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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-3-24 11:27
标题: playing chess makes your life full of happiness
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-3-25 23:06
标题: Cafe Pi ChessCafe, C'est pour la belle vie!
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-3-27 10:54
标题: You will make it to a place named SUCCESS!
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-3-28 20:45
标题: Chess Strategy practice the way of thinking
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-3-29 09:31
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-3-29 10:06
The chess game develops critical thinking, problem-solving skills, powers of concentration and much more!

White move, check mate in 3:
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-3-30 22:15
The chess game also fosters creativity, self-control, patience and motivation for self-improvement!![ATTACH=CONFIG]587553[/ATTACH]

Chess is also very much part of the culture at Willingdon School. The N.D.G. elementary school brings in a chess instructor twice a week during lunchtime to teach students at all levels. With about 60-90 children enrolled at any one time, according to school administration, it’s an extracurricular activity parents seem happy to pay for.

The school also pays for an instructor to teach chess in the classroom, one term for each of the three cycles (that’s once a week for a full school year.) Many of the teachers and school administrators past and present believe chess helps students tremendously with their math skills, especially in logical thinking and problem solving.

The investment had a nice payoff:  last spring at the Quebec school championships where the school won the Scholar's Chess Team Championship in the Kindergarten to Grade 6 division, section B.

Sam Hachem was one of the four members of that team.  Just 10 years old, he’s already spent half his life playing chess and enjoys competing in tournaments. “I like games with strategy because no one can say it was a bad roll of the dice.” he said. “And chess is really fun, too.”

Sam estimates that he’s lost about 10 games in his life, and half of those were to school chess instructor Nicolas Metivier, who has been teaching at Willingdon for about eight years.  “I think I bring a different angle to math,” he says. “Chess is more interactive. It’s more interesting to kids.”

He derives particular pleasure from being able to help a child who may be struggling to gain confidence by doing well in chess.  “I feel I’m making a difference,’ he says.

Metivier is one of about 70 teachers who are part of the Quebec branch of the Chess ‘n’ Math Association, a national organization dedicated to bringing chess into schools across the country. Headquartered in Montreal and with offices in Ottawa and Toronto, the association has a network of instructors who go to approximately 150 schools throughout the Montreal area to teach chess in extracurricular programs at lunchtime and after school. About 10 of these schools pay for instructors to teach in classrooms.

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-3 21:34
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-4 22:44
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When I play chess, I’m solving problems, having fun: Viswanathan Anand
“Such statements are just one of those things floating around, and I have no idea where they come from. I’ve never withheld preparations from my tournaments. I would often say that my focus had been on the (world title) matches. I meant my mental focus. Not that I am playing second-rate stuff (in tournaments),” said Anand, on his return from Khanty Mansisyk (Russia).
“From my point of view, I can say that it is a very silly idea that I was holding something back (in tournaments). I would have gladly used all my ideas if I could. But, may be, my preparation for matches was so oriented towards one opponent that it was hard to find ideas that I could use against others.
“Or, perhaps, I was unable to focus on tournaments with the same intensity as matches.
“These are statements that I can live with. The one that I withheld something because I felt, in some way that playing tournaments like this was okay, I think it’s an insane idea,” Anand said.
Even though the criticism evidently hurt, Anand retained his sense of humour.
“I just think some of the explanations they come up with are reasonably good guesses, even if they are not correct. Some tend to be accurate but even I cannot see them,” he said.
“The point is, it doesn’t matter to me. It doesn’t matter if they hit on something that might turn out to be a good explanation. I don’t particularly think the way you play chess is to solicit a second opinion. At least, that is not the way I play chess.
“When I play chess, I am solving problems, having fun.”
Finally, has Anand re-discovered himself?
“Well, one can go now and say all kinds of things. But I don’t see the point. I tell myself, just put it (the performance in Candidates) in the bank and keep playing well,” he said.

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-5 08:16
CHESS is like having psychic powers, because I look deep into the game and figure out what my opponent is going to do before he does it," said Wesley Yu, a pint-sized scholastic chess champion from Seattle.

"Chess is the best!" he added, and his parents concurred. His mother, Yuwei Feng, said the game had helped Wesley, an energetic 7-year-old, to focus and learn to face difficulty without giving up.

Parents often disagree with their children over how many hours they can spend playing video games or whether to use their allowance to enhance their Pokémon card collection. But a when a child takes up chess as a hobby, many parents are excited.

"Scholastic chess is experiencing a real resurgence," said Jerry Nash, scholastic director of the U.S. Chess Federation in Crossville, Tenn. The national organization counts 45,000 children 18 and under in its membership rolls and played host to 5,300 children at the Super Nationals tournament last year. "And that's just the tip of the iceberg," Mr. Nash said, "when it comes to kids playing chess."

