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Rook Odds / Not So Strange
Published April 11, 2012 | 
Odds is a term used in chess when things are not ‘even’ – or in this case when the material is not even. This handicap play used to be much more prevalent than it is today – and much has been lost. This used to be the way a ‘lesser’ or beginning player could cross swords with the ‘mighty’ and still have a chance. It was a way to measure progress and avoid the continuous pummeling that is usually the plight of the ‘up and comer’ while still facing good/strong opposition.
Rook Odds is a substantial handicap that would normally be overwhelming. When the Odds are artistically overcome it is a sight to behold. The following three miniatures are cases in point. They are played by the prominent players of their day with the White pieces. Remove White’s Queen Rook, or the Rook on ‘a1’. Enjoy.
London / 1789
Philidor versus Cotter
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Kf2 Be7 7. d4 Nf6 8. Bxf4 Ne4+ 9. Nxe4 Qxe4 10. Bxc7 Nc6 11. Bd3 Qe6 12. Re1 Qxa2 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. d5 Qxb2 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Bd6+ Kd8 21. Qc7+ Ke8 22. Qe7# 1-0
New Orleans / 1849
Morphy versus Le Carpentier
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bf8 8. e5 d6 9. Re1 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxd1 11. Bxf7+ Ke7 12. Ng6+ Kxf7 13. Nxh8# 1-0
London / 1873
Steinitz versus NN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nc5 6. d4 Na6 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. Nc3 h6 9. O-O g5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Qh5 Rxh5 14. Ng8+Ke8 15. Bxf7# 1-0
All Three PGN Files – See Comments
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Morphy, Paul Morphy, Wilhelm Steinitz | 
1 CommentFischer Random Chess
Published February 19, 2012 | Fischer Random Chess (Chess 960) is now available on the Quantumgambitz Chess Server
Enjoy!
World Mind Games
Published December 11, 2011 | Daily four-hour video coverage will be transmitted from 7:00-11:00 (CET), 14:00-18:00 (CST) on The Sports Hub www.youtube.com/mindgameschannel
Bridge:
BBO: http://www.bridgebase.com
Ourgame: http://register.ourgame.com/special/foreign
Chess:
http://quantumgambitz.com/blog/By
Draughts:
WBF Website: http://swmg.fmjd.org/with-computer-analyses
Go:
SINA: http://sports.sina.com.cn/chess
Wbaduk: www.wbaduk.com/
Xiangqi:
WXF Website: http://24.52.200.45/wxf , http://24.52.200.45/wxfc
Shogi
Published November 8, 2011 | Recently an International Shogi Festival (oct 27-30) which has been held every three years since 1999 in Japan ,was held outside of Japan for the first time of shogi history in Paris…..
Enochian Chess
Published October 31, 2011 | 
Enochian chess was traditionally played on one of four specially constructed boards. Each board represented one of the classical elements. {Earth,Fire,Water,Air} ……….The diagaram above is Fire of Fire & Earth
In all eight initial arrangements each throne square is occupied by two pieces, a king and another piece (in the above case a knight). This double occupancy is only allowed at the beginning of the game. Once either the king or the other piece moves off of the throne square then for the remainder of the game only one piece may sit on that particular throne square at any one time. Both pieces are captured if an enemy piece moves into a throne square while it is still occupied by the both original pieces.
Playing Go on a Chinese Chess Board
Published October 10, 2011 | Yuan Dynasty Mural at the Lower Guangsheng Temple
Source : Zhongguo Meishu Quanji vol.13 plate 83
Quantum Chess
Published August 28, 2011 | The unpredictable nature of quantum physics has been mimicked by Queen’s University computer scientists to invent a new version of chess.
Evolution of Games
Published July 1, 2011 | 
(Click on Image)
(Games) Their probable Inventor was the same man who first presided at the birth of the sciences of medicine and chemistry…the witch doctor.
Seirawan Chess
Published April 17, 2011 | Seirawan chess begins in exactly the same manner as a conventional chess game.
When a player first moves a piece from its original square, that player has the option of placing the Hawk or Elephant on the vacated square, as part of the player’s move. Thus if a player played Ng1-f3, he or she could place the Hawk or Elephant on g1. The move would be recorded as 1.Nf3(Hg1).
Kissinger on Go
Published January 25, 2011 | Despite Kissinger’s cogent understanding of the game, CNN mistakenly used video of Chinese Chess to illustrate the segment….
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