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	Origins of chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Another theory exists that chess arose from the similar game of Chinese chess, or at least a predecessor, thereof, existing in China since the 2nd century B.C. Joseph Needham and David H. Li are two of many scholars who have favored this theory.
		An argument can also be advanced that chess pieces hewn from stone were miniature versions of totems, useful for representing and predicting the conflict of divine forces in nature or society according to scientific methods available to anyone curious enough to inquire.
		Chess eventually reached Russia via Mongolia, where it was played at the beginning of the 7th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Origins_of_chess (1636 words)

	Chess problems of 1001 years ago
		Chess for instance, was highly cultivised in Arab countries starting around the sixth century after the birth of Christ.
		(Shatranj is the old form of Chess played in the Arab countries starting around the 6th century after birth of Christ.) Fortunately, the great chess historian Murray, in his monumental work A History of Chess, gives diagrams of many of these problems.
		All problems are taken from Murray's History of Chess, but in some cases, small changes (mentioned at the respective problems) were made, and in most cases, solutions are given in a more extended form as by Murray.
	www.chessvariants.com /mansindex.html (350 words)

	"Future Shoes" by Michael Finley
		Arising out of nowhere in India in the 7th century, chess, then called chaturanga, was a morass of Freudian stuff -- overthrow of the father, marry the queen, the king is dead, long live the king, etc. After about a month of typing he gave up on the project.
		Extreme Chess ($50, Davidson, 800-457-8357) is a computer chess program based on Fritz, the algorithm so powerful it not only knocked out World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, but also torpedoed cyber-grandmaster Deep Blue, the IBM supercomputer that, much like the Titanic, was thought to be unsinkable.
		Chess machines took a great step toward respectability when American mathematician Claude Shannon explained in 1949 how computers could be programmed to play chess.
	www.mfinley.com /articles/chess.htm (919 words)

	London Chess Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chess Bitch, written by the 2004 U.S. Woman’s Champion, is an eye-opening account of how today’s young female players are successfully knocking down the doors to this traditionally male game, infiltrating the male-owned sporting subculture of international chess, and giving the phrase "play like a girl" a whole new meaning.
		From the most unfortunate players in chess history to the longest queen moves, and from the longest tournaments to the record time for thinking about the next move, everything is included here – this amusing, entertaining, and often astounding guide is a must for all chess players.
		Finally the chess public will have a chance to find out how the sisters really feel about these controversial methods of studying the game.This volume wouldt be complete without a marvellous compilation of the Polgar sister most stunning chess games, providing a move-by-move explanation of their best and most memorable encounters.
	www.chess.co.uk /newbooks.html (9592 words)

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		Chess History and Chronology by Bill Wall (Sep 16, 2005) 0550 Chaturanga, earliest chess precursor, created in the Punjab.
		1093 Chess is condemned by the eastern orthodox church.
		1310 Chess forbidden to the clergy in Germany (Council of Trier).
	www.geocities.com /siliconvalley/lab/7378/history.txt (12388 words)

	British Chess Magazine: Ken Whyld (1926-2003)
		As well as being hugely knowledgeable about chess, Ken was a very warm, down-to-earth and generous man, with a gently teasing sense of humour.
		Ken Whyld was unique, a magnificent chess historian and writer, whose charm and wry humour has entertained a generation.
		There is no doubt that the loss of this perfect gentleman and grandmaster of chess history will leave a huge gap in the lives of his friends and in chess itself.
	www.bcmchess.co.uk /news/obitwhyld.html (1445 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - A great historian passes
		Kenneth Whyld was one of the great chess historians, co-author of the illustrious Oxford Companion to Chess and columnist of the British Chess Magazine for 25 years.
		Kenneth Whyld was a world-famous chess historian who co-authored the Oxford Companion to Chess.
		In my opinion he was the greatest chess historian in the world, and he managed to achieve that status along with a successful career in the business world, a great deal of foreign travel, and a slightly less harmonious family life.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=1070 (593 words)