Like many activities for children, chess brings an associated cost, but it can be significantly lower than that of other popular pastimes. Families need not buy expensive protective gear or uniforms or join private clubs, and unless their children are serious players, they do not have to travel out of town. A good-quality chess set can be had for $20 and can last a lifetime. Fees to enter local scholastic tournaments usually run just $15 to $20, and membership in an after-school chess team is usually reasonably priced. Compared with hobbies like ice skating, ballet, squash, golf or the piano, chess can be practically free.[ATTACH=CONFIG]588366[/ATTACH]

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-6 19:28
With only 14 years old, Wei Yi is one of the most talented chess players in the world and a real threat for Magnus Carlsen in the following years. Recently, he played an amazing game.

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-7 08:20
Good Morning!
Always be Happy always wear a smile.. Not because life is full of reasons to smile but because your smile itself is a reason for many others to smile.
Have a nice day!

Here is FIDE grand master Natalia and Zhu Chen
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-8 18:01
Chess, a easy going friend, whatever your age, whoever you are, whenever you go, you always can have the friend with you...
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-8 23:53
标题: keep smiling !
[ATTACH=CONFIG]589274[/ATTACH]Always be willing to share your positive outlook with others. Sometimes a smile or comment of encouragement is all someone needs to turn their day around. Positive people are a gift to the world! Share your good energy with others and feel good about making a positive difference! ~kim

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-10 18:46
3 rules to become a hard to beat chess player

General rule #1

Do not play the moves just because you can, it’s not the point of chess to make moves. Making some moves is easy, making good moves is difficult and making the best moves is almost impossible.  Before making a move, think what problems would this move impose on your opponent?  The best move is the one that does multiple things at once, such as develops your own pieces, threatens to win some material and prevents your opponent from any dangerous actions. Good move is the one that forces your opponent to play something he does not want to play. If the move you play does not create any threats and does not make your opponent’s life harder, it’s most likely not a good move.  Look for a better one.

Remember, the point of making moves at chess is to create problems for your opponent! The more problems you create for your opponent the safer your own King will be.

General Rule #2

Do not exchange pieces just because you can. Before making any exchanges or trading material think how would you benefit from it. You probably know that exchanging a Knight for a Queen is usually a good deal (of course if you not getting mated next move, aka sacrifice). What if you need to decide which piece is better in current position knight or bishop or even your knight or opponent’s knight? Here things are a little bit more ambiguous than 9 vs. 3 points like in Queen vs. Knight example.  As a general rule you should compare the Bishop vs. Knight by the amount of open space available on the board, meaning the more open the position is the stronger the Bishop and weaker the Knight is. It works backwards as well, meaning less open space makes a Knight stronger and a Bishop weaker.

What if you need to compare two Bishops? The more active piece is usually better than a less active piece. If your Bishop is active you should not exchange it for passive bishop or knight of your opponent.  For more precise position analysis information, you may want to review this article.

Strong players do not exchange pieces without any compensation; if they do exchanges they try to get superior pieces over the opponent’s, which suit better for the position on the board.

General Rule #3

You should be especially careful about exchanging pieces when the game is approaching endgame stage.  When exchanging last set of pieces and going into Kings and Pawns endgame make sure that your pawns are not worse than you opponent’s. If the following conditions apply it’s definitely not a favorable time to play the Kings and Pawns endgame:

You opponent has more pawns than you do
Your opponent has passed pawns and can promote it’s pawns before you do
Your opponent’s King is more active
Your opponent’s pawns are more advanced and cannot be approached by your King
Again, these are just general rules and not dogmas. Each rule has exceptions, for example if your opponent’s pawn promotes first but your pawn promotes second but with a check to the opponent’s King, then you are doing okay.

As a general rule, you should remember that if you have a bad position for Kings and Pawns endgame you should avoid any piece exchanges and exchange pawns. By doing so you will have more chances creating problems for your opponent and increasing your chances for a favorable outcome of the game.

作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-11 08:48
标题: “Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.”
“Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.”

–Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess Grandmaster and former World Champion

Chances are, you’ve heard quite a bit of about the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and gender issues in gaming. But have you ever heard of the gender barriers, gaps and apparent ceiling, in the game of chess?

Chess is one of the oldest known and widely played games in human history, with an origin story stretching back at least 1500 years. Those who know and appreciate the game might be tempted to conclude that a one so perfect at this must have been intelligently designed. However, the modern variant of chess actually evolved from earlier precursors (i.e., chaturanga, shatranj) through a series of successive rule changes. Though comprehensive data is hard to come by, some estimates suggest that upwards of 605 million people worldwide play chess regularly either at home, in parks, online, by mail or email (correspondence), or in clubs and tournaments; and at least 70% of adults have tried to play at least once.

Chess has also become a significant part of human culture in a way very few other games have. Its imagery has long been common in great art and literature (e.g., Da Vinci’s chess pieces; Shakespeare, The Tempest; Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; Orwell, 1984; etc.) and today it can be seen in film (particularly in popular sci-fi series such as Star Wars, Star Trek / Star Trek, Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, etc.) and television (e.g., The Big Bang Theory). It’s often used as a metaphor or analogy to help understand more complex things like science (as Richard Feynman does so beautifully here) or even life itself. It’s much more than just a game.

