Top-4 Chess Queen™ & Chess King™ Christmas Gifts: Check Your Shopping List

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

BREAKING CHESS NEWS: Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk Wins Blitz Gold at Sport Accord World Mind Games 2012 in Beijing

Hi everyone,

We thought no Christmas shopping list is complete without a chess gift. So, here are top chess gift ideas from the Chess Queen™ and Chess King™ shop.

The must-possess chess book for any chess lover - particularly for girls who love chess - and... okay, yes! boys who love girls who love chess ;) - anywhere in the world!

1- Diary of a Chess Queen

The 12th Women’s World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk chronicles her rise to the top of the chess world in this introspective autobiographical work. Drawing from personal diaries kept during her youth, Kosteniuk takes the reader from the very dawn of her career as a child star in Russia, through triumph and disappointment, and finally to the pinnacle of success on the black-and-white battlefield. Along the way, we are treated to much more than an inside look into how a grandmaster approaches the royal game: we also learn the unique challenges posed to a young woman pulled at once by the diverging demands of professional chess, the glamour of the modeling lifestyle, and the joys of love and family life.

Part memoir and travelogue, part game collection, Diary of a Chess Queen features a selection of 64 annotated games with a wide range of world-class competitors, including male super-GM Sergey Karjakin and former female world champions Zhu Chen and Antoaneta Stefanova. (Published by Mongoose Press, 244 pages) Autographed personally by Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk. Price: $24.95

2-Chess T-Shirts... and, this is just one!

Sizes available S, M, L, XL.
Flat rate shipping for any number of items ordered.
Price: $12.99 There are several more designs available in the chess shop. Check out your favourite t-shirt now and tell the world you love chess like crazy.

3-DVD Combo

Get all 3 DVDs by 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk at a great discount. As you know, GM Kosteniuk is a blitz specialist and she just won the gold at the Sport Accord World Mind Games in Beijing, Chess Blitz Fever is just great to improve your blitz chess.

Old Price: $59.97
Price: $49.00
You save: $10.97! (18.29%)

4-Chess Opening Ideas 3 DVD Combo

Don’t be surprised in the opening! Chess King's Opening Ideas DVD Course is the quickest way to learn the ideas, plans and goals behind the major chess openings. Just watch the moves and listen to their explanations. Over 8 hours of instruction in over 90 chapters in this amazing openings video encyclopedia! Recommended for players Unrated to 1700 Elo. Just in case you cannot wait for the DVDs to reach you, buy an online viewing version!

Actually, there are lots of chess goodies on the Chess King shop website and you really need to explore it for a chess-y Christmas ahead! Check out the Chess King shop!

From Alexandra Kosteniuk's

www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
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YouTube Channel

 

Grandmaster Chess Strategy: Stop Mugging Chess Openings!

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas: No chess player likes to be surprised in the opening by an unfamiliar move. The trick is not to memorize moves but to learn and understand opening ideas. Chess King's Opening Ideas DVD Course is the quickest way to learn the ideas behind the major chess openings. You'll learn the plans and goals for both players in dozens of openings by watching the moves and listening to their explanations. Seven+ hours.

Liked the video above? Ready to start your training right now? You don't even have to wait for the physical DVDs to reach you. Watch Right now with Special Discounted Online Access at this Chess King link!

From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel

 

Strong Chess Training Strategy: No Need to Memorise Openings!

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

The latest strong-chess training strategy news via Chess King is that you don't really need to memorise chess openings! Yes, that's true. Check out this Chess King video with details of a brand new chess training system that is sure to take your chess to the next level. A personal chess tutor not to be missed!




From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel

Play the Halloween chess gambit to scare your opponents!

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

Have a real fun Halloween and for all the chess lovers out there: Here's our advice!
Try the Halloween Gambit.

The Halloween Gambit, also known as the Müller-Schulze Gambit or Leipzig Gambit, is an aggressive gambit in chess, in which White sacrifices a knight for just one pawn. It is a branch of the normally staid Four Knights Game. The theoretician Oskar Cordel reported in 1888 that Leipzigclub players used it to dangerous effect but he did not believe it was sound. Their name for it, Gambit Müller und Schulze, was not after any players by those names; rather, it is a jocular German equivalent of "Smith and Jones" or "Tom, Dick and Harry". The opening is characterised by the moves

1. e4 e5

2.Nf3 Nc6

3. Nc3 Nf6

4. Nxe5

 

 

The goal of the gambit is to seize the center with pawns and drive back Black's knights. After 4...Nxe5, White usually plays 5.d4, in preference to 5.f4, which does not facilitate his development.

Check out wikipedia for a starter pack on the gambit. Enjoy.

Also click on the photo below to check out all the Halloween photos of Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk.

From Alexandra Kosteniuk's

www.chessblog.com

Also see her personal blog at

www.chessqueen.com