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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Cool chess animation video
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Here is a nice, creative chess animation video. Continuing our series of videos with the chess motif, we encourage you to share yours. So beautiful is chess, so undefinable is the joy of a game, so countless are the interpretations of a chess analogy... the fun, the joy, the sorrow, the peace... emotions all undefinable but experienced in a chess game alone. Got your views, got your videos, send them to us. Meanwhile, enjoy this one.
Fun video: What to do with chess pieces when your brain is on low battery
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everybody,
Ok no analysis, no heavy brain stuff, these are pure and simple rook moves. Wink. These guys tell you how. Happy relaxing mind-switched-off chess-y Sunday everyone. Have fun - whatever you do with the chess pieces.
Thanks to www.chessblog.com reader @swakilki for sending us this via @chessqueen and @kosteniuk on twitter. Don't forget to send us your own chess videos - nerdy ones, crazy ones, fun ones, dumb ones... but just chess ones.
Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Here are two funny chess videos to cheer you up this Sunday. The first one is about two psychics playing chess (huh!) and the second one is about how right after their Rd 9 game at the 2011 Gibraltar Chess Festival, Viktor Korchnoi's funny advice to Wohl! Enjoy.
Super video - Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk reveals secret fantasy
Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi Everybody,
Before we say anything, watch this awesome/fun video!
Yes, this is about Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk's secret fantasy. She wants to become world champion in ChessAttack also now. It's all about less board, more battle. Double the fun, double excitement - in all your punches.
ChessAttack is HERE.
Chess Attack is a chess variant played on a rectangular board of six rows (called ranks and denoted with numbers 1 to 6) and five columns (called files, denoted with letters a to e) of squares. It can be seen as a chess game exclusively devoted to endplay.
Chess Queen Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk playing a game of Chess Attack.
Setup and rules
Each player starts with one king, one queen, one rook, one bishop (of alternate colors), one knight and five pawns. Apart from the initial setup, the game follows all conventional chess rules.
History and use The game was invented by the Norwegian game designer Werner Kling in 2008, both as a tool to introduce a simplified chess variant to younger players and for experienced players to hone endgame skills. It's being used as a training tool by players such as Magnus Carlsen, Simen Agdestein and Alexandra Kosteniuk. Chess Attack is also available for mobile phones and as a Facebook game.
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