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	Dreams Machine > The Immaterial World - Chess Guide
		Chess (the "Game of Kings") is a board game for two players, which requires 32 chesspieces (or chessmen) and a board demarcated by 64 squares.
		Chess is one of humanity's more popular games; it is has been described not only as a game, but also as both art and science.
		Chess is played both recreationally and competitively in clubs, tournaments, on-line, and by mail (correspondence chess).
	www.sfetcu.com /modules.php?name=Chess_Guide-MM (1192 words)

	Chess - MSN Games - Free Online Games
		The earliest form of chess was derived from the game of Chaturanga which is believed to have been invented on the orders of King Balhait of India during the 500s.
		According to an apocryphal story, chess was responsible for starting a war lasting more than a decade between England and France at the turn of the first millennium.
		Chess enthusiasts come from all walks of life, united by a shared passion for a game that German philosopher Goethe referred to as “the touchstone of the intellect.” Russian president Vladimir Putin, a keen player himself, credits the game with boosting his own brain power.
	zone.msn.com /en/chess/article/genhistoryofchess (891 words)

	Chess-in-the-Schools: Employment
		Chess is a tool: Chess-in-the-Schools uses chess as an educational tool to motivate children to learn, to teach children to think and to show children they can succeed in intellectual pursuits.
		The Chess-in-the-Schools training program is designed to provide classroom teachers or chess professionals with the tools and skills necessary to deliver the Chess-in-the-Schools curriculum, run an after-school club and organize school tournaments.
		A chess assessment is administered for participants prior to the training program so that participants can be divided in to working groups based on the level of their chess skill.
	www.chessintheschools.org /nationalprogram.html (821 words)

	Tips for establishing a Good Scholastic Chess Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chess is a game of imagination and strategy, one that provides rules, order and opportunities for intellectual growth.
		The chess players outperformed the average student in the country and the average student in the school district.
		Chess and reading are decision-making activities and some transfer of training from one to the other may be expected.
	wschess.org /startup.htm (1129 words)

	Indianhistory
		Although Chess is generally considered to be a war game, one historian, Bidev, believed it was meant to glorify God by reproducing a small-scale model of the universe with its opposing positive and negative forces (fl and white?).
		What is most fascinating in the light of this historial account from India, is that modern scientific research appears to have verified the ancient wisdom that playing Chess can increase discriminative qualities of the mind such as the ability to concentrate for long periods (mental stamina and endurance) and to analyze and reason.
		The United States Chess Federation, the organization devoted to extending the role of chess in American society is beginning to recognize that chess is not just a competitive mental game anymore but may have important practical educational value in other areas of life such as helping those with learning difficulties.
	www.mum.edu /chessclub/indianhistory.htm (1226 words)

	Chess Guide > Mental Training
		Teaching and playing the game of chess has often been advocated as a form of mental training.
		The U.S. Chess Center in Washington, D.C., teaches chess to children, especially those in the inner city, "as a means of improving their academic and social skills."
		There are a number of experiments that suggest that learning and playing chess does, indeed, aid the mind in certain ways.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com /miscellaneous/mental_training.html (160 words)

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		A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it.
		Chess openings are a sequence of moves, often memorized, which will help a player build up their position and prepare for the middlegame.
		Chess variants are forms of chess where the game is played with a different board, special fairy pieces or different rules.
	pushedpawn.org /chesspedia/Chess.html (3293 words)

	Chess for Beginners
		Chess for Anyone is an incredibly clear presentation of the basic rules of chess and beyond.
		Chess for Anyone is designed to teach the game of chess starting at the beginner level up to the advanced level.
		There are many videos that present chess material at the expert and master level but very few that address the all-important beginning and intermediate phases of the game where most of the chess playing population lies.
	www.chesshouse.com /chessbeginners_s/172.htm (820 words)

	Chess Puzzles Series: Articles on chess and psychology.
		Chess in itself is a good method for the training of one's intelligence.
		Chess literature mentions factors such as determination to win, purposefulness, persistence, readiness to run risks, and the ability to calculate variations and correctly estimate the resulting positions.
		To train the technique of variations calculation a chessplayer usually selects a number of combinations and/or endgame studies and then tries to find the solution without moving the pieces about on the board.
	www.bartsoft.com /chesspuzzles/article.htm (3147 words)

