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Chess Backgrounds Series 36 – #9

June 13, 2015
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To save background image, move cursor over any area where the background image appears, right click, and then utilize the browser specific procedure for saving a background image (e.g., in Netscape after right clicking, click on “View Background Image” and then when it comes up using either the “Save Page As” command under “File” in […]

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The Chess Set: the Chessboard, the Pieces and the pawns

May 25, 2015
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The game of chess is played on a square board consisting of 64 squares of alternating light and dark squares in a grid pattern, called the chessboard (or more commonly simply the board). The chessboard along with the players’ pieces and pawns (the fighting units), collectively constitute the chess set. Chess sets, whether they be computer […]

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White Mates in 3 – Problem 21

May 20, 2015
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DIAGRAM CCKM-P21  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:  scroll down for notated solution [you may click on a move notation […]

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Test Page 50

May 5, 2015
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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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Numeric Notation (ICCF Correspondence Chess)

May 1, 2015
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VI.    Numeric Notation for Correspondence Chess. Numeric is the official notation standard for all events, postal and email, organised by: The International Correspondence Chess Federation (http://www.iccf.com/) It enables players from all nations to transmit their moves in a totally unambiguous way, regardless of language differences. It is also extremely easy to learn, and, with […]

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Moving and Capturing Review 1

April 28, 2015
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Let’s review principles of moving pieces and advacing pawns and apply concepts of evaluating, tactics and strategy. We will cntinue using the standard French Defense after 4 moves. Think about what the players have done so far in in the opening. What are some possibilities open for the players? Why did the players make the […]

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Intermediate Commentary

April 21, 2015
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The Knight – Tutorial (Section I)

April 15, 2015
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I.    Basic Moving and Capturing. The Knight is the only non-linear piece on the chessboard, and the only one which may jump over other pieces and pawns in moving. The Knight is the only piece with which a player may make a move and open his or her game in addition to a pawn advance. […]

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Weekly Problem 06-09-05

March 19, 2015
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Black to Move and Mate in 3

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Chess Backgrounds Page 2

March 16, 2015
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These backgrounds were created using the prior “pieces and pawns” image, but presented in a variety of solid backgrounds (no bgcolor TAG should be used) and are 200 pixels x 200 pixels. Clicking on the text link will change the background image on this page to the selected background. This requires a JAVA enabled browser. […]

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