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	Chess Guide - Online Games Information
		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 played both recreationally and competitively in clubs, tournaments, on-line, and by mail (correspondence chess).
		At one time, chess games were recorded using Descriptive chess notation, a somewhat clumsy notation that takes more space, more time to say, and more time to explain than its replacement, algebraic chess notation.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com (1116 words)

	Chess variant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fischer Random Chess (or Chess960): the placement of the pieces on the 1st and 8th rank is randomized.
		Grid chess: the board is overlaid with a grid of lines; for a move to be legal, it must cross at least one of these lines.
		The popularity of these chess variants may be limited to their respective places of origin (as is largely the case for shogi), or worldwide, as is the case for xiangqi which is played by overseas Chinese everywhere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chess_variant (1685 words)

	Learn more about Chess in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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 sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martial art".
		Chess is played both recreationally and competitively in clubs, tournaments, on-line, and by mail (correspondence chess).
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /c/ch/chess_1.html (1224 words)

	Grand Chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grand Chess is a chess variant invented by Christian Freeling in 1984.
		Working from the theory that the queen is merely a combination of a rook's and a bishop's powers, Freeling created the combination of each with a knight (as in the earlier Capablanca chess).
		Unlike in standard chess, it is illegal to promote a pawn to a piece of which one still has the original number on the board (e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Chess (262 words)

	About Grand Chess
		In Chess as it is played today, the castling rule derives from the fact that Rooks initially are obstructed by their own pawns and pieces.
		Grand Chess was invented a few minutes after I realized that putting all pieces except Rooks on the second rank would solve three problems simultaneously, see diagram.
		A furher correspondence between Grand Chess and Chess is that the Queen and King are on their familiar positions on the d- and e-file respectively.
	www.gamerevue.com /AboutGrandChess.html (647 words)

	Talk:Grand Chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Is it OK if I put a link to something on my own web page, which was written by the world champion of Grand Chess.
		It is his extensive (and I mean extensive) notes on a world championship game he played of Grand Chess against the reining world champion, and is available here.
		The placement of the pieces are different and Grand Chess also has the extra rank behind the group of pieces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Grand_Chess (266 words)

	Chess Guide > Grand Chess
		Grand Chess is a chess variant invented by Christian Freeling.
		Working from the theory that the queen is merely a combination of a rook's and a bishop's powers, Freeling created the combination of each with a knight (as in the earlier Capablanca chess).
		The pieces are set up as in standard chess, but on the player's second and third ranks, rather than the first and second.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com /variants/fantasy/grand_chess.html (169 words)

	Grand Chess -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Grand Chess is a (A game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king) chess variant invented by (Click link for more info and facts about Christian Freeling) Christian Freeling.
		Two other variations are in piece setup, and in ((chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank) pawn promotion.
		The pieces are set up so that all pawns are defended, on the player's second and third ranks, rather than the first and second.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/G/Gr/Grand_Chess.htm (196 words)

	Christian Freeling's Grand Chess
		Grand Chess, by the Dutch game designer Christian Freeling, is considered to be one of the best works of the "grand" tradition.
		Pawns have an initial two-step move option and are subject to en passant capture.
		Grand Chess sets can be purchased at the Mindsports website.
	www.chessvariants.com /large.dir/freeling.html (456 words)

	Grand Master Chess - Download Games, Free Game Downloads
		20 MB Grand Master Chess cannot possibly leave any professional or amateur chess player indifferent to all the new possibilities.
		The scaling algorithm is so remarkable that you can actually see all the small details of the chess figures.
		There is a three-level hint (showing whether the move is available, showing all possible moves and giving advice.) Grand Master Chess supports network gaming, so you can communicate with your opponent, as well as enjoy a network chat.
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	Chessdom - Grand Slam Chronology
		Quick action is needed, if chess officials intend the beautiful mind battle over the board to finally enter the 21st century.
		The Grand Slam Chess Association has been established in order to attract bigger sponsor pools and promote the competition on a higher level.
		The Chess Grand Slam first edition (2008) is now completed, with five tournaments: Corus Wijk aan Zee (The Nederlands, January 11-27th), Linares (Spain, February 15th – March 9th), M-Tel Masters Sofia (Bulgaria, May 6-18th), Mexico City (June 21st – July 6th) and the Final Masters in Bilbao (Spain, September 15-27th).
	grandslam.chessdom.com /grand-slam-chronology (951 words)