	Chess Tactics Trainer
		Tactical combinations are the weapons of chess by which we "kill" our opponent.
		Tactical preparation is the most important training you can obtain to improve your game.
		If you are still unable to solve the problem after a few minutes, then set the board position up on your practice set at home.
	www.logicalchess.com /resources/lessons/tactics/index.html (233 words)

	Chess Game in Colour
		The beauty of chess as a teaching tool is that it stimulates children's minds and helps them to build these skills while enjoying themselves.
		Chess helps build individual friendships and also school spirit when children compete together as teams against other schools.
		Chess provides a positive social outlet, a wholesome recreational activity that can be easily learned and enjoyed at any age.
	colourchess.blogspot.com (1290 words)

	Chess Makes You Smart!
		This finding tends to show that ability in chess is not due to the presence in an individual of only one or two abilities but that a large number of aptitudes all work together in chess.
		The general conclusion is that chess methodologically taught is an incentive system sufficient to accelerate the increase of IQ in elementary age children of both sexes at all socio-economic levels.
		Chess is now part of the curricula at thousands of schools in nearly 30 countries around the world (Linder, p.
	chess.photobooks.com /genesis/web_pages/html/smart.html (1962 words)

	The Chess Academy
		The beauty of chess is that it utilizes rapid trial and error learning allowing the student to experiment with different strategies.
		The above photo illustrates the educational function of chess: "It is important to encourage chess among young people at the essential stage of their physical and mental development.
		The strategy and tactics of chess, its methods of planning and its philosophy, always play a positive role in developing the intelligence of young people...Reports from other countries confirm this.
	www.thechessacademy.org (372 words)

	CHESS GAME ANALYSIS USING CHESS ENGINES -- PART 3
		Chess playing programs excel at helping you with practice (you can play games anytime you like) and analysis (you can likewise have engines analyze your games at your leisure).
		Chess books and chess software aren't mutually exclusive to each other; it's easy enough to combine chess books and software, using the best of both media to develop an effective training regimen.
		It's ironic that chess has a reputation as being a game for egotists, because there are few other pursuits which require one to be as harshly self-critical as chess demands.
	www.chesscentral.com /lopez/eng_an03.htm (2764 words)

	The Q & A Way
		When chess teachers first examine the games of new students, the students usually want to show their wins, sometimes quite proudly, instead of their losses, which they often try to hide.
		To that end, when analyzing tactics, or any chess situations for that matter, make certain not to move the pieces, since good players must always improve and sharpen their ability to see chess variations in their minds.
		The games should be voted by chess grandmasters, authors and annotators around the world, and annotated by the foremost chess authors and chess grandmasters.
	www.chesscafe.com /bruce/bruce.htm (2654 words)

	Chess Training for Budding Champions
		Chess Training for Budding Champions by Jesper Hall is yet another in the Gambit series for aspiring players.
		One that every chess player encounters is how to bounce back from a particularly difficult loss or bad tournament.
		One thing that Hall emphasizes is the need to personalize information at a time when the chess player is being increasingly flooded with more material.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_jd/jd_chess_train_bud_champ.html (358 words)

	US Scholastic Chess
		All chess coaches, teachers, parents, scholastic committee members, tournament organizers, tournament directors, and members of the United States Chess Federation, etc., are welcome to contribute related material to this website.
		Chess has shown to involve all aspects of critical thinking, It provides an ideal backdrop from which students can learn, have fun, compete -- all while raising their self-esteem and motivation.
		Chess also teaches the important values of hard work, concentration, mental discipline, focus, objectivity, commitment, and patience.
	www.usscholasticchess.org (256 words)

	Great Ches Variant Software and Beyond
		Chess variants are an exciting way to expand your passion.
		Knowledge of chess and its strategies will give you a good foundation to excel at chess variants.
		Many strong chess players have found Shogi to be a great game to play.
	www.chesscentral.com /beyond_chess/software.htm (494 words)

