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Jere wrote on Sat, Apr 6, 2002 12:13 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I had not played chess in 40 years. It was a great refresher; covered all
the rules in a straight-forward manner. Nice job.
meee wrote on Tue, Apr 9, 2002 11:14 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I thought this page was good becuase it gave you all the rules. They wer eeasy to understand and showed diagrams for furthur clarification
Mary wrote on Fri, Apr 19, 2002 10:40 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★:)This page is excellent! It couldn't be better. It shows you all the rules, diagrams and all. Its great! :)
Good :)
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Mar 25, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★I can't say this page is excellent, because it has the old F.I.D.E. Rules.
Anonymous wrote on Thu, Mar 21, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anonymous wrote on Wed, Feb 20, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Eaxctly what I was looking for!
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Feb 4, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent short and complete summary of the rules! My questions were answered.
Anonymous wrote on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★Anonymous wrote on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★The description of castling mixes up the coordinates and the team colors according to the positioning diagram at the top of the page. It should read, 'When castling, the king moves two squares towards the rook, and the rook moves over the king to the next square, i.e., *black's* king on e*8* and rook on a*8* move to: king c*8*, rook d*8* (long castling), white's king on e1 and rook on h1 move to: king g1, rook f1 (short castling), and similar for black.
Anonymous wrote on Tue, Jan 15, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★your web page saved an argument in less than 5 seconds thankyou
Anonymous wrote on Sun, Jan 13, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:this page is great but should have some stragties for moving including foolsmate
Pete Denk wrote on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Just got a chess board for Christmas...this is the best site for instructions. Thank you for taking the time. Pete Denk New Jersey
Anonymous wrote on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Hard to remember them all, but great illustration's
Anonymous wrote on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anonymous wrote on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★i'm a total novice and have never played looks like this will help
Anonymous wrote on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anonymous wrote on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anonymous wrote on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Thank you forthe rule information.
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:The information given employs an assumption of understanding prior to attempting the play. Using this page with young people who know nothing about the game, they found the descriptions of moves difficult to grasp. This also would apply to young children who's vocabulary does not reach the level of the words used. Perhaps a second version could be shown so these children could be taught too.
Anonymous wrote on Sun, Dec 9, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Easy and informative
Anonymous wrote on Tue, Dec 4, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:You forgot to include a draw game when a player has a king with a lone bishop or a lone knight it is impossible to create a checkmate and therfore the game ends in a draw.
Anonymous wrote on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★ifp rlayer has have a quen and and his pawn rich the other side its impossible to have a 2 quen
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Great! This website has taught me a lot about the basics of chess. I am now the best chess player in my school!
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★great job it looks nice
Wanda wrote on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:I was impressed with your display of rules and want to share it with a young man in our school who I suggested start a chess club. It has been a long time since I have played and am looking for site that will explain the tracking of your moves. I tried to explain that in competition that you record your moves (which he did not know) but I could not recall after 45 years just how to record moves. Would you be able to direct me to such a site or provide me with an explanation I can share with the students. Thank you for your assistance. our e-mail address (for you only) is [email protected] Thank You Wanda
Martin wrote on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Comment about the image about castling undertitled 'Neither white nor black may castle: white is in check, and the black king may not move over d8'. White can't castle because is in check, and white can't castle because the king has been moved from his original position. Martin
Anonymous wrote on Tue, Oct 2, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anonymous wrote on Sat, Dec 29, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anonymous wrote on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★This is David Paulowich writing in support of the standard rules for pawn promotion, which seem to be unpopular with some players and chess variant designers. If, for example, pawns could only be promoted to previously captured pieces, then many beautiful games would no longer be legal. My databases contain over 400 games with 4 Queens on the board, 2 White and 2 Black, including: Capablanca - Alekhine, 1927 (Thirteenth World Chess Championship Match, game 11) and Borsony - Koch, 1956 (Second World Correspondence Chess Championship). In 1936 Reinle checkmated Lange in this 'extra promotion' game: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Qh5+ g6 5. fxg6 h6 6. g7+ Ke7 7. Qe5+ Kf7 8. gxh8=N#
Such games, with one player having nine pieces other than pawns, used to be rare (only ten were played between 1856 and 1963). In modern times the opening: 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxg7 Qh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. Bg2 gxh2+ 7. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 8. Kxg1 (from Kucharkowski - Walter, 1982) has been repeated in over 200 games. Incidentally, White is winning, by about 150 to 50.
Anonymous wrote on Wed, Sep 5, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★Anonymous wrote on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★now I feel confident to win my wife in her own game
Anonymous wrote on Sat, Jun 9, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I am a teacher and am thinking of starting a chess club at school. I am a beginner at the game and was looking for easy to read rules, preferably with clear diagrams. Your site gave me precisely that. The descriptions of taking en passant and castling are succint and precise.
Anonymous wrote on Tue, May 15, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★I already know how to play and i am very good for 12 years.I wnated pictures so I can make my own chess website.
