Cool Chess Things

Here is the continuation of the chess humor series. Many of you like to play chess, some of you also like to watch movies during the ‘free of chess’ time. How does an action movie like The Transporter can be used to interpret the Game of Kings? At first, it seems like these two things […]

Today’s topic is chess art. Here are some pictures of chess pieces’ combination that I have shot with Canon 60D DSLR camera. If you visit TheChessWorld.com on regular basis you probably will find some of these familiar. These are the images I have been using as my article’s pictograms. Some of them (actually most of […]

Today I will do a review of one of the strongest free chess programs available for android smartphones: Droid Fish. This program does not have any fancy things like a high texture wooden board or special sounds effects like those of Chess Free. However, what DroidFish does and does really well is playing chess. The […]

Chess is a kind of game that even Kings themselves played in the past. It is a common knowledge that Indian Shahs ended their territorial wars due to the invention of chess. They were able to decide their disputes by the brain power translated into pieces’ moves on the chess board rather than by pointless […]

Tactics is something that can make you an overall better player. That’s why I recommend practicing tactics problems on daily basis. Tactical blunder is the factor that very often decides the game. It does not matter how weak or strong chess player you are, solving tactics problems is something that can keep your skills sharp […]

There are 468 million people that are using Android powered smart-phones in the World in 2011. There is a high chance that many of these millions are occasional chess players, since chess is the most popular over the board game. Laptop may not be always accessible, but what if you want to play chess anyway? […]

Here is a small collection of unique chess clocks. Some of the clocks are so beautiful that players using them are in danger of getting into time trouble. Since today’s post doesn’t have any “chess education” linked to it I would like to check the viewer’s observance (it is surely an important skill for a […]