Quick Facts
- Viswanathan Ananad is the current World Champion
- Tactics and strategy are the skills essential for playing chess effectively
- Also called Western chess
- During checkmate, the king is under immediate attack
- Wilhelm Steinitz was the first World Chess Champion
Expert summary
Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two. The present form of the game is believed to have evolved in Southern Europe during the latter half of the 15th century. The older form from which it developed must have been of Indian or Persian origin. Today, chess has become one of the most popular games, played by millions of players all around the world. They play it in clubs, online, or in tournaments. Chess is played on a square chequered chessboard with 64 squares, arranged in an eight-by-eight square. At the start of the game each player will control 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.Recommended content
Websites (9)
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Chess.com
Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips -
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International Correspondece Chess Federation
Official website of International Correspondece Chess Federation
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Derren Brown beats 9 chess players simultaneously.
It explains for the most part how he did achieve the feat, and the trick is quite clever. Don't get too hung up on the ending though; it's merely a trick. -
Letsplaychess.com presents Capablanca at age 12!
chess endgame Capablanca vs Corzo. Can you believe he was only 12 years old! Wow
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Great set of chess pieces
Frosted glass chess pieces, lined up and ready for battle. Baground is solid black, and chess pieces are on glass board on wood table. -
Books (10)
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Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 2: Kasparov vs Karpov
In this volume Garry Kasparov (world champion between 1985 and 2000 and generally regarded as the greatest player ever) analyses in depth the clashes from 1984 and 1985, giving his opinions both on the political machinations surrounding the matches as well as the games themselves. -
An Evolutionary Theory of Chess, an Amazon Short
I was told by a friend that I'd enjoy this Short, and I thoroughly did. -
Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy
If you're a class level player, and are only going to buy one more chess book for the rest of your life, it simply has to be this one.
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