Anonymous wrote on Tue, May 8, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★ITs really very informative for all chess players and specially for beginers and inter-mediatory level
Anonymous wrote on Sat, Mar 24, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anonymous wrote on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Good detailed info. Helped me a lot.
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Dec 25, 2000 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Kristi Martinez wrote on Wed, Apr 24, 2002 09:09 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★THis was Great now I can Play chess!!!
Anonymous wrote on Sat, Apr 27, 2002 06:04 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Thanks for these rules it is helping my 10 year old daughter beat me at chess.
Anonymous wrote on Sat, Apr 27, 2002 06:06 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★thanks for these rules it is helping my daddy teach me all the rules of chess.
ian wrote on Fri, May 3, 2002 04:07 PM UTC:Good ★★★★Jake Steinberg wrote on Sat, May 4, 2002 01:58 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Thanks i didn't know which way the king could move thank you so much
Jake Hodgetts wrote on Sat, May 4, 2002 06:42 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I think you should be able to have a mini game of chess
Brady wrote on Thu, May 9, 2002 08:02 PM UTC:In the second castling picture, white can't castle anyway. He already moved his king.
Anonymous wrote on Sun, May 12, 2002 02:26 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★it's great and descriptive!!!!!!
ADAM wrote on Thu, May 23, 2002 04:43 PM UTC:IS THERE A TEN MOVE CHECK MATE??? QUESTION IF U KNOW PLZ CONTECT ME AT [email protected]
sue wrote on Sat, May 25, 2002 09:07 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Having just bought a chess board as we felt too much time was spent in front of the TV!!!!!! Well done, You explained the rules very simply. Thanks.
Anonymous wrote on Sat, May 25, 2002 07:46 PM UTC:Good ★★★★I think chest is realy good and i think i am going to by one when i am older.
lilly wrote on Sun, May 26, 2002 12:07 PM UTC:Poor ★its to much info its boring there is to much writing i thought it would be short and snappy so any one would understand it in a few paragraphs not about 5 pages sorry it is not 10 out of 10 with me its 0 out of 10 i hope you improve this site and make it short interesting and fun for children and adults like me !!!! maybe make be make the site into a game like how to move the pieces in a game and show picturtes i am really sorry about that
Anonymous wrote on Wed, May 29, 2002 01:39 AM UTC:Good ★★★★Hello wrote on Wed, Jun 5, 2002 05:22 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I still don't get Castling
Mr. E wrote on Wed, Jun 5, 2002 01:24 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I am going to teach this game in an institution for emotionally and behaviorally adolescents for summer school. Your illustrated guide will be of a tremendous help. Thank you.
electric violinist wrote on Thu, Jun 6, 2002 01:21 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I some questions about the moves that a Pawn could make and they were all answered here. Also, I had forgotten about castling. Now it is all coming back. I haven't played in years and am now teaching my 5 year old to play. Thanks for the help!
gnohmon wrote on Thu, Jun 6, 2002 02:21 AM UTC:Dear electric violinist, My wife saw you playing in Penn Station yesterday and thought you were excellent. Keep up the good work.
Silverword wrote on Sun, Jun 9, 2002 01:04 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★You answered our castling question: whether the king could castle its way out of check. Thanks for providing this page.
Anon wrote on Wed, Jun 12, 2002 08:00 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★stacey wrote on Sat, Jun 22, 2002 11:12 AM UTC:Poor ★i thought so because you explained it as if we were adults.you should also give a beginner game afterwards where we're shown how to play properly.
Joshua Duggan Smith wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 07:00 AM UTC:Poor ★I think that you should have a search engine about questions.
Richard Stokes wrote on Sun, Jun 23, 2002 07:07 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★If White Moves first does that give them the advantage
PbZep wrote on Mon, Jul 1, 2002 06:57 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Thank you. My kid wants to learn and he had questions I thought I knew. I was wrong.
NICK wrote on Fri, Jul 5, 2002 04:46 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Hans, I am a novice. Your site gave me just what I need to get started. Thank-you for spending time putting the site together!
Jeff wrote on Fri, Jul 5, 2002 08:29 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Hi,
<p>I appreciate the simple clarity of the graphics and explanations. My son, his friend and I found this very useful as a quick refresher when there was a rule dispute.
<p>Thanks for providing this information.
<p>-Jeff
Laurie wrote on Fri, Jul 5, 2002 08:31 PM UTC:Poor ★You don't explain it so that children can understand it. And you don't give a practice game to see if they can do it.
Perhaps you should put on this page a link to David Howe's Chess Rules For Kids so that people like Laurie will have a clue about where to go.