	First Black Grand Master Teaches Chess in Harlem
		Maurice Ashley, 33, is in charge of the chess center at the P.A.L., he is currently trying to bring chess to the Harlem community.
		It was really frustrating for a long time for me because I was dreaming of becoming a grand master, but nobody knew what a grand master was, people would be like what is he talking about.
		They may not be grand masters but at least they get some exposure and hopefully the game will help them in other ways.
	www.harlemlive.org /community/orgs/chess (824 words)

	Grand Chess Board Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Grand Chess is a chess variant invented by Christiaan Freeling.
		Chess implements both standard and Grand Chess (which requires a 10x10 board).
		The British Chess Federation was founded in 1904 and represents chess in England.
	www.chess-set-net.com /directory/grand-chess-board.html (687 words)

	Grand Master Chess Free Download
		He played the game several times and, in general, he was satisfied with the level of Grand Master Chess' skills, but at the same time, he revealed some disadvantages of this program.
		Then, there is not one important chess rule, which concludes in the following: the repeated three times position gives a draw game according to one player's demand.
		As for other features of Grand Master Chess, I should say, that it was impossible to estimate some of them, because the trial version, which I used, had some limitations.
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	CHESS: Info about Chess
		Grand Master Chess â“ a highly detailed 3D art piece, keeping you busy playing chess and marvelling at the graphics and sound effects.
		Chess Opening Trainer builds on the time-tested educational technique of learning by doing.
		Making a search for blindfold chess on the internet you soon find info that one of the most important advances in your chess life is to master the art of visualisation.
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	Grand Master Eliminates Wrong Moves
		Chess players do use their memory quite a lot, but this is only in opening (where it's exactly the other way around: we already know the good moves, we might even play as much as 20 moves without blinking an eye, because it's a well beaten path).
		Chess has a handful of simple principles that if you really follow you are already 3 quarters of the road to being a grand master.
		It is well recognized for professional chess that players have to continuously educate themselves and keep their mind in best shape by solving chess puzzles, studying one's own games and the games of others, studying the games of others, exploring positions with their peers (I learnt that CriticsAreYourBestFriends in chess).
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?GrandMasterEliminatesWrongMoves (6177 words)

	Hannah Grand Staunton Chess Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the advantages of an ebonised process is that age and use causes an aged effect to the chess pieces which adds to the appeal of the set.
		The vast majority of all good chess sets in America are made in India where there is a rich heritage of mathematics and related cranial games like chess.
		Some stores have chess sets made in China which are economical but don't have detail, quality, or the finesse of design that good Indian chess sets have.
	www.chessbaron.com /chess-M2030.htm (355 words)

	Fritz GrandMaster Challenge Play Chess
		All these chess titles feature the powerful Fritz chess tutorial engine that has served the needs of many of today's grand chess masters, along with countless thousands of children and adults who just like to play the game.
		As readers may suspect, learning chess with any particular approach is not an easy task, and once you get the basics of the different pieces and their movements, you have learned merely the beginnings of this ancient, powerful game.
		Learning chess well takes much time, and it requires a lot of patience and practice, along with discipline and determination, so Fritz GrandMaster Challenge is not going to magically result in hundreds of 8-year old chess masters.
	www.gtpcc.org /gtpcc/fritzgrandmasterchallenge.htm (1098 words)

	/home/set/tech/enchilada1/games/people/chess/grandchess/annotated-games/WC2001-VS/2001-VS.html
		Wayne has considerable experience with Large Chess variants ranging from Grand Chess to Turkish Great Chess, not to mention the various versions of Shogi, which even in its basic 9x9 version is tough enough let alone tackling versions played on boards that can be as large as 25x25.
		In Grand Chess you do not have the castling privilege, and playing chess at the head of your king, to borrow a concept from Shogi, may not be the best way of conducting the fight.
		White has occupied the center and has used his d and g pawns both as supports for this center and as shields against possible “Randloper” harassers that might otherwise be tempted to emerge at a7 or j7 disrupting the harmony of white's big guys in the center.
	www.samiam.org /grandchess/2001-VS.html (1937 words)

