Interesting article on the difficulty of chess and its depth:

"In recent weeks I have been pondering why chess is a game so difficult and I have come to a conclusion that would call definitive. To do this, I must first explain some issues.
All problems can be defined via a description or representation of knowledge of a small world (called micro), which may or may not meet certain goals. Remitámonos the problem of representing the tree of variants in a game of chess. Here we create a tree that starts at ...

Chess Trivia:
The first chess clocks used were hourglasses.
The first match played was the time limit that faced Anderssen and Kolisch in 1861. Players had to make 24 moves in 2 hours.
During the American Revolution, the colonists tried to rename the King, Queen and Pawn as Governor General and Pioneer.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is the second largest world organization, bringing together 122 nations (as of 1977). Its annual budget is only $ 150,000 (about 22 million ...

The new blog of Magnus Carlsen on the website of the sponsor:
http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?button=blog&main_image=35

Happy 2010 and good year to all input.

ChessBrain aspires to be the largest computer chess world. It is a "virtual supercomputer" that works distributed in thousands of Internet computers at once, something pareceido to how SETI @ Home and the like. This project will advance slowly but achieving its milestones. The idea is to have a server to divide the task of calculating a split between as many computers as possible, thereby overcoming the power of dedicated computers. You'd be playing against a single "brain" virtually divided on many machines. A ...

The entire game of chess with the board and the pieces placed in initial position reminds us of a battlefield, defined limits in which they face two distinct armies ready to enter combat. The 64 boxes where confrontation has to discourse are well differentiated, with light colored half of them and the other half dark.

We can run the imagination with a host of contested battles in this world clearly defined, making back in time where chivalry rules and strict control guidelines marked the battle ............

Micronet, publisher, developer and publisher of software for PC and consoles, Fritz launches Twelve, the new edition of the most powerful chess program for PC that chess players from beginners to professionals and club players can become great teachers. If you do not know how to play, Twelve Fritz will teach you the rules and, in less than an hour, you deal your first game of chess, and if you are a regular player, you can become a true master.
Twelve Fritz has been developed by the German company ...