	Chess History & Trivia [Chessopolis > Chess Links]
		Chess Archaeology - Excavating the history of chess.
		Chess History Center - Intending to be a focal point for those interested in chess history.
		The Morals Of Chess - Famous essay on chess by Benjamin Franklin.
	www.chessopolis.com /history.htm (496 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - IM Dr Ricardo Calvo, 1943 — 2002
		He was also involved in chess politics, and his activities culminated in his being declared persona non grata in 1987, after he had written a critical article on the world chess federation.
		As a chess historian, author and reporter, as well as a strong chess player, Dr. Calvo set forth evidence and arguments that Spain was the incubator and situs of the monumental changes that occurred in chess in the late fifteenth century, that resulted in the game we know as chess today.
		Anyway, my chess career is irrelevant, because my name is for the records a well known one since FIDE declared me "persona non grata" in 1987.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=527 (839 words)

	Pakistan Chess Player (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He received a lot of “slings and arrows", he was accused of greediness and money-grabbing, but Fischer, improving the conditions for himself, insisting that chess organizers pay fees to the participants of competitions, was actually fighting for the rights of his chess rivals, was improving their professional status.
		So, the world of professional chess should be grateful to Fischer for what he did many years ago.We can only admire that Fischer never exchanged his talent and the dignity of the chess champion for the cheap temptations of the flimsy glory and the sparkle of the yellow metal.
		I am sure that all chess players and all those who love chess will join me. It is also the right time now to appeal to the American government to cancel the executive order vis-à-vis Fischer, in other words to correct the gross mistake committed years ago.
	pkchess.bizland.com /chesspress/lev.html (1152 words)

	Chess Archaeology
		Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research.
		Reub clearly did not want the Western Chess Association, through which Whitaker was attempting to work, subverting the established authority of the NCF by calling into question the latter’s authority to represent United States chess interests before the international body.
		Whitaker’s efforts in the late 1920s and early 1930s to wrestle power in chess organizations, however, would be cut short by his additional convictions for interstate car theft, conspiracy to defraud, and the sending of narcotics through the mails.
	www.chessarch.com /excavations/0026_whitaker/whitaker.shtml (5459 words)

	A Tribute to Ken Whyld : Three New Lasker Games By Neil Brennen
		Below, chess historian Neil Brennen gives some of his impressions of this great chess historian, lists his best known chess publications and discusses a subject they had in common, their researches into the games of the great world champion Emanuel Lasker.
		Whyld's contributions to chess history are substantial, and promise to be enduring.
		His work on The Oxford Companion to Chess, written with David Hooper, was described by chess historian Edward Winter as "a masterpiece representing a landmark in the literature of our game", and remains the best one-volume reference work on chess nearly 20 years after it was first published.
	www.correspondencechess.com /campbell/articles/a030716.htm (1464 words)

	DRAUGHTS
		No historian is free of errors, but the honesty, the feeling of being just, and the search of the truth, eagerness for freedom and independence, facing all type of dificulties, are necessary attributes in the historical investigation.
		Initially she was the weakest piece, moving only one square at a time on the diagonal, yet by 1497, during the reign of Isabella of Castile, the chess queen had become the formidable force she is today.
		The chess queen got her first break in 12th-century Spain, replacing the vizier, who represented the king's counselor in Eastern chess (apparently Spaniards notices who got the most attention when she whispered in the king's ear).
	www.damasweb.com /holandes (859 words)

	ChessCafe.com
		In the fall of 2004, popular chess author Bruce Alberston released a book called Chess Mazes, designed to help students to develop their
		offers an extraordinary number of chess titles and the largest online selection of fine chess sets anywhere.
		"Chess Cafe®" is a registered trademark of Russell Enterprises, Inc.
	www.chesscafe.com (285 words)

	The Campbell Report
		Currently John is working with co-author and fellow chess historian Dale Brandreth on a detailed biography and game collection about the notorious Norman T. Whitaker, chess master and criminal.
		I find the pleasure of stalking chess scores and chess history just as compelling when my efforts are directed to more local affairs.
		And so, from games played by a world champion to the correspondence chess efforts of local enthusiasts, the stalking of historic chess game scores offers hours and hours of entertainment for the person with persistence, time, and interest.
	www.angelfire.com /mi/JFranklinCampbell/a980428.html (1713 words)

