Apparently there are rougly 320 MILLION different combinations for the first four opening moves in a chess game!
Wow! How many do you know?!
Another useless fact of the day supplied by this blog.
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It was interesting to see South African president Jacob Zuma endorsing chess in South Africa.
Here is the press release from the presidency around his recent attendance at the KZN event.
President Jacob Zuma today, (Tuesday 22 December), attended the inaugural KwaZulu-Natal Chess Tournament held at Nkandla Community Hall in KwaZulu-Natal.
The tournament was organized at the request [...]
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Until ChessCube came along, I had never ventured into the realm of online chess.
After my first couple of games on the platform I was completely hooked. You can’t believe how addictive it is and interactive and just I guess… slick!
Even better it is a South African developed platform so if you play on it, you’re [...]
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ChessMate is a South African blog aimed at promoting chess in South Africa and giving average players (like me!) a chance to interact with other better players and try to develop a better understanding and appreciation of the game.
I’ve played since I was about 13 after I read the original Bobby Fischer book on chess [...]
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