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September 21, 2016
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This page shows this transparent image combined with a red BGCOLOR attribute (image is white so do not put on BGCOLOR of white). Click on a color below and the BGCOLOR attribute will change to that color to show you how this transparent background looks on different colors for the BGCOLOR attribute. The HTML coding […]

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Tactics Lesson 2B (Novice)

September 19, 2016
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Siljanovski – Gufeld Moskau 1966 Black to Move  a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   1   1   a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h  Click Down Arrow to Choose Auto Play Speed 0123456789 Move:    [you may click on a move […]

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In The Stillness of the Night

September 17, 2016
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Night… stillness, pale quiet moonlight filtering through window bare laying here, our arms…our bodies entwined time, fleeting love, sweet love’s power dispels the darkness… calming, what? who knows? in love’s embrace fear not sleep my love, deep and peaceful, wrapped in love’s sweet embrace.

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Tactics Lesson 1 Index

September 14, 2016
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Back Rank Weakness. In this lesson, each problem is designed to assist in spotting and visualizing back rank weaknesses for strategic opportunities and the tactical move(s) [and if applicable pawn advance(s)] used to exploit them. The problems cover a range of strategical goals utilizing a range of tactical moves and pawn advances alone and in […]

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Anderssen’s Immortal Game & Evergreen Game

September 14, 2016
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While sacrificing pieces and pawns had been part of the game of chess from its earliest beginnings, the 1800s saw the tactic rise as a prominent weapon in a player’s tactical and strategy arsenal with players such as GM Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (1818-1879) (often Anderssen, A. in game notations). While Anderssen’s Mate is named […]

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Anderssen’s Mate

September 12, 2016
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This checkmate occurs from a corner square with a Rook or a Queen, defended and protected by a pawn or a Bishop in the long diagonal which includes the corner square. The opposing King is checkmated at the square in one of the back ranks in the third file from the wing file (a or […]

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Test Page 12

August 26, 2016
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This page shows the selected background. The HTML coding uses a BACKGROUND image attribute in the BODY tag. You can download the background images by right clicking in the background area, and (1) for Internet Explorer selecting the “Save Background As” download command from the alternate menu; (2) for Netscape selecting the “View Background Image” […]

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Chess tutorials, lessons, problems, tactics, strategy

August 25, 2016
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Active coordinated approaches to learning and playing chess result in exciting games. I developed this website to help beginners to enjoy learning the game of chess, and to assist players at various skill levels in steadily improving skills. The techniques I utilize present my vision…mixing, matching, and meshing the rules of chess, guidelines, principles, and […]

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Backgrounds Merlin’s Wizardry

August 25, 2016
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Left Click on background to see a test page with the background.

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Wiltshire Series Backgrounds

August 23, 2016
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TEST PAGES AVAILABLE! To view test page with background, left click. To save a background from this page, right click on the background and click Save Image As (Netscape) or Save Picture As (Internet Explorer). You may rename the file to a file name you desire.

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