www.chess-king.com The home of CHESS KING Affordable Chess Software and Education » Uncategorized http://chess-king.com Chess King® the Best Chess Software for Chess Education Fri, 18 May 2012 14:55:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Robot World Chess Blitz Championship – ChessKA versus KUKA Monster http://chess-king.com/robot-world-chess-blitz-championship-chesska-versus-kuka-monster.html http://chess-king.com/robot-world-chess-blitz-championship-chesska-versus-kuka-monster.html#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:56:34 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=736 We saw the announcement first on www.chessblog.com about the World Chess Blitz Championship among Chess Robots that will take place on May 19 (11 am – 5 pm Moscow time). This incredible World Chess Blitz event will be held on the Strastnoy Bulvar. Two robots will fight for the title of the World Robot Blitz Chess Champion. The first is called ChessKA and is the creation of Konstantin Kosteniuk, honored chess coach of the Russian Federation (and father of Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk), who is an active inventor and has dozens of registered patents. Read the whole announcement at chessblog.com and see the whole event poster below. Chess King and Chess Queen are sponsoring this event. We will provide videos and games when they are available. This will be an incredibly exciting event!


]]> http://chess-king.com/robot-world-chess-blitz-championship-chesska-versus-kuka-monster.html/feed 0 Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk endorses Chess King Software http://chess-king.com/chess-queen-alexandra-kosteniuk-endorses-chess-king-software.html http://chess-king.com/chess-queen-alexandra-kosteniuk-endorses-chess-king-software.html#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:46:37 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=623 Hello everyone!
The 12th Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk recorded this 48-seconds video about Chess King. Please watch the video on the YouTube page and give “thumbs up” to the video. Thanks! The code Alexandra mentions in the video will give the best price available for Chess King or Chess King Pro worldwide ($49 at this time whereas list is $99). See the video below.



]]> http://chess-king.com/chess-queen-alexandra-kosteniuk-endorses-chess-king-software.html/feed 0 Stopa – Kosteniuk Chess960 http://chess-king.com/stopa-kosteniuk-chess960.html http://chess-king.com/stopa-kosteniuk-chess960.html#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:43:27 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=415 Alexandra Kosteniuk is preparing a commented chess video about this game of Chess960 (Fischer-Random chess), which she recently played in Saint Louis against IM Stopa.



Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Stopa, Jacek

Result: 1-0
Site: Saint Louis Chess Club
Date: 2011.09.14

SPID#:763 [...] 1.f4 f5 2.g4 g6 3.e4 fxe4 4.¥xe4 d5 5.¥g2 ¤d6 6.d3 ¤c6 7.¤b3 O-O-O 8.¤c3 (8.¥c3) 8…e6 9.¥h4 ¦d7 10.¤e2 (10.¤c5 ¥d4 11.¥f2 ¥xc3 12.bxc3) 10…b6 11.c3 e5 12.O-O-O e4 (12…exf4) 13.¤ed4

(13.¤g3 ¦xf4 14.¦xf4 g5 15.¤xe4 gxf4 (15…dxe4 16.¦xe4 ¤xe4 17.¥xe4) 16.¤f6)

13…¤xd4 14.¤xd4 c5 15.¤c6 £e6 16.¤e5 ¦c7 17.dxe4 d4 18.¢b1 dxc3 19.¦d5 (19.bxc3 ¤b5 20.¦d8+ ¢b7) 19…cxb2 (19…¦xf4 20.¦xf4 ¥xe5 21.¦f8) 20.f5 gxf5

(20…£xd5 21.exd5 ¥xe5 22.£e3 (22.¥g3 ¥d4 23.¥f2 ¥h8) (22.£e3 ¥b5)
(22.¦e1 ¥d4 23.¥f2 ¥h8 24.¥f1 gxf5 25.¦e6 ¤e4 26.¥a6+ ¢b8 27.¦xe4 fxe4 28.¥g3 e3)

22…¥b5 (22…¤b5 23.¢c2 ¥d4 24.£f3) 23.¦e1)

