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CHESS STRATEGY  

My view of the foundations of strong chess play is shown here. Use the foundations to carry out a tactical or strategically sound plan.

Improving in chess is extremely difficult if you don't know what or how to study, and progressing to an intermediate level goes beyond the beginner tips like "control the center" and "protect your king", and starts to really get past the tip of the iceburg in chess.

Chess is a great game, but even your favorite activities can get repetitive after a while. Here are seven great variants on chess that can be played with the board and pieces you already have.

'Go', like chess, is easy to learn but takes a lifetime to master. Learn how to play this simple but engaging game, which is growing in popularity all throughout the United States.

Learning chess doesn't have to be a traumatic experience. Check out these simple tips on how to start taking your game to the next level!

This is the 2nd card game out of my games for Christmas gifts I'm reviewing. It's a great game, but unlike the name it's more like poker than chess!

Searching for Bobby Fischer is a about a boy (Josh Waitzkin) who has a natural talent of being very good at the game of chess.

Here are some tips for teaching the child in your life how to play the game of chess.

When a novice plays chess, they often throw away pawns without a second thought. After all, they are the weakest pieces on the board. However, a basic knowledge of how to use those pawns will make them a valuable part of your chess army.

Chess can be a lot of fun, but new players often get discouraged by quick loss after quick loss. This article will teach you how to avoid some common opening blunders.

Strategy games are still in vogue. Gamers still buy games like Civilization IV and Age of Empires III even after poor reviews. Most of the best strategy games were created years ago. This article discusses some of the best and the games that you might not have heard of.

First installment of an exclusive series that explores how to understand and use strategy to achieve life and career goals

Classic Board games like chess or checkers are not only fun to play but also promote good mental health in the elderly and mental development in children.

Here's are some great online strategy games that are both free and fun!

Time of Defiance is chess for the 21st century with time, space, and resources as additional variables.

A new amazing 3D strategy game - "Tuber vs Solanars Strategy"

Young chess players meet with undergraduate fraternity brothers (Omega Psi Phi) in weekly, friendly competition at a Baton Rouge library.

Chess is a game of tactics, strategy and psychology. It can be fun and exciting, but at the same time be intellectually stimulating. Improving chess skill often becomes an obsessions for beginner and intermediate players.

The reason I ask this question is because of the rapid advancement in the playing strength of chess software and its ability to exist on many platforms, the growing prevalence of cell phones and the diminishing size of personal cameras and transceivers.

Chess Kingdoms is a noble attempt to imbibe new life into an ancient game for a modern generation of players and gamers.

Chess is a curriculum subject in more than 30 countries around the world. Not only provides chess a playground to develop strategic and logical thinking, it can also enhance reading and mathematical abilities.

This article shows one how to play a good chess game. These five guidelines I have presented will enable one to achieve optimal play.

With the definite build-up of our intelligence again since 9/11--it seems we should know more than we're letting on. Let's assume that we're truly dealing in a way this unusual war should be fought: As a chess match...with moves authored by Sun-Tzu.

The game of chess is centuries old and is thought to have started in India. The game is quite popular, and is about strategy. For a beginner, chess can be confusing and hard to learn, but with practice, almost anyone can master the game.

Taking a look back at one of the games that set the foundation for the successful genre of Real Time Strategy games.

Anyone who plays a lot of endgames and/or studies a lot of endgames should add some endgame openings to their opening book because of the world of possibilities it adds to your game.

Using Mearsheimer's "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics" as a basis, a survey of power and its changes from the 1870s to the present

What do you do when you have doubled pawns, or the position is open? How is my play different in closed positions? This article summarises the ways to play in different pawn structures.

Fischer proved that even mind games need a charismatic person to champion the game's appeal...

The first "real" opening most people are taught to play is 1. e4 e5. Here is a quick guide to some of the most common openings you can expect to see.

His death marks the end of a life that paired both genius and mental illness.

In most positions, no matter if they are open, closed, semi-open or semi-closed, there is often a dynamic aspect of the pawn structure in the form of some break to attack the center.

With some strategy and a little work, you could become a great scrabble player and maybe even join tournaments.

Knowing your sport is important. However, most youth coaches understand their sport enough to coach youths. Rather than focus on strategy, coaches should enhance their coaching. The following five books are useful for any coach looking to improve his coaching ability.

Tally Ho! is a game which borrows rules from both chess and hunting games to create an fairly decent game.

An old and deservedly unpopular game, Magic: The Gathering for Playstation is a failed attempt at turning the enormously popular card game into a real-time strategy title.

The triangle is one of the most mysterious shapes in Geometry. But in basketball, it can provide some effective moments that can win championships for an NBA team. The triangle offense system is a true wonder and it's employed by Phil Jackson with aplomb...

Othello is one of the simplest games of strategy available and yet the apparent simplicity is what makes it one of the most challenging games in the world.

Compiled in two volumes, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is considered to be a class in Asian literature.

An episode by episode guide to the popular political show The West Wing, Season 3, on DVD.

Has a conventional army ever defeated a guerilla-structured insurgency? Has America learned its lessons from the Viet Nam conflict? Can America succeed in the Iraq conflict?

Chessboxing is my new favorite sport. Here are some thoughts on it.

The sport of rugby brought out the nascent sportsman in me. How it did so goes to the root of competition, and evokes the eccentricities and deficiencies found in popular American sports today.

Board games are a great way for friends and family to spend quality time together. But what happens when it's time to put everything away? Here's how to stay ahead of the game when it comes to keeping all those game pieces and playing cards in check.

My humble opinion of why the game of hockey is and always will be inferior to other sports.

These rule changes create action which rewards good plays and good preparation, while punishing poor decision-making or bad offensive plays. These changes put the outcome of a game into the hands of players, not a shrewd coach.

If we had to apply the Justice League to the NBA, who would our heroes be…and how would they stack up with their 80's counter-parts?

Women who want to make a successful career often find it hard to get to the top - to break the glass ceiling. The book provides excellent advice on what's wrong and how to fix it.

The 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy are going to be a major sporting event for the world - but what exactly is going to be going on there? Check out this primer for the seven events showcased at this international event!