Chess is a historical, complex, and entertaining pastime, game, and sport. There are three key things you can do to improve your game: play, study, and get involved in chess. If you’re having a hard time enjoying the game, it’s most likely because you’re not doing one of these three things. If you are to [...]

When most people think about chess, they envision two people sitting opposite one another while squaring off in an epic dual of thought. While that is the most common form of this game of strategy, there is no denying that it has come a long way since its inception. A great example of this is [...]

By Ari Darmapala It is a mistaken belief that playing chess is a god-gifted art and barring reaching an ordinary ‘cognizable standard’ you cannot improve. The ‘cognizable standard’ means you are reaching to the standard which makes you only recognize the good and bad points of the game but without any ability to develop your [...]

by Michael David Wojcio Since 1978 Michael has been teaching chess to slow learners, average, and above-average (gifted) students. in about 20 schools. Presently. he is teaching the Royal Game to sow learners at the Daron School in Livingston. N.J. and in four elementary schools, in Short Hills and Summit, in after-school programs. In 1982, [...]

Although the famous Man Versus Machine matches of Garry Kasparov against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer and the upcoming match of Vladimir Kramnik against Deep Fritz coming November 25, 2006 get the media attention, this article is more about how computers have helped people play better chess. You can find articles on how to beat chess [...]

Chess has long been recognized throughout the world as a builder of strong intellects, but only recently has the United States begun to recognize chess’s ability to improve the cognitive abilities, rational thinking and reasoning of even the least promising children. Chess brings out latent abilities that have not been reached by traditional educational means. [...]

The game of chess makes one of the most important contributions to the field of education. Inherent in it are the basic principles of psychological learning theory:  Memory, Pattern Recognition, Decisionmaking, and Reinforcement.  All of these variables interact during a game of chess and produce the results of the human thought process: a win or [...]