A comprehensive guide of chess: history, famous games and players, rules, strategy, tactics, chess and the computer, documentation and literature, variants. Chess (the “Game of Kings”) is a board game for two players, which requires 32 chesspieces (or chessmen) and … Read More
Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning. The word also applies to the various methods by which the advantage is … Read More
Robert James Fischer died today at a hospital in Reykjavik, Iceland. Fischer became famous as a teenager for his chess-playing ability, and in 1972 he became the official World Chess Champion. In 1975 he refused to defend the title when … Read More
