Archive for October, 2010

What do you call a person who avidly plays chess?

Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Laura P asked:

I know it sounds like a simple question, but I'm writing something, and I need to sound as smart as possible. LOL. No joke.

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How do I get rid of the advertisements that appear at the top of my chess game?

Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Zildjian asked:

When I'm playing chess, advertisements appear at the top of my screen and it takes out the area at the bottom of my screen which stops me from being able to write my opponents. One of the advertisements is Globe Probe.

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What are some good chess books for the intermediate player?

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Emily asked:

I play on ICC (the Internet Chess Club). My rating is about 1300 but a Grandmaster said it was 1500. I lost to a player rated over 3000 in 52 moves.

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How are the Chess piece values determined?

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Agent 47 asked:

I need to know the mathematics or algorithm by which the values of all chess piece (like king = ∞, queen = 9, rook = 5 etc.) is found.

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What program can I use for a Swiss System chess tornament?

Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Ruben Otero asked:

I need the name and/or site where i can find it, for a swiss system pairing program, is the one with the pear logo I think. But if you know of another one besides swiss-chess it will be nice too.

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Chess……?

Monday, October 11th, 2010
Johnnytest P asked:

in chess stalemate, how come its not an automatic check mate cuz my step dad iz all gripeing at me cuz i said its stalemate and hes all like well it not my fault u set ur self up like that

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What is the best way to improve in chess?

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
Chasetopher asked:

I am a uscf rated 2038 player/FIDE 2180 and I study tactics almost every day... I am getting better, but I wondered what other people did to improve their chess games.

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