Moscow, Dec 15 – Gata Kamsky of United States came one step closer to the chess World Cup when he won his second game against Latvian-born Spaniard Alexei Shirov at the FIDE Word Cup Final 2007 Friday.The players have two more games to play in the four-game final. Earlier Kamsky and Shirov drew the first [...]

The illustrative positions, all taken from real games, show the 50 Tricky Tactics that experienced chess masters use to win their games. Recognizing frequently-occurring tactical ideas is vital to success in chess. One of the fastest and most enjoyable ways to improve at chess is by learning these thematic manoeuvres. Beginners will benefit from the [...]

By Bradford Roegner Ask some one to envision a chess set, and invariably they have just thought of a Staunton chess set. Why shouldn’t they? Simple and elegant, what started as a blue print for standardizing designs – has turned into a familiar friend that still allows for special touches to be added to the [...]

The most captivating, entertaining chess movie since Searching for Bobby Fischer! You’ll be thrilled. It’s inspirational. I watched the entire movie at one time and throughly enjoyed it… A business man decides that he wants to teach school in the inner city and chooses a tough school in the South Bronx. He teaches the children [...]

No other program in the past years was able to win as many world championship titles as Shredder. The new version, Shredder 11, is stronger than any previous version, with its performance improved by about 100 Elo points. This was achieved by implementing more effecient search techniques and a new evaluation function which delivers more [...]