Several strategic studying plans can be implemented to learn chess openings efficiently. One as watching professional games, finding a good coach, use chess engines, or play in varied time controls, all of which can be implemented quite easily. Chess openings are pre-determined subsequent sets of moves that every player can study and master to acquire…
Blunders, although rage-inducing aspect of any chess game is necessary to identify a true winner. After all, nobody can outcompete the opposition without them making a form of concession that allows some opportunity. A blunder is the worst of three positional misjudgments in chess (blunder, mistake, inaccuracy) that cause severe material, tactical, or strategic loss,…
The first trace of a militaristic-type board game (such as chess) dates back no later than the middle of the 1st millennium BCE in the form of liubo, a starting root game that also popularized Xianqi and Backgammon. During the 6th century, a more standardized form of chess is seen in the Gupta Empire called…
Cheating in chess involves a wide variety of selections ranging from taking a piece back illegally, relay of moves from a spectator, using chess computers, sandbagging, bribery, or even fixed matches, online chess to be specific made cheating so rampant. Chess like many other similar display of competition has rules, and such is vulnerable to…
Dictionary.com defines “sport” as “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.” Chess while may share various characteristics of sports such as being skill-based, entertaining, competitive, lack the physicality necessary to be classified as a sport. Sports are the masses’ way of being able to compete with individuals/groups of…
In casual (non-competitive) games, announcing “check” may occasionally be permitted as long as both players consented before the game. In formal (competitive) settings, saying “check” is considered a form of distraction, or even intimidation that may be eligible for technical penalties. A check is a phrase usually indicated in a situation where the king is…
Chess as a game host different time formats that present their own set of challenges a player must overcome. A longer setup played for hours would have a different playing environment compared to a five-minute game such as blitz (3-5 minute games). A different approach therefore must be taken into consideration since the experience is…
The King’s nature of only being able to advance in three squares (although there are eight in total) can lead to very interesting conditions. The King could not advance if three tiles in front. of it are covered Such is the truth of “opposition, which is a situation in chess that unfolds when both kings…
There was a moment in time where humans reign supreme in the domain of chess competence, no other entity can even come close. An average chess player could pretty much give a beatdown to the strongest chess computer at the time. Those days are long gone, chess engines/computers dominate both advanced and professional players left…
Chess is created in a way that a player has to move during his/her turn without having the opportunity to pass. You have to make a move even when the only moves possible are bad moves. Having the turn is not always desirable, as there are situations where every move is a bad one but…
