Delaware Chess Review
I’m willing to try new things … how about you? The reason I ask is that I am writing a review about something I want, not something I own! But I will own it, once I get the money!! So … here goes! Many of you active on the web have probably come across articles [...]
Back in the early 1980s, British publisher Pergamon Press did the English speaking chess world an incredible favor by creating a series of books that were translated from Russian. Just about every one of these books was worthwhile, and brought to us a nice assortment of some of the best tools that were used by [...]
Let me extol the benefits of ChessCafe for one more week. We’ve reviewed the three contributors I read seriously every month. I glance at most of the others, and there are occasional nuggets of gold in several others. There is a book review column that changes much more frequently than once a month, and the [...]
Bob Wilder joins us again this week to review some gems from Chess Cafe. Thanks again Bob and I might let you return next week —————————— Let’s continue our review of some of my favorite contributors to www.chesscafe.com. In the last review I stated that “There are three things that an improving chess player needs: [...]
Hello all, This week we bring you two local links that should generate some excitement, especially amongst the Delaware junior players. The updated Delaware chess player’s rating list is available now at http://www.delawarechess.org/deuscfratinglist.htm. Congratulations to those who have moved into the top 35! Additionally, this week’s review points you to a new scholastic list maintained [...]
This week we have a special guest review from Bob Wilder. Bob helps to run the Bear Chess Club and maintains their website (http://bear.delawarechess.org/) Given the great job he has done here we certainly hope Bob continues to write reviews/columns for us in the future! ————————- One internet site that should be on nearly everyone’s [...]
Today’s review is of a local chess club website found at http://bear.delawarechess.org/ As the name suggests, this site belongs to Delaware’s very own Bear Scholastic Club. The Bear club is run by our frequent Delaware Chess Forum posters Richard Martin and Bob Wilder. As you can see on the site these guys do a great [...]
Ahh, so many things happening in the world of chess. Today you get two links to keep you busy for awhile. The first site is a NPR interview with Garry Kasparov where he talks briefly about his retirement and about Russian politics. It is certainly no secret he wants to be the next president of [...]
Inspired by a puzzle posted in our Delaware Chess Forum by Jonathan Martin, I thought I’d direct you to two nifty chess puzzle sites. Sure, there are lots of puzzle sites out there, no doubt, but here are two more to add to your list. The first site is http://www.mazeworks.com/chessprb/index.htm This site offers an excellent [...]
A new month so it must be about time to throw in a plug for our very own site! Through the help of Bob Wilder we now keep a list of the top 35 players in Delaware. So if you ever wondered who the best players around the Diamond State are, or exactly how good [...]