	OldNews02
		Niro, a full time student on a chess and education graduate fellowship at the University of Texas at Dallas, is a USCF life member with more than 30 years experience as a tournament director, organizer, player, journalist, coach and benefactor.
		Chess and boxing have been compared to each other because in both you can be leading the entire contest only to have the possibility to lose in an instant.
		Chess Room Director John Donaldson showed it is not only his chess that needs work as he placed 165th with a time of 21:08 (6:49).
	www.chessclub.org /OldNews02.html (16744 words)

	GetLocation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		For example, yesterday I was able to use this service to establish that Neil Brennen had posted a fake anonymous biography of me. I moved my Internet service from Jamaica Queens to the Morris Heights Section of the Bronx on July 25-26, 2005.
		Brennen very often used different nicknames and blasphemed all chess players (he is very weak chess player) and chess journalists.
		Because his behavior he expelled himself from chess world and serious discussion on this newsgroup.
	gamesreviews.net /message319363.html (939 words)

	goddesschess preview
		In this site you will find essays on historical aspects of chess, women's chess, chess journalism, political insights and a special infatuation with stories, myths, poetry, cartoons, humour, art, literature and links to the micro-world of international chess.
		Please use the Delphi discussion group at On Chess if you wish to contact us.
		Click on the Delphi icon and proceed to the "Welcome to On Chess" folder for regular e-mail contact, or enter your message in any of the available discussion folders where a number of topic headings await your comments.
	www.goddesschess.com (247 words)

	A Correspondence Chess Historian Meets the Computer Age
		Thanks to chess historian John Hilbert for providing another excellent article on the history of correspondence chess, the 10th article he has written for The Campbell Report.
		As a chess historian, I often find myself surrounded by paper, rough drafts of articles or books, xerox copies of old chess columns, bound copies of forgotten chess magazines.
		Having on hand a number of international correspondence chess games played shortly before the advent of the twentieth century, I decided to conduct a brief, informal comparison of my material with the results obtained using a large, commercial database.
	www.correspondencechess.com /campbell/articles/a001023.htm (4115 words)

	The Piececlopedia: Murray Lion
		In A History of Chess, chess historian H. Murray gives an incorrect description of the movement of the Lion in Chu Shogi.
		Author John William Brown of the book Meta Chess named this pieces the Murray Lion, both to honor Murray and to distinguish it from the actual Chu Shogi Lion.
		The Lion used by Antoine Fourrière, in Bilateral Chess and Jacks and Witches 84, is a weaker chess piece.
	www.chessvariants.com /piececlopedia.dir/murraylion.html (423 words)

	USCF Sales
		Feel free to browse or, if you are looking for something particular, you may search by category, author, title, or almost any other word.
		The USCF is the governing body for chess in America.
		The official publication, Chess Life, is the most widely circulated chess magazine in the world.
	www.uscfsales.com (283 words)

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		I initially decided to find scores of various important chess results from the romantic era, to decide who was really the strongest player in the days between LaBourdonnais and Anderssen.
		I do not claim to be a chess historian; any help is graciously appreciated.
		Anders Thulin looked up Schachzeitung where these are given and it says 2-0-1 though due to old wording it is possible someone misinterpreted it; this agrees with CPC 1856 pg 1.
	www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu /~spin/chessmatches.html (892 words)

	Chess.FM - Internet Chess Radio
		Pete is also the author of the best-selling "Learn Chess From the Greats" (Dover Pub., $8.95)-a delightful & unusual instructional book which I recommend highly as it contains a lesson on each page!
		Now is your chance to hear "straight from the horse's mouth" about studying chess openings, what books really can help improve your understanding of chess fundamentals, or how to successfully teach chess classes to children, so please send good questions for Pete Tamburro to fred@fredwilsonchess.com or Tony Rook.
		Dan is an award winning instructor, USCF member since 1966, author of seven chess books, and worked at both Kasparov-Deep Blue matches.
	chess.fm (188 words)

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