The stereotype of chess players as poor sports (especially when they lose) got an unpleasantly surprising support last week, when a vocal argument over a neighborly chess match in Iowa City led to a fiscal fight and then to the death of one of the opponents and a second-degree homicide and public intoxication charge of [...]

Oftentimes the most difficult opponent to beat is you. Many players fight themselves along with their opponent in chess matches; making useless or superficial moves that block a player’s own pieces is the calling card of inattentive players.
In any given chess game, there are a limited number of moves each player gets to make. Because [...]

Exploring the Alekhine’s Defence played by black in countering the king’s pawn opening, one of the most common openings used by white in online and over-the-board play.

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            Being truthful is a valuable character trait, but not necessarily in the game of chess. Whether it be playing online chess games or playing in person, baiting an opponent by placing one piece in the center of the board early on in a game of chess is a simple way of evaluating an opponent [...]

 Many chess players will tell you that there is a most valuable piece on the chess board: the Queen. On the other hand, there are chess players that will tell you that all pieces must at one time or another be sacrificed for the win. Which one is right? Is the Queen really the most [...]