Iâm now inspired to follow chess more. Itâs an incredible game and you can learn more in it than anywhere else about logical thinking and solving problems.
Chess cheaters have gotten really sophisticated. The idea is that they may be using bionic contact lenses!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionic_contact_lens :eek:
The World Cup live from Tromso. I bet the fact that the sun sets for something like four hours a day is gravely affecting some players: http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/live
You are the only person in existance that wants to play against a computer. It is no fun to get pummeled all the time. However, it is a great way to train. Just go to www.freechess.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Internet_Chess_Server You will need an interface. People like Thief, Babas or Raptor. I think there is a way to prevent engines or to request them. There are smartphone apps http://chessapps.info/
News Opportunity Lost: Chess in CPS http://www.il-chess.org/index.php/news/589-opportunity-lost-chess-in-cps
"Forty years ago, in a paper in American Scientist, Herbert Simon and William Chase drew one of the most famous conclusions in the study of expertise: There are no instant experts in chessâcertainly no instant masters or grandmasters. There appears not to be on record any case (including Bobby Fischer) where a person reached grandmaster level with less than about a decade's intense preoccupation with the game. We would estimate, very roughly, that a master has spent perhaps 10,000 to 50,000 hours staring at chess positionsâ¦..." http://www.newyorker.com/online/blo...nd-hour-rule-complexity.html?intcid=obnetwork