http://chess.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Chess GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-11T01:00:32Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/12/chess-tips-for-specific-pieces.htm Although chess is a difficult game, there are many rules of thumb that help guide you through the complications. Our tips cover general considerations, openings, middle games, and endgames, all... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/12/chess-tips-for-specific-pieces.htm 2008-05-12T01:00:58Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/11/elsewhere-on-the-web-april-chess-blogs.htm Along with the the Baku Grand Prix, the Russian Team Championship, Gausdal, and the start of the European Individual Championship (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), a favorite topic of the chess blogs in... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/11/elsewhere-on-the-web-april-chess-blogs.htm 2008-05-11T01:00:32Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/10/join-the-discussion-2008-m-tel-masters.htm The 2008 M-Tel Masters is the fourth edition of the supergrandmaster event that introduced the 'no agreed draws' rule to professional chess. While the rule doesn't eliminate draws completely, it does eliminate... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/10/join-the-discussion-2008-m-tel-masters.htm 2008-05-10T01:00:53Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/09/three-tie-for-first-at-baku-grand-prix.htm Three players tied for first in the 14-player FIDE Grand Prix tournament held 20 April through 6 May at Baku, Azerbaijan. Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan finished first on tiebreak ahead of Wang Yue... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/09/three-tie-for-first-at-baku-grand-prix.htm 2008-05-09T01:00:41Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/05/a-structured-introduction-to-the-openings.htm Here are some recommended opening moves to get you started in a game of chess. The key to these recommendations is that you play 1.e4 as White, and symmetrical responses... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/05/a-structured-introduction-to-the-openings.htm 2008-05-05T01:00:21Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/04/elsewhere-on-the-web-death-of-the-short-draw.htm The month of May means M-Tel, the elite, six-player double round robin tournament held in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. M-Tel means Sofia Rules, designed to combat the agreed draws,... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/04/elsewhere-on-the-web-death-of-the-short-draw.htm 2008-05-04T01:00:42Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/03/join-the-discussion-wuchess.htm In WuChess, we posted email from a correspondent: 'I assume you've been following the story of Chesspark.com teaming with the RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan and the Hip Hop Chess Federation... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/03/join-the-discussion-wuchess.htm 2008-05-03T01:00:56Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/02/follow-ups-leonardo-and-kasparov.htm A Friday post in March titled Leonardo da Vinci Played Chess, should have ended with a question mark: Leonardo da Vinci Played Chess?. As one Leonardo scholar put it, 'There is not an... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/05/02/follow-ups-leonardo-and-kasparov.htm 2008-05-02T12:00:22Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/04/29/every-move-explained-1969-sarajevo-kovacs-vs-korchnoi.htm Every move of the chess game played at Sarajevo in 1969 between Laszlo Kovacs and Viktor Korchnoi is explained move by move. Viktor Korchnoi had two chess careers. The first... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/04/29/every-move-explained-1969-sarajevo-kovacs-vs-korchnoi.htm 2008-04-29T01:00:36Z http://chess.about.com/b/2008/04/27/elsewhere-on-the-web-resources-for-computer-chess-2.htm Did you know that the development of chess playing computers has paralleled the development of general computing? See The Development of Computer Chess (under Computer Chess History) Related articles: The Year 2007 in Review... http://chess.about.com/b/2008/04/27/elsewhere-on-the-web-resources-for-computer-chess-2.htm 2008-04-27T01:00:14Z