Chess

Today, The Most Expensive Journal released an article regarding the world's most expensive chess set: "Valued at over £5 million ($9.8m USD), this single chess set is the most expensive and exquisite game set of any kind in the world. Constructed of gold and platinum, it contains diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls and sapphires. The king piece alone weighs 165.2 grams of 18 carat yellow gold and has a spiraling mid-section graced by 73 rubies and 146 diamonds." This raises the... Read Full Story

Do you people know that I play chess too? This time I am here to encourage you to join this game!! The history of chess states that chess was invented in my country-India (which I proudly reckon). I am sure that you would have heard that chess is a real boring and time-consuming game to indulge yourself into, but this is not so. With the invention of a chess clock you can play a very fast and exciting game of even 5 or 3 minutes!!! Now that I have cleared one of your misconceptions... Read Full Story

The What Chess Piece Are You Test alleges that I am analagous to:The White Queen Sometimes, you will stand by your team, keeping them safe but only because they serve you. More often, you will be found menacing the enemy and causing them to cower on their half of the board in fear of your wrath. You have power, and you enjoy projecting it -- or inflicting it. Woe to the lowly pawn or bishop who crosses your path... but beware the charming black knight, who alone of the pieces can steal your... Read Full Story

  Description: A fully-featured freeware chess game based on Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework easy-to-use interface with nice graphics 4 playing modes: play locally (against the computer or in two-player mode) or over the internet (against a chess XML Web Service or against one of your MSN Messenger buddies) 3 versions: for PocketPC, for Windows Smartphone and for Windows desktop chess engine with 6 difficulty levels full understanding of the chess rules: draw by... Read Full Story

Makruk, or Thai chess, is one of the most popular indoor games among Thai people. It is played on a board between two people or two sides, who have to think strategically to defeat their rival. The player with the better strategy will win the game, unless, of course, a player intentionally holds back to let the other side win for the sake of friendship. In the old days, people would not play Makruk at home; they believed that the word ‘ruk’ (meaning ‘to check’) might lead to disputes... Read Full Story

Do you people remember one of my earlier posts “Chess – A Game Of Brainees”? I think now I have to rethink about the concept. Recently while I was scanning the newspapers, I stumbled upon a bizarre game – Chess Boxing! Sounds great, huh? I then did some research on this topic and am now sharing my knowledge with you. Chess Boxing, what’s that? A French film director & cartoonist Enki Bilal invented this game in 1992. He wrote a famous graphic novel titled “Froid Equateur” in... Read Full Story

Here is a fairly quick victory against a lesser rated player. If you're a beginning player, you need to take advantage of your opponent's chess BLUNDERS, otherwise they can come back and haunt you if... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read Full Story