Comments on: Chess Problems

Chess Problems

Kattullus — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:03:58 -0800

Chess Problems has hundreds of problems in six difficulty classes from novice to fiendish [java]

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:05:19 -0800

It's sistersite, Go Problems, has been previously posted to MeFi.

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:33:22 -0800

The Go Problems might be a repeat, but I loved it. Pretty hard! I felt the chess ones were easier, and I think these days I'm a better Go player than chess player.

By: JokingClown

JokingClown — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:38:02 -0800

I saved a long list of useful chess links, once upon a time. Here is the list. (there are a few websites I use now that aren't here.) Maybe someone will find some of these useful as well. Also, a note. There is a small group of users on youtube who post videos about chess. Search for the name "GreenCastleBlock", "JrobiChess", or "jj32768" on youtube for some of the more active users. Not bad players, not great so if you are a good chess player they might not be so useful, but the games are often interesting to watch. The links previously mentioned. http://www.chesscentral.com/chess_strategy/chess_strategy.htm http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html http://www.googobits.com/articles/1087-chess-strategy-how-to-win-from-the-beginning.html http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-this-most-drawish-variation-in-world.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_tactics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_strategy http://www.chesstactics.org/ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PDJoseph/chesstacticsforamateurs.htm http://chess.emrald.net/index.php http://www.freechess.org/ http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-tutorials.html http://www.chessguru.net/tactic/ http://www.top10chess.com/ http://www.totalchess.com/chess_tactics.htm http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa03k01.htm http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&Action=none&From=1,1,1,1 http://www.5min.com/Video/Chess--Two-knights-opening-1509 - crazy russian guys http://64squar.es/ - Free Chess online http://www.hypermaths.org/quadibloc/chess/ch02.htm http://games.yahoo.com/games/login2?page=ch&ss=1

By: gwint

gwint — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:39:20 -0800

Good stuff, but why, when I switch to "Fiendish" level, do all the pieces suddenly have either blue or green eyes?

By: suckerpunch

suckerpunch — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:49:03 -0800

Seems like a great site, but the Java chess engine rarely returns a move for me. Is anyone else having this problem?

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:29:03 -0800

The Java crashes both Safari and Firefox on either site if I play them too much. On consideration, this is probably a good thing.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:54:14 -0800

The java just earlier went wonky on me but I figured it was just Firefox being silly so I closed and reopened it which made everything hunky dory.

By: mammary16

mammary16 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:15:27 -0800

A good site for chess videos: chessvideos.tv. Includes alot of game analyses from 2200+ ranked players. Dennis Monokroussos's videos, in particular, are very good. He follows a game, exploring many of the variations at key moments. The videos often run to about 40 minutes long. http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewforum.php?f=19 This has replaced TV for me.

By: mammary16

mammary16 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:17:57 -0800

I should make a clickable link. Shameful shit. Chess Videos.

By: ossobo

ossobo — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:17:12 -0800

Thanks, Mate! :D