of all the board games. It is a test of skill and strategy that is played by millions the world over. The modern chess set has 32 pieces, 16 black and 16 white, on a board comprised of 64 squares. There are different types of [...]

Awesome Chess Pieces

The usual chess sets look plain and boring. The sport needs to get spiced up a bit. A few years ago the first Harry Potter movie introduced moving chess pieces. Well the technology to create actual moving chess pieces may not be popular or even invented yet. No worries, there are unique chess sets available [...]

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 [...]

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