The Carnelian II looks amazing with beautifully carved Shishamwood chessmen! Now you can play an affordable, advanced chess computer with real wood chess pieces. Strength rated at 1900 USCF for a standard speed game, you have a relatively strong tournament level opponent perfect for your casual evening games at home.

As a casual player at nominal to good playing ability, you’ll appreciate the feature-set built into this attractive wood chess computer. You won’t have to rely on battery power along (6 AA batteries) since you can ADD the A/C adapter option and forget about replacing batteries from time to time!

Make your move by pressing lightly on the squares where you are moving the piece. The computer displays it’s move on the 16 light LED coordinate system as well as on the LCD display.

Enjoy advanced features such as…

Random generator
Hint, Referee, Training modes
Opening book with >8500 positions
25 move takeback
setup your own position

Specifications

Solves most 6 move checkmates
100 Hours of play on 6 AA batteries
Optional A/C Adapter available separately
Measurements: 10 3/4″ x 11 3/4″ x 1 1/8″
Weight: 15.65 lb

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By Jim Slate

So you bought a chess set. You want to look smart, sophisticated. You want people to know you have a keen competitive mind. You want respect, perhaps even a little fear from certain people.

However, you may just be making yourself a joke. At least you are to anyone who really knows anything about chess.

The first thing you have to know is the order that the pieces go in. This is basic stuff, and almost everyone knows this, so that means you have to also.

If you are the white or lighter side, the pieces in front of you should be set up from left to right as rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, and rook. It is important to note that this is the setup for the lighter side, the darker side is not the same, it is a mirror image of the other side.

So the darker side’s pieces should be set up from left to right as rook, knight, bishop, king, queen, bishop, knight, and rook.

The most common mistake made when setting up a chess set is getting the colors wrong. In chess, the lighter queen always has to stand on a light colored square, and the dark queen has to stand on a dark square. This means you have to turn the chess board to one of two directions out of four, in which this is possible.

An easy way to understand this is when you are playing chess, the square closest and to your furthest right, should always be a lighter color.

Once you have the chess set standing correctly, it is time to learn how to pay the actual game. A chess set is an invitation, an open call to battle which can be accepted at any time, by most anyone. If you reply to this challenge with a weak “I don’t really know how…” or with a startlingly pathetic performance, the status piece may actually turn into a demotion.

This article provided courtesy of PebbleZ.com, home of a line of unique chess boards crafted out of natural stone by american artists

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 The Carnelian II looks amazing with beautifully carved Shishamwood chessmen! Now you can play an affordable, advanced chess computer with real wood chess pieces. Strength rated at 1900 USCF for a standard speed game, you have a relatively strong tournament level opponent perfect for your casual evening games at home.

As a casual player at nominal to good playing ability, you’ll appreciate the feature-set built into this attractive wood chess computer. You won’t have to rely on battery power along (6 AA batteries) since you can ADD the A/C adapter option and forget about replacing batteries from time to time!

Make your move by pressing lightly on the squares where you are moving the piece. The computer displays it’s move on the 16 light LED coordinate system as well as on the LCD display.

Enjoy advanced features such as…

Random generator
Hint, Referee, Training modes
Opening book with >8500 positions
25 move takeback
setup your own position

Specifications

Solves most 6 move checkmates
100 Hours of play on 6 AA batteries
Optional A/C Adapter available separately
Measurements: 10 3/4″ x 11 3/4″ x 1 1/8″
Weight: 15.65 lb

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By Eddie Tobey 

If you want to play the full version PDA or pocket PC chess games free, there is a world of freeware downloads waiting for you. Most freeware sites offer downloads that are compatible with all the major brands of PDAs (personal digital assistants). Free version PDA chess game downloads are simple and fast. Demo versions of PDA chess games can also be downloaded from the Internet. Players need to register the downloaded demo version in order to get full access.

Free smart phone or PDA chess games are perfect for travelers, regardless of age. They can make the journey enjoyable and constructive. The games provide the full range of levels, including beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. They have degrees of complexity and excellent graphics. The rules and chess pieces of PDA chess games are the same as that of conventional chess.

PDA chess games give top class strength and features to hand sets. They offer a chess engine to learn and analyze the game. PDA chess software provides many features for beginners to learn and improve their game. The game has facilities to point out mistakes and give hints. Most PDA chess software can be interfaced with desktop software. Hence this software may be used on both computers and handsets.