	Fantasy Grand Chess
		This version of Fantasy Grand Chess participated in a contest to design a large chess variant.
		Chess with Different Armies, with a fantasy theme.
		Grand Chess, except that each player chooses a different army.
	www.chessvariants.com /large.dir/contest/fantasygrand.html (1035 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago Chess Foundation - Default
		National chess champion FM Ryan Harper had the best performance of the three Trinidad and Tobago entries to the sub-zonal tournament held recently in Venezuela.
		When she learned to play chess from her father about the age of three, Chantal Fitzpatrick must have felt she was just learning another board game.
		The fascination of chess, however, evbentually grew upon her to the extent that she became determined to play it well.
	www.ttchess.com (1634 words)

	j. - Chess oasis
		Here’s a surprise gambit: The city with the most chess grand masters per capita in the world is Beersheva.
		A former Soviet chess official and coach of the Leningrad Spartak chess club, Levant was one of about 140,000 Soviet Jews allowed to emigrate in the early 1970s during a brief thaw in Kremlin policy, which otherwise barred Jews from leaving.
		What the chess officials did not know was that back in the Soviet Union, Levant was captivated by David Ben-Gurion’s vision to turn sleepy Beersheva into the capital of the Negev desert.
	www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25072/format/html/displaystory.html (660 words)

	Grand Master Chess Game — free downloadable chess game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This chess simulator is not as strong as a chess grandmaster, but strong enough to keep you alert throughout the game.
		Besides an original chess algorithm, the simulator draws upon a huge game archive, which helps it adjust the tactics and choose the optimal move.
		This game is for chess players that are connoisseurs in both chess combinations and chess ambience.
	www.energames.com /games/grand_master_chess (272 words)

	Caller.com: Local News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When Susan Polgar first discovered a chess set when she was 4, it was the small, crafted pieces that grabbed her attention.
		That, along with the enthusiasm for chess she saw in the area, prompted Polgar to work with Dan DeLeon to create a safe place for kids to learn the game and compete in mini-tournaments.
		The center was funded entirely by donations from the community and parents of chess team students from around the area.
	www.caller.com /ccct/cda/article_print/0,1983,CCCT_811_3813987_ARTICLE-DETAIL-PRINT,00.html (445 words)

	Thanhnien News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A Vietnamese Chess Grand Master will join 800 other chess players in the JAPFA 2005 chess tournament to be held from May 2-7 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
		Hai, with an Elo rating of 2,609, is considered the leading chess player in Southeast Asia by the JAPFA 2005 organizing board.
		The JAPFA Chess Classic International is an annual event, one of the strongest tournaments in Southeast Asia that routinely draws the greatest chess players in the world.
	thanhniennews.com /print.php?catid=5&newsid=6401 (166 words)

	1999 Large Chess Variant Contest Index
		Vyrémorn Chess is a fantasy chess variant designed with the relatively unique feature of being played diagonally on a board of two overlapping square areas, using both new and traditional pieces.
		The second goal for B.O. Chess is to de-emphasize the center of the board by providing "outer" pieces which actually lose power when they move close to the center.
		Grand Chess, except that each player chooses a different army.
	www.frontiernet.net /~alcove/chess/largecontestindex1.html (1519 words)

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		Apart from the rules (as far they differ from traditional chess), it presents some problems (with their solutions) and recorded actual games.
		Grand Chess is (c) Christian Freeling To learn more about Grand Chess, visit the MindSports pages on the web: http://www.mindsports.net/Arena/ The Grand Chess Intro is written utilizing html and Java applets.
		You don't have to be connected to browse this Grand Chess Intro.
	hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu /HyperArchive/Abstracts/game/brd/grand-chess-intro-11.hqx.txt (123 words)

	Grand Master Chess download page. Grand Master Chess by Alawar Entertainment, download from Sports subdirectory.
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		Grand Master Chess - An advanced chess engine.
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	GN Online: UAE to host grand chess event next year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Also it is going to be the biggest chess event held in the UAE after the 1986 Dubai Chess Olympiad," said Al Banai.
		The Dubai Chess Club chairman said, "The FIDE secretary will arrive on June 28 to start preparing for the meeting, which will be chaired by Ilyumzhinov Kirsan, the FIDE chairman on whose instruction the meeting is to be held in Dubai.
		In the evening the Dubai Chess Club will host a dinner party for the presidential council members on Dubai Creek on board a special boat; Tuesday July 3: Departure of the Presidential Council members.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=20402 (375 words)

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