$500 Chess Gift Certificate Giveaway

Yesterday, July 20th, 2006, five $100 gift certificates were awarded to newsletter subscribers, product reviewers, and customers at random! Congratulations to the following winners from May and June 2006! 1. Shirley Miller2. Nathaniel Smith3. Gus Faddoul4. Matthew...

Super-Magnus (15) Set to Become Norwegian Champion

With one round to go in the Norwegian Championship, taking place in the town of Moss one hour south of the capital Oslo, 15 year old prodigy GM Magnus Carlsen (2675) is on his way to becoming Norway’s youngest national champion ever. Beating 3rd ranked GM Rune...

Bobby Fischer Plays Chess Again?

As the rumours fly, the love-hate relationship grows. Bobby Fischer remains to be the world renowned, yet entirely enigmatic chess player. Whether or not his antics were aimed at publicity, his name still remains the household standard of a chess genius. Some thought...

Algebraic Chess Notation Explained

A new article on algebraic chess notation is available online. This chess notation article introduces and explains the most common method of writing dow n chess moves. You can download and print the PDF version of the article and distribute it for your chess students....

Chess Assistant 9 vs. ChessBase 9

Chess Assistant 9 vs. ChessBase 9. Which one is better? which one should you use? The programs are very different. Though they serve the same purpose of analysing databases of games, helping you study chess, both are very dis-similar in design. Though both programs...

How to: Algebric Chess Notation

Algebraic Chess Notation is today’s universally accepted chess language. Though there are other styles, algebraic notation has been accepted as the standard by the international chess organization called FIDE. FIDE governs all world-class chess competitions....