(20…£xe5 21.¦xe5 ¥xe5 22.¥g3 ¥d4 23.¥xd6 ¥xg1 24.¦xg1) 21.exf5 £h6 22.¦xd6 £xh4

(22…£xd6 23.¦d1 ¥xe5 (23…£xe5 24.¦d8#) 24.¦xd6 ¥xd6 25.£d1 ¥e7 (25…¦d7 26.£d5 ¥b8 27.£c6+ ¦c7 28.£d6) 26.¥g3 ¦d7 27.£f3)

23.£e3 ¥xe5 24.£xe5 ¦e7 25.¦d8+ ¢d8 26.£b8+ ¢d7 27.¦d1#

]]> http://chess-king.com/stopa-kosteniuk-chess960.html/feed 0 Commented Chess Game Kosteniuk – Kurmann http://chess-king.com/commented-chess-game-kosteniuk-kurmann.html http://chess-king.com/commented-chess-game-kosteniuk-kurmann.html#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:58:52 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=213 Hello everyone!

With the help of the soon to be published chess software program CHESS KING, we offer you a detailed analysis of the Game from the Swiss National Championship played 2 months ago between Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk and Olivier Kurmann of Switzerland. The tactical variations close to the end of the game are spectacular.

Enjoy!



Kosteniuk,A (2497) – Kurmann,O (2431)

Result: 1-0
Site: Leukerbad SUI
Date: 2011.07.10

[...] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 (2.e4!? French Defence) 2…¤f6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 c6 5.e3 ¤bd7 6.£c2 ¥d6 7.b3 O-O 8.¥e2 b6 9.O-O ¥b7 10.¥b2 £e7 11.¦ad1 ¦ac8 (11…c5) (11…¦ad8) (11…¦fe8) (11…¦fd8) 12.e4 dxe4 13.¤xe4 ¤xe4 14.£xe4 f5

(14…¤f6 15.£h4 c5 16.¦fe1 ¥xf3 17.¥xf3+= “Svidler – Giri, Amsterdam 2010 5th NH Chess Tournament”)

15.£e3! ¦cd8?

(15…c5 16.d5 !?N (16.¦fe1 ¦ce8 Unclear) 16…¦ce8 (16…e5 17.¤g5 f4? 18.£h3 £xg5 19.£xd7±) 17.dxe6 £xe6 18.¦fe1 £xe3 19.fxe3 ¦e6 20.¤g5 ¦g6 21.¥f3 ¥xf3 22.¤xf3 ¤b8 23.¦d5 ¦e6 24.e4+=)

16.c5! bxc5 (16…¥c7 17.¥c4 ¦fe8 18.¦fe1 ¤f8 19.b4±) 17.¥c4 ¤b6

(17…¦fe8 18.¤g5 ¤f8 19.dxc5 ¥xc5 (19…¥c7 20.¦xd8 ¥xd8 21.¤f3 ¢h8 22.¦d1 ¥c7 23.¥e5ќ) 20.¤xe6 ¥xe3 21.¤xd8+ ¢h8 (21…¤e6 22.¤xe6 ¥b6 23.¤xg7+ ¢f8 24.¤xf5 £c7 25.¥g7+ќ) 22.¤f7+ ¢g8 23.¤h6+ ¢h8 24.¤xf5 £c7 25.¥xg7+ќ)

(17…cxd4 18.¤xd4 ¤c5 19.¥xe6+ ¤xe6 20.¤xe6ќ) 18.¥xe6+ ¢h8 19.dxc5 ¥xc5 20.£h6 Black resigns because if 20…¦xd1 (20…¥xf2+ 21.¢xf2 £c5+ 22.¢g3ќ) 21.¦xd1 ¤d5 22.¥xd5 cxd5 23.¤g5and mate on h7 will follow

]]> http://chess-king.com/commented-chess-game-kosteniuk-kurmann.html/feed 0 Superfinal 2011: Kosteniuk – Galliamova http://chess-king.com/kosteniukgalliamova2011.html http://chess-king.com/kosteniukgalliamova2011.html#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:17:10 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=209 Hi everyone!

