Chess Game Phases

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 [...]

Human Chess Match

Last weekend, I attended the Northern California Renaissance Faire at Casa De Fruita in Hollister, CA. This is an annual Faire where numerous fair staff, vendors AND patrons dress up in the clothes and wares of the Renaissance Era and also behave and speak as such….just for fun. One of the shows they boasted, the [...]

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

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

Deep Blue: A Chess-playing Machine

Back in 1996, a computer known as Deep Blue struck a universal blow for artificial intelligence. The computer was designed by IBM with the sole intention of defeating a world champion at chess; this mission was accomplished when world champion Garry Kasparov was beaten in the opening match. He went on to win four of [...]

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