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Thank you so much!
Dear Mr. Gabor: Perhaps I am mistaken, but I think that this is a local feature of chess play that once prevailed in a number of locales in central Europe eastward. I seem to recall Murray in his _History of Chess_ proposing such a feature as evidence of an 'undercurrent' of Mongolization in western chess that would date from the time of the Golden Horde. He also posited the sway of chess clubs, I think, as the most effective instrument for these local customs disappearing, but clearly they endure in Hungary.
Dear Mr. Hans L. Bodlaender, I really loved the instructions it helped me so much I really appreciate you for making these instructions because I really wanted to play against my little sister(whos only ten!) and win instead of losing all of the time so I thank you again Mr. Hans L. Bodlaender for exposing me to the real world of chess!!!!
Hi,
I assume that the idea behind the online chess is that you are targeting an experienced type of players.
However, I wish you had in mind young and new future players and, as such;
Please add to the explanatory rules a thorough naming of the characters involved in the chess board.
Thank you,
P.T
Thank you for your response Nicholas. I think the 21 move rule was invented by somebody....as my kids at school were using it for a while now. Lucky that I checked with you before any more damage was done! Any specials tricks that you could teach me are most welcome. I run a chess club at my school. I'll keep in touch.
The audio section could be improved to sound human. The visual section is excellent and greatly appreciated.
Like Ben R. Foster with his 'Chancellor Chess,' I believe that ortho-chess would benefit from a stronger piece on the King's side of the board. I would propose exchanging the King's rook for a Marshal to balance out the power of the queen without increasing the board size from 8x8 (to maintain the spirit of Vida's Caissa chess.)
I was playing a match of chess and the opponents king was placed opposite to my king then i still had a move which could remove the check but the players said me that it is a stale mate. Is it true??
great graphics and good succinct explanations
I would like to know if a king can move two spaces over on the home row to kill a white piece?
This site is awesome! It is easy to read and understand as well as follow and explain to kids. I'm a teacher who has been trying to teach my students how to play and this is the best information and illustration I've ever found. Thanks so much!!
Very useful..
sir or madam, why can i not take the black pieces? only being able to move the white pieces is very restricting and one dimensional.
It was an awesome experiance to have such an vast pool of legalised informatoin_IT IS NOW I LEARNED TO PLAY 'CHESS'.
This site was very helpful because my dad and I always have arguments on whether games are a draw or not, thank you.
Just what I was looking for!!!! I am a novice and haven't played for years and have a friend that wants to learn how to play chess. I needed to find some simple explanation as how to play, what the pieces are called and how they move, etc. Your page illustrations and text are excellent. Am mailing her a copy to study tomorrow as we will get-together next month. Thanks!!! Zee Williams
I like chess but I like it more on the computer. This is an incredible site!!
can i play?
that is the best
I thought it was clear. I still dont understand castling though!!
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Back rank or smothered checkmates, along with the large number of playable openings from the start position, and a nice average of 40 moves to a game, are some of the more pleasing peculiarities of standard chess that make it harder for other activities or board games of skill to compete.
I tend to agree most with Dutch World Chess Champion Max Euwe's relative piece values for the pieces, i.e.: P=1; N=3.5; B=3.5; R=5.5; Q=10, noting that some authorites give K=4 for its fighting value (though naturally it cannot be traded), and also noting Horowitz (and others) rate a bishop as being microscopically better than a knight on average, and in both cases I tend to agree, too, so perhaps correct N to =3.49.
Here's a CV allowing the play of 4 chess games at once, winning first game takes war:
https://www.chessvariants.com/play/3d-chess-war