The Lion is a "fairy" chess piece that appeared sometime after Anthony Dickins introduced the "Grasshopper" in 1912. I have not been able to find who first published a Lion composition. Both were based on the Cannon, a Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) piece that first appeared in the ninth century. The Lion (L) moves on the lines a Queen moves, except that it must first vault over a piece of either color...

It was quite a funny idea to imitate the playing style of famous grandmasters by ChessMaster(CM) I believe developers gave CM games of the players to study and then they adjusted chess engine parameters to maximize the percent of positions where computer offer the same move as one had been played in the game by the human player. On the other hand, there always is an optimal set of parameters for...

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Where can I download databases of chess games for free please ? Thanks, Andy

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I seem to not be able to get past my 1265 rating I want to know if there is anything that would be able to help me to become a better chess player quickly.

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Hi, I am a weak homeplayer. Nevertheless I have succes with this opening. Is there a name for it? Where can I find analyzes about it? 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

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I used to have a book that showed smothered mate many more common positions that happen during the game. Anyone know of a web site or book that has some? Want to email me? My email address is . Remove pants for my email address. Put "private" in the subject line.

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