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THE CHESS WORLD

All Truth About ELO Rating System

ELO is the most popular rating system which is used to calculate chess strength of players in FIDE, USCF and the majority of other chess federations and online chess websites (like ICC or Yahoo! chess). The higher ELO rating is the stronger a player is. In ELO system, a player... Click here to read more

Little Chess Partner Checkmated

Here is the game played against the Little Chess Partner. The online version plays around 2000ELO on fast PCs, maybe better. I was running Little Chess Partner on AMD Athlon(TM) 4800+ 62x2 Processor, with 2 Gb RAM, which is pretty fast PC. While playing Little Chess Partner I descovered a few week spots that can be used against this program. Okay, lets take a look at the position itself... Click here to read more

As for me I always wanted to learn play chess. What a game! All those units standing in a row - bishops, knights, rooks and pawns and of course - King and Queen - the authority and power united on central squares!

All seems so clear, so geometric, so waiting just for my signal to step forward and cross the line.

The silence and the strict ranges on polished bricks of board and... read more

Chess Novel Part I

Kasparov's blunder?

Anand - Kasparov, World Chess Championship, NY 1995 Game 11

This famous position occured during World Chess Championship Match between V. Anand and G. Kasparov. Anand thought that Kasparov blundered material, but did he really or Anand is missing something?

Black to play

Here is a small collection of chess traps that allows winning a game very fast if your opponent falls into one of them. I personally think that relying only on traps you learned is a bad strategy. You ask me "why did you put it on your website than?" Okay, I think that every chess player needs to know these traps for two reasons... read more

Chess Traps and Tricks

Chess Tips

Here are some essential chess tips that will help you understand the game of chess better:

Fight for the center. Remember, central squares are very important since they provide block posts for your pieces. Therefore, central pawns are considered to be more valuable than flank ones.

Sometimes, it makes sense to give up a pawn to get an initiative.

Always think twice before making a pawn move. Since pawns cannot move backwards it is very hard to fix "pawn weaknesses"... read more

Lasker Trap

Lasker's Trap can be very powerful weapon for Black in Albin Counter gambit variation. The unusual though very powerful feature of Lasker Trap is underpromotion on seventh move. It is a good idea to use this opening in quick games since it is not very often played and your opponent most likely would be unprepared for it. Let's take a closer look... read more

How to get better in chess

A lot of people are asking the same question over and over again, how to improve in chess? So, I have decided to write this whole thing once and for all. First of all it is important to know at what level you are playing now. It would really depend what to study and how to improve from the player's current (estimated) rating. Here is a chart that gives an idea on what should players work on at different levels of their chess career:

Below 299: Learn basic rules of chess, how pieces move, and special rules (en passant, castle etc).

300-1000: Learn basic chess ideas such as checkmate, simple attacks, etc.

1000-1199: Learn basic opening ideas. It's recommended to play 1.e4 as white and sharp variations as black. Learn basic...read more

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