	Book Recommendations by Homer Franck
		Chess books are not important per se but only as they support a chess players study program.
		You become a better chess player by gaining a clearer awareness of how you approach each game you play and how to learn from that game.
		There are also a number of other articles on specific chess elements originally published in Australian chess magazines: e.g.
	www.metrowestchess.org /Community/Knowledge/reviews/books/Book_Review_Franck.htm (396 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There is a flourishing movement to use the game of chess as a tool to aid the intellectual development of young people.
		The Americas Foundation for Chess [2] has initiated programs in partnership with local school districts in several US cities, including Seattle, San Diego, Philadelphia and Tampa.
		Alfred Binet demonstrated in the late 19th century that good chess players have superior memory and imagination.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Chess_as_mental_training (297 words)

	Knightiev The Maturing Chess Culture
		By the eighteenth century the pursuit of chess had become rather bookish, and it grew in favor among intellectuals.
		chess” is the most common English rendering of the most famous line from his book.
		Chess players at Slaughter’s were serious students of the game.
	members.aol.com /knightiev/myhomepage/chessmaturingculture.html (910 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		United Arab Emirates Chess Federation (UAECF) was incorporated in October 1976 with the object of dissemination and development of chess game as mental and cultural sport across the United Arab Emirates.
		UAECF took part in the opposite chess Olympiad, which was held in Libya as an opposition Arabic step for the organization of FIDE chess Olympiad in Israel 1976, where all Arab countries refused to participate.
		Sharjah women chess club was opened in 1991 and another club for women was affiliated with Dubai chess club in 2000.
	www.uaechess.org /english/history/index.asp (247 words)

	Chessville - Scholastic Instruction
		While this item can be used very early in chess instruction, it also can provide valuable practice for players in the early-intermediate stage.
		Designed primarily to be a chess-themed mental refuge for parents waiting for their kids on tournament days -- but also fun for fans of chess and word games.
		In this set, the names of World Chess Champions are hidden on chess diagrams, and can be uncovered by making a knight's tour of the board.
	www.chessville.com /instruction/Professor_Chester_Nuhmentz (1216 words)

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		Reviewing this group of programs was not an easy task for me. I play computer chess exclusively, and do not use any other games software, even those that deal with chess variants.
		These four tasks are present only in the Training mode; in the Game mode you encounter only the first three types.
		This program is a good choice for beginner's and for those that want to improve their chess imagination/fantasy (tasks 3and4).
	www.chessusa.com /articles/reviews/chesspuzzles.html (1031 words)

	Chessville - Annotated Games - PV Training Game
		In the following PV Training Game, which was played online at the FICS chess server, we had unfortunately forgotten about the evaluation aspect of the exercise.
		From the description of the PV exercise it sounds like a training method to improve tactical calculations, and it certainly is helpful.
		Training your mind to stay focused on the game is bound to improve your chess.
	www.chessville.com /instruction/Annotated_Games/PVTrainingGame.htm (2218 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Judit Polgar — preparing one by one with both colours
		“It is going to be an extremely difficult and exhausting event from mental and physical point of view”, she said, and that’s why she is carrying on a very important physical training.
		She is one of the greatest attractions of the World Chess Championship: the strongest woman in chess history.
		She will be the only woman in a men’s environment, but she lives it as a normal situation and doesn’t care.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2597 (778 words)

	Wikinfo \| Chess
		Chess is sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martial art".
		It was introduced into Spain by the Moors in the 10th century, where a famous games manuscript covering chess, backgammon, and dice named the Libro de los juegos, was written under the sponsorship of Alfonso X of Castile during the 13th century.
		Chess Records - a USA Rock & roll and r&b record label
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=chess (1216 words)

	About blinfold Chess history
		Blindfold Chess is a Chess variant in which one or more of the players plays the game blindfolded, meaning that he or she cannot use vision to aid in playing the game.
		Blindfold Chess originally developed as a way to help people move their hands with precision without the use of vision.
		Engineers and scientists in particular might find that playing blindfold Chess increases their ability to understand some of the processes they work with and study, simply because they are exercising that capacity of their mind.
	www.chess-poster.com /english/mail/mail_2005/about_blinfold_chess_history.htm (802 words)

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