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Chess. The rules of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Anonymous wrote on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

Anonymous wrote on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

The description of castling mixes up the coordinates and the team colors according to the positioning diagram at the top of the page. It should read, 'When castling, the king moves two squares towards the rook, and the rook moves over the king to the next square, i.e., *black's* king on e*8* and rook on a*8* move to: king c*8*, rook d*8* (long castling), white's king on e1 and rook on h1 move to: king g1, rook f1 (short castling), and similar for black.

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Jan 15, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

your web page saved an argument in less than 5 seconds thankyou

Anonymous wrote on Sun, Jan 13, 2002 12:00 AM UTC:

this page is great but should have some stragties for moving including foolsmate

Pete Denk wrote on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Just got a chess board for Christmas...this is the best site for instructions. Thank you for taking the time. Pete Denk New Jersey

Anonymous wrote on Fri, Dec 28, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Hard to remember them all, but great illustration's

Anonymous wrote on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Anonymous wrote on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

i'm a total novice and have never played looks like this will help

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Dec 25, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Anonymous wrote on Mon, Dec 24, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Anonymous wrote on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:

Thank you forthe rule information.

Anonymous wrote on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:

The information given employs an assumption of understanding prior to attempting the play. Using this page with young people who know nothing about the game, they found the descriptions of moves difficult to grasp. This also would apply to young children who's vocabulary does not reach the level of the words used. Perhaps a second version could be shown so these children could be taught too.

Anonymous wrote on Sun, Dec 9, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Easy and informative

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Dec 4, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:

You forgot to include a draw game when a player has a king with a lone bishop or a lone knight it is impossible to create a checkmate and therfore the game ends in a draw.

Anonymous wrote on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★

ifp rlayer has have a quen and and his pawn rich the other side its impossible to have a 2 quen

Anonymous wrote on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Great! This website has taught me a lot about the basics of chess. I am now the best chess player in my school!

Anonymous wrote on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

great job it looks nice

Wanda wrote on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:

I was impressed with your display of rules and want to share it with a young man in our school who I suggested start a chess club. It has been a long time since I have played and am looking for site that will explain the tracking of your moves. I tried to explain that in competition that you record your moves (which he did not know) but I could not recall after 45 years just how to record moves. Would you be able to direct me to such a site or provide me with an explanation I can share with the students. Thank you for your assistance. our e-mail address (for you only) is eugene.ratz@verizon.net Thank You Wanda

Martin wrote on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:

Comment about the image about castling undertitled 'Neither white nor black may castle: white is in check, and the black king may not move over d8'. White can't castle because is in check, and white can't castle because the king has been moved from his original position. Martin

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Oct 2, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Anonymous wrote on Sat, Dec 29, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Anonymous wrote on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

David Paulowich wrote on Sat, Sep 8, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

This is David Paulowich writing in support of the standard rules for pawn promotion, which seem to be unpopular with some players and chess variant designers. If, for example, pawns could only be promoted to previously captured pieces, then many beautiful games would no longer be legal. My databases contain over 400 games with 4 Queens on the board, 2 White and 2 Black, including: Capablanca - Alekhine, 1927 (Thirteenth World Chess Championship Match, game 11) and Borsony - Koch, 1956 (Second World Correspondence Chess Championship). In 1936 Reinle checkmated Lange in this 'extra promotion' game: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Qh5+ g6 5. fxg6 h6 6. g7+ Ke7 7. Qe5+ Kf7 8. gxh8=N#

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Such games, with one player having nine pieces other than pawns, used to be rare (only ten were played between 1856 and 1963). In modern times the opening: 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxg7 Qh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. Bg2 gxh2+ 7. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 8. Kxg1 (from Kucharkowski - Walter, 1982) has been repeated in over 200 games. Incidentally, White is winning, by about 150 to 50.

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Anonymous wrote on Wed, Sep 5, 2001 12:00 AM UTC:Good ★★★★