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What is the name of the with the chess-like board and arrows on every square indicating where to move?

Posted on 1805 November 2009 by admin in chess

What is the name of the old simplified chess-like board game that had pieces shaped like knights and kings and such and each square had arrows indicating where your piece could move? I played it at my Grandma’s house about 25 years ago and loved it. The arrows were drawn to look like they were made out of wood, if I remember right.

Originally released as Smess: the Ninny’s Chess, you were playing All the King’s Men by Parker Brothers.

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What is the best computer specification for a chess player?

Posted on 804 November 2009 by admin in chess

I am planning to purchase a laptop which I am going to use as an aid for my chess. I plan to use Fritz 10 to analyze my games and was wondering how much muscle I need (CPU, memory, etc.).

head to

http://www.alienware.com

http://www.voodoopc.com

or buy any high end laptop(which has dedicated graphics card-more ram the better) as the following is the minimum requirement of the game

Recommended: Pentium III 1.4 GHz or higher, 256 MB RAM, Windows Vista, GeForce5 or compatible graphics card with 64 MB RAM or higher, 100% DirectX compatible sound card,

hope that helps!

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What is the most effective way to teach chess to kids?

Posted on 1607 October 2009 by admin in chess

I recently got a cool job teaching an 11 year old chess. Many of the details are still being worked out (and I am unsure what his level is), but I will be teaching once a week for probably between 1-2 hours. What are some effective ways to teach openings, tactics, strategy, and endings, and what are the key concepts I should get to first?

Assuming he knows notation, go over his games.

Otherwise rhymes are memorable, like knight on rim is grim.

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How important is CHESS as learning tool in Primary Schools?

Posted on 211 October 2009 by admin in chess

Taleigao Chess Academy’s primary aim is to bring
CHESS in Primary School Education
in Goa/India.
In this reagrd we are doing many activities. our website www.goachess.info.
In January 2008 we are planning to publish a Souvenir where in we want to highlight
importance of Chess as learning tool.
If you wish to contribute your efforts
in any best way, please write to us.

Chess is a very important skill to learn at an early age. I started to play when i was 5 years old. Basically it teaches you skills on concentration, sharpens the mind because of the thousands and thousands of different moves that can be made. Most importantly it creates an analytical way of thought which is very important for younger people to learn for as you will use this in very important decision making throwout life.

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How many moves can chess players foresees?

Posted on 2508 September 2009 by admin in chess

How many moves can chess players foresees? Like Beginners, club player, Chess Experts, Grandmasters, World Champions. Does the Skills in chess depend greatly on the ability of foreseeing moves? And which other qualities matter to be a good chess player?
I am just a beginner and can visualize at the most 3 to 4 moves.

3 to 4 moves in correct situation is good.Knowledge,Practice and ability to recognize pattern is more important.

According to de Groot, this perception, made possible by years of practice and study, is more important than the sheer ability to anticipate moves. De Groot also showed that chess masters can memorize positions shown for a few seconds almost perfectly. The ability to memorize does not, alone, account for this skill, since masters and novices, when faced with random arrangements of chess pieces, had equivalent recall (about half a dozen positions in each case). Rather, it is the ability to recognize patterns, which are then memorized, which distinguished the skilled players from the novices. When the positions of the pieces were taken from an actual game, the masters had almost total positional recall

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