Chess History

The most conclusive evidence that can be pulled up today, points to India being the country that invented chess. Over the long years chess has gradually evolved little by little. One of the big changes to the game of chess, was when England became the biggest world power during the reign of Queen Victoria. The queen of the chess board went from being slightly better than a pawn, to the strength it is today, bishops could only move 2 spaces diagonally but they could also hop over other pieces. Castling was unheard of at first, and pawns weren't allowed the option to jump two squares for their first move.
Almost all the modern rules of chess were not finalized until about the 20th century. Even now chess is changing, there are may radical chess variants. The Most notable chess variants are Bug House, which is played with 4 player 2 chess boards and involves teams, (great practice for classical chess to) And 960 chess, also known as Fischer Random; the reason it is called 960 chess is because the back rank (with a few exceptions) are set up at random, and 960 different legal positions can be made. This completely destroys current opening theory, and really builds you strategy and tactics.

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is the dominate chess learning book, there is no question about it, more people have used the Bobby Fischer teaches chess book to learn the game of chess than any other book. It seems I always knew how to play chess, I learned to play before I can remember anything, But the first book I read that taught combinational play was Bobby Ficher teaches chess.

The Design Of Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess:

The format it is written in is entirely unique, it's written and printed in a style no other book in the world has been, I say that because half of Bobby Ficher teaches chess is upside down! There is a reason for that, Bobby Fischer teaches chess shows you how to play the game through practice problems, the book makes you learn by doing, and after you think you have the answer to the chess problem, the way Bobby Fischer teaches chess is made, you have to turn the page to see the answer, so there is no involintary cheating. And after you work your way through Bobby Fischer teaches chess right side up, you flip it over and go through it upside down!

The curious design of this chess book really is a great way to work a chess puzzle, you don't have to referance an index to get the answer to the problem, and the answer isn't on the same page as the chess problem so it keeps those people that can read upside down from cheating! And you can still work steadily page by page through Bobby Fischer teaches chess. It is the best design ever. Bobby Fischer teaches chess was published by Random House

The Content Of Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess:

First of all, Bobby Fischer doesn't take for granted you even know how to move a king! He starts you out in the beginning with the moves of each piece. After you learn the moves of each piece, you head from there to a guide (or forward) on how to use your edition of Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess to get the most effective learning results from it. And then comes the meat of the meal! How to go about checkamting the other guy from the first move to the last, you will learn how to deliver tough combinational checkmates and checkmate patterns, all the simple checkmates as well, how to stage massive assaults against the opposing enemy, and how to build inpenetrable defences.

A Word From Bobby Fischer, World Champion Chess Player:

"My book was written to help you play better chess. It can help you even if you don't know chess notation and only play casually now and then. It can help you if you are more experianced and have begun to play in tournaments. It can also help you if you don't know how to play at all."

"Programmed instruction, the method used in Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a new concept in teaching chess. It has been used previously in industry and schools with exellent results. You can learn quickly and retain the material far better than with ordianry textbooks or lectures, even the beginner will remember what I teach him and be able to use it immediatly."

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960 Chess

Also known as Fischer Random Chess after its inventer Bobby Fischer and after the fact that the pieces on the back file are with few rules randomly scattered. The reason it is called 960 chess is because you are able to make exactly 960 differant starting positions on the board.
Bobby Fischer invented 960 chess because he believed chess was becoming a formula, in other words he believed the chess stratigy was being melted down to where whichever player had memorized the most games or chess theory would ultimately win any standerd chess match. His 960 chess completely demolishes all opening and middlegame theory! each starting position requires far more thought than the original chess and between the chess clock and the brain wracking this chess varient is super exciting! There is no pre-concieved ideas on how you should move that first piece, there is no security from the first move, most of the play is pure inspiration!

Fischer Random Chess Variant Game

You may have heard of this chess variant invented by bobby fischer called Fischer Random. Fischer Random is a positively unique chess variant, the whole idea behind Fischer Random is to give the players more oppertunity to show their chess stratigey rather than theory. Here is a qoute from Bobby fischer, “I don’t play chess anymore, I play Fischer Random. It is a much better game, more challenge. Chess is a dead game, it is played out. Fischer Random is a version of chess that I developed or invented, you could say, where you shuffle the back row of the pieces, not the pawns. Each side has an identical shuffle, so that everything is symmetrical, just like in the old chess. There are just a couple of rules: one rook has to be to the left of the king, one has to be to the right of the king, one bishop has to be on a light-colored square, and one on a dark-colored square. That’s basically it. You can learn the rules in two minutes. It’s a great game, and can become the standard of chess.” If you are interested, here are the Fischer Random Rules . The main goal for Fischer Random is to give the players every oppertunity to be creative rather than having memorized thousands of chess opening moves to fall back on, Fischer random completly anhilates all opening theory for the classic game of chess. Fischer Random is not nearly as populerized as classic chess and just as fun, the producers of this fairly new game are getting the word out about it and it is rumored that this game could be a huge hit. You can learn more about fischer random on this website, http://frcec.chess960.info/ there is a forum made for Fischer Random and all kinds of cool stuff, enjoy!