PDA chess programs run fast with full features on pocket PCs. The performance of chess software varies, depending on the processor speed and the PDA operating system version. Hence the user must check the product for satisfactory operation on the pocket PC before purchase. Almost all computer chess game manufacturers offer PDA chess games.

In short, if you want to play the full version of your favorite chess game, you can do it with your PDA, conveniently and privately. Free downloads of pocket PC chess games are one of the best uses for your palm pilot. Rather than paying notice to what is going on around you, spend your time enjoying the free PDA chess.

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DGT Electronic USB Chessboard System + DGT XL Chess Clock

As you make each move, this USB chessboard instantly shows your move on PC Software of your choice! Connect the beautiful walnut chessboard to any PC with supplied USB connection cables and software and transform your personal study habitat into a high-tech experience that saves you time and gives your PC’s chess software a whole new meaning!

Ever wonder how experts maximize their precious chess study time?
Ever wanted to bring your Fritz, Shredder, Junior, ChessBase real life?
Ever tried to quickly setup a position on your software’s chessboard?

This DGT Electronic Chessboard makes life much easier for chess players and tournament organizers.

• Felted wood pieces slide nicely and smoothly across the board as the DGT sensor board automatically registers each move.
• Setup new positions much faster! Now you can place the pieces on the square you want rather than testing your intelligence with a thousand clicks.
• Beautiful, smooth, furniture finish graces this Walnut board design to FIDE regulation specs (squares of 2 1/8″ or 55mm)
• The board is sleek and thin at only 3/4″ thick, and 21 inches square
• Timeless series wooden chess pieces look great on this board. They measure 3.75″ tall. (95mm)
• Ready to connect with the special DGT XL Chess Clock available separately.
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This computer will be in stock soon! Expected end of August 2007. Order now to reserve yours.

You get amazing features and powerful chess play packed into this top of the line Novag chess computer!

Lovely Shishamwood chess pieces have implanted electronic chips letting the computer recognize your moves as you simply slide the pieces to make your move. There’s no need to press the squares! The advanced autosensory system just recognizes each move.

You’ll easily read the computers move shown by LCD and LED’s. Move the computer’s chess piece and you can make your next move!

Travelling has been made a snap with the convenient NOVAG travel case you can tote with you as easy as any laptop.

Even if you aren’t a chess master yourself, you can enjoy the powerful ELO 2320 Master level capabilites when you want a strong chess computer to play against or to help you analyse games you’ve played.

128 levels let you back down on the levels to easier playing settings so you can win games or at least have a chance!

You can play an amazing 250 hours with 6C batteries! Or you can buy the optional AC Adapter (see accessories).

Enjoy great features like

> scoring
> LCD information screen
> training modes
> opening book coaching
> 112 move takeback
> 18 ply move search
> solves most 8 move mates
> 16 integrated training games
> integrated chess clock
> autoplay: computer vs itself
> Hints
> Referee mode
> Random generator
> Customize, setup position mode
> and much more!!

Specifications

Runs on 6 “C” batteries
Optional A/C Adapter accessory available
Measurements: 14 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ x 1 3/8″

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Chess Explained: The Nimzo-Indian - Wells

A New Approach to Understanding the Chess openings

A New Approach to Understanding the Chess openings

Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-board experience with an opening. It is as if you were sitting at the board with a chess coach answering your questions about the plans for both sides, the ideas behind particular moves, and what specific knowledge you need to have.

The Nimzo-Indian is one of the most important of all chess openings, and popular at all levels of play. The Nimzo has provided the backbone of the opening repertoire of a large portion of the world’s top players over the last 80 years. It is considered a fully reliable defence, and provides winning chances for both sides as it leads to structures of great strategic variety and complexity.

Key battlegrounds in the Nimzo include the blockade, IQP positions, the handling of unbalanced pawn-structures, and the struggle between bishop and knight. All these topics are covered in depth in this book, and an understanding of them will prove valuable in a much broader context than just the Nimzo-Indian.

About the Author:
Peter Wells is a grandmaster from England who regularly competes in international tournaments and team events. He was runner-up in the British Championship in 1991, 1999 and 2004, and qualified for the knockout stages of FIDE’s world championship in 1997. Wells is a much-acclaimed writer, noted for his work on both opening play and middlegame strategy. He has a wealth of experience as a trainer, including acting as a second for British super-GMs Luke McShane and Michael Adams

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