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Chess Tournament Preview

WBGH - Jan 26, 2012
If you're looking for a place to show off your pins, forks, skewers and zwischenzugs, the 3rd annual Broome County Chess Championship is for you. It takes place this weekend at Cordisco's Chess Center which is in the backroom of Cordisco's Corner Store ...

Gov. Jerry Brown playing chess with school funding

San Francisco Examiner - Jan 27, 2012
Is Brown using schools as a pawn in the chess game over taxes, knowing they are the most popular piece of the budget? Does the sun rise in the East? At the very least, it forces local school officials to make difficult assumptions about whether the ...

Chess: Masters meet

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Malaysia Star - Jan 26, 2012
By Quah Seng Sun THE proximity of Chinese New Year to the dates of this year's Tata Steel chess tournament has meant that I haven't been able to give this annual international chess event in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, much attention.

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Chess books

The Chessmen of Mars

by: Edgar Rice Burroughs
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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Chess Strategy

by: Edward Lasker
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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The Blue Book of Chess Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings

by: Howard Staunton, Various
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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Chess Cafe Puzzle Sampler

by: Karsten Mueller
The ChessCafe Puzzle Books! We are pleased to offer excerpts from three of the most popular chess books available today. They are The ChessCafe Puzzle Books 1 and 2 by German grandmaster Karsten Müller and Book 3, also by Müller, and in cooperation with Dutch international master Merijn van Delft. All three books are available in both traditional, hard copy and electronic editions. The original books are published in figurine algebraic notation, with Informant-style evaluation symbols. For this Puzzle Sampler, we have converted the notation to simple English algebraic and replaced the Informant-style evaluation symbols with text.
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Speed Chess Game

Two top grandmasters, Maxim Dlugy and Hikaru Nakamura, battle it out in a 1-minute blitz game after the US Championship. IM Ben Finegold comments on the side.

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Chess Lesson: Alekhine Defence

Exploring the Alekhine's Defence played by black in countering the king's pawn opening, one of the most common openings used by white in online and over-the-board play.

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Chess Lesson: The English Opening

Explores the English Opening book lines, along with possible variations.

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Everything You Need to Know About Chess: The Opening!

Play Chess for FREE at: www.Chess.com If you only had one chess lesson in your life, this would be it! The "Everything You Need to Know" video series launches today, and continues this week for beginner chess players! The chess world is about to lose thousands of "punching bag" level chess players, because after watching these videos -- everyone will be taking their game to the next level! First up is the Opening stage Follow the principles and achieve success in your games. Check it out on Chess.com: www.chess.com

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