Oops! Just noticed the link at the bottom. I think you should also put a link in the mini-menu on the right hand side of this page...the kiddies might not think of looking at the bottom of the page.
joel wrote on Mon, Jul 8, 2002 12:18 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★maybe the adult should read and fully explain to the kid what they need to know i just purchased a $200 chess board and found your explanation veryhelpfull so i can get the game started with my friends thanks for you time and work
Adrian wrote on Wed, Jul 10, 2002 01:16 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★<font color=red> <body bgcolor='#000000'> It is bloody great and if kiddies come to this site (like me) maybe they wont be able to understand it but all they must do is ask there parents or frineds who play it. Theres allwyas at least one in the class who knows it so dont bother with your time makeing a kiddies bit, other then that try and make your site more appealing if possible. Keep It Up-
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Adrian wrote on Wed, Jul 10, 2002 01:21 AM UTC:Sorry I Didn't see the other pages, u made a kiddies bit already anyways
Anonymous wrote on Wed, Jul 10, 2002 05:16 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Fantastic! it told me everything i needed to know the 'en passant' is great!
Isa wrote on Sat, Jul 13, 2002 08:58 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★This web page helped me prove to two other people I was playing that I was in stalemate. Fantastic!!
Pamela Kohler wrote on Tue, Jul 30, 2002 12:55 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Brilliant. As a very new chess player I loved the simple explanations and diagrams. Thankyou!!!
sharon wrote on Wed, Jul 31, 2002 02:25 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Henk Penning wrote on Thu, Aug 22, 2002 09:31 PM UTC:Good ★★★★No, I am a different Henk, sorry. However I do like chess! Nice website. Thanks for making me famous
Anonymous wrote on Sat, Sep 7, 2002 01:50 AM UTC:Good ★★★★josh wrote on Sat, Sep 21, 2002 02:59 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★this makes the rules of chess easy for people who dont understand chess
Jack Stone wrote on Sat, Sep 21, 2002 10:27 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Very easy to understand, nice illustrations to get point across
princess wrote on Mon, Sep 23, 2002 03:31 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★YOU HELPED ME LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT CHESS.
check wrote on Mon, Sep 23, 2002 03:37 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★It was easy to learn and understand.Now I am a pro, I can beat anyone at it(maybe even you).Thanks,Rules of Chess
daria wrote on Mon, Sep 23, 2002 03:41 PM UTC:Poor ★You didn't help at all!!!
Jon wrote on Mon, Sep 23, 2002 10:40 PM UTC:Good ★★★★Simplified, but correct and good for the chess beginner.
grab wrote on Thu, Sep 26, 2002 07:14 PM UTC:Poor ★It is to long.I couldn't under stand it.
chess wrote on Sat, Sep 28, 2002 12:07 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★thanks this has given me a better idea on how to play chess
Anonymous wrote on Sat, Sep 28, 2002 12:51 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★thanks rules of chess. Now i can beat any body that knows how to play chess, even a pro.
A Chess Mom wrote on Wed, Oct 2, 2002 01:37 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Appreciated the simplicity of the diagrams. And this is the first site I've seen with the numbers on the board. My kids learned this at their initial chess club meeting, and I didn't know what they were talking about. Thanks!
TM wrote on Wed, Oct 9, 2002 07:53 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Great refresher thanks
wowee zowee wrote on Wed, Oct 16, 2002 06:12 PM UTC:Good ★★★★A good refresher! It also gave me a bit of information that I did not learn on my own.
Classified wrote on Fri, Oct 25, 2002 02:38 PM UTC:Poor ★The'other rules' were a little bit vague, other than that Cool!!! I like it!!!
Cierra wrote on Thu, Oct 31, 2002 02:27 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★ this is a great page on chess how to play it u did good work
Anonymous wrote on Mon, Nov 11, 2002 01:34 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Helpful refresher, especially the diagrams. Thank you!!
Sweta. B wrote on Tue, Nov 12, 2002 07:57 PM UTC:Good ★★★★I learnt alot about chess rules! good one
Raylover wrote on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 11:02 PM UTC:Good ★★★★the information was good but that was too much to read
Ray Patnaude wrote on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 03:49 PM UTC:Good ★★★★Very Good instruction. Nice page layout. One of the better pages on rules I've seen.
Poor quality audio for visually impaired.
Example of castling that white cannot move because it is in check is only one of the issues. From the position the white king is in, it is obvious that it has moved from the start of the game which is also a reason it cannot castle.
Areej wrote on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 09:39 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I learned a lot about chess.I also never knew there was move called en passant
gabriel bouchard wrote on Sun, Nov 17, 2002 04:05 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★very good page! Great ease of learning with the diagrams and good explanation of rule and exceptions. I learned much on chess. Thanks!
illusive wrote on Thu, Nov 28, 2002 07:48 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★GOOD STUFF. nice plain and clear. nice page
Anonymous wrote on Sat, Nov 30, 2002 03:39 AM UTC:Good ★★★★chrissy wrote on Mon, Dec 2, 2002 01:12 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★I didn't think you could take in check.Thanks a million
Radha wrote on Thu, Dec 5, 2002 06:11 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Excellent! I didnt know abt en-passant and my husband quite often 'won' after making stalemates!!
Lucio wrote on Thu, Dec 5, 2002 02:29 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Very clear and concise, well explained. I was unsure about en-passant, but now i know. Thanx for a super page
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