Clearly an intellectual pursuit as opposed to a physical one, chess has long been regarded as a gauge or indicator of intelligence. For example, in 1894, French psychologist Alfred Binet (inventor of the first widely used IQ test) was studying the intersection of chess and mathematics and he concluded that mastery in chess was highly correlated with both visual memory quality and mental calculation ability. Unfortunately for a novice player like me (in chess-speak: a patzer), Binet’s studies and others like it suggest that any correlation between chess playing and intelligence, per se, is tenuous and likely limited to master-level players.

More recent studies show that learning to play chess (much like learning to play a musical instrument or learning a new language) does have a multitude of cognitive, educational and social benefits, even for us non-masters. This, again, is not a new idea. As Benjamin Franklin wrote in “The Morals of Chess” (1750),

The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions… By playing at Chess then, we may learn foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life – that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.
Playing chess involves strategic and tactical, abstract and concrete thinking; it can lead to improvement in mental focus and acuity, ability to plan ahead, ability to quickly and carefully weigh options, etc. Some studies show a correlation with higher grades in both math and English and better scores on psychological tests measuring critical thinking and creativity. For the older crowd, chess may also help to stave off Alzheimer’s and dementia much like other mind-exercising activities such as doing crosswords, playing Sudoku, solving jig-saw puzzles, etc.

作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-12 11:35
There aren't enough words to describe the talent and energy of Hou Yifan. In the 3rd round of the Women's Fide Grand Prix Series, she won an amazing game against Nana Dzagnidze in 24 moves.

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-26 11:46
if you love chess...

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-4-26 11:50
She is he number one in the world, she is a chinese!

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-5-6 19:33
With only 14 years old, Wei Yi is one of the most talented chess players in the world and a real threat for Magnus Carlsen in the following years. Recently, he played an amazing game.

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-5-6 21:42
标题: CHESS IS MORE THAN PIECES WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING
Two steely-eyed competitors sit down across from one and other to wage war. Not the type of war where anyone gets hurt, mind you, but a war of strategy and mental toughness.
Chess is the game and checkmate is the objective.

That's what approximately 25 students, grades K-12, did at a chess tournament at the Manlius Pebble Hill School in DeWitt Saturday. The competition was, at times, intense but good sportsmanship prevailed, win or lose.

In speaking with several of the parents it became clear to me that these kids not only excel in chess but school as well.

In doing a little research I found that there seems to be a correlation between chess and academic success, especially in math and science.

On the Johns Hopkins School of Education website, Wendi Fischer penned a piece titled Educational Value of Chess.

In it, Fischer, the Scholastic Director of America's Foundation for Chess, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing chess into the schools, states the following:

It's not about Kings, Queens, and Rooks, but rather, quadrants and coordinates, thinking strategically and foreseeing consequences. It's about lines and angles, weighing options and making decisions. Chess might just be the perfect teaching and learning tool. Since 2000, America's Foundation for Chess (AF4C) has been working with 2nd and 3rd grade students and their teachers to promote the use of chess as an educational tool.

Research shows, there is a strong correlation between learning to play chess and academic achievement. In 2000, a landmark study found that students who received chess instruction scored significantly higher on all measures of academic achievement, including math, spatial analysis, and non-verbal reasoning ability (Smith and Cage, 2000).

I haven't played chess in many years but remember the enjoyment of a good match at the kitchen table with my brother. There's something about chess that makes your brain feel good. I think it's time to break out the old black and white checkered board and chess pieces and teach my kids how to play.

Maybe we, as parents, should insist that chess be part of the our school system curriculum instead of the common core. Learning should be fun and not something to opt out of.

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-5-13 21:39
live the way you like…

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-5-17 09:11
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-5-22 21:39
标题: 您的生活很精彩吗? 愉快地找到解决问题的办法是国际象棋对人们思维方式的贡献
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-5-26 20:38
标题: the young kids understand much more than your imagination about chess!
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-6-4 08:55
标题: Every body deserve a while of peaceful life after hard working!
Playing chess with your friend, enjoy your time at ease!

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-6-8 16:57
标题: The benefit of chess
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-6-29 15:36
标题: Each time when I see her, I feel very motivated without any reason!
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-7-13 15:04
标题: CHESS IS EXCELANT FOR YOUR KIDS? Ask them if they like and try, then make a de
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-8-31 12:31
标题: Chinese has advantages of chess!
People say that there is a lot advantages for chinese to play chess: this boy only 11 years old!
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-9-22 21:57
标题: Do you have a chess kid?
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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-12-19 11:53
Merry christmas to you all!

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作者: CAFEPI 时间: 2014-12-19 11:57
Qiyu Zhou, a chinese world chess champion with GM Judit Polgar.

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