Below is the first game of the Russian Women’s Superfinal between Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk and 2010 Russian Champion Alisa Galliamova.

We hope you like it.



Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Galliamova, Alisa

Result: 1-0
Site: Moscow
Date: 2011.08.19

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 a6 5.¥d3 ¥c5 6.¥e3 d6 7.£e2 ¤f6 8.c3 O-O 9.¤d2 ¤bd7 10.¥g5 h6 11.¥h4 ¤e5 12.¥c2 ¤g6 13.¥g3 ¥xd4 14.cxd4 e5 15.O-O ¥d7 16.¦fd1 £e7 17.a4 b5 18.¤f1 bxa4 19.¥xa4 ¥xa4 20.¦xa4 £b7 21.f3 ¤h5 22.¥f2 ¤hf4 23.£d2 ¦fb8 24.b4 £b5 25.¦da1 ¦c8 26.¦a5 £b7 27.¤e3 exd4? (27…¤e7) 28.¤f5 d5 29.¥g3 ¤h5 30.¤d6 £e7 31.¤xc8 ¦xc8 32.¦xd5 ¤xg3 33.hxg3 ¦c6 34.£xd4 ¢h7 35.f4 ¤f8 36.e5 ¦g6 37.£e4 £a7+ 38.¢h2 £f2 39.¦a3 h5 40.¦d6 ¤e6 41.£f3 £e1 42.f5 ¦g4 43.fxe6 £xe5 44.¦d1 £xe6 45.¦f1 Black resigns

]]> http://chess-king.com/kosteniukgalliamova2011.html/feed 0 Karpov – Korchnoi 1974 Commented Video on ChessKing Français YouTube by Damir Levacic http://chess-king.com/karpov-korchnoi-1974-commented-video-on-chessking-francais-youtube-by-damir-levacic.html http://chess-king.com/karpov-korchnoi-1974-commented-video-on-chessking-francais-youtube-by-damir-levacic.html#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:13:40 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=200 Hello everyone!

One more brilliant game in the Sicilian Dragon, this time between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Kochnoi is presented to you by Damir Levacic in French. Enjoy!

We will have many more videos in several languages on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/chessking please make sure to subscribe to the channel and give “thumbs up” to the videos you like!



Anatoly KARPOV – Viktor KORCHNOI

Result: 1-0
Site: Moscow
Date: 1974

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 (6…¤g4? 7.¥b5+! ¥d7 8.£xg4) 7.f3 (7.£d2? ¤g4) 7…¤c6 8.£d2 O-O 9.¥c4 ¥d7 10.h4 ¦c8 11.¥b3 ¤e5 12.O-O-O ¤c4 13.¥xc4 ¦xc4 14.h5 ¤xh5 15.g4 ¤f6 (15…¤g3 16.¦h3) 16.¤de2! £a5 17.¥h6 ¥xh6 18.£xh6 ¦fc8 19.¦d3! (19.g5 ¤h5 20.¤g3 ¦xc3!) 19…¦4c5 (19…£d8) 20.g5! ¦xg5 21.¦d5! ¦xd5 (21…¤xd5 22.£xh7+ ¢f8 23.£h8#) 22.¤xd5 ¦e8 23.¤ef4 ¥c6 24.e5! ¥xd5 (24…dxe5 25.¤xf6+ exf6 26.¤h5 gxh5 27.¦g1+ ¢h8 28.£xf6#) 25.exf6 exf6 26.£xh7+ ¢f8 27.£h8+ resigns 27…¢e7 28.¤xd5+ £xd5 29.¦e1+ ¢d7 30.£xe8+ “wins easily”

]]> http://chess-king.com/karpov-korchnoi-1974-commented-video-on-chessking-francais-youtube-by-damir-levacic.html/feed 0 Fischer – Larsen 1958 Commented Video on ChessKing Français YouTube by Damir Levacic http://chess-king.com/fischer-larsen1958-chessking-francais-levacic.html http://chess-king.com/fischer-larsen1958-chessking-francais-levacic.html#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:31:10 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=176 Hello everyone!

We share a YouTube video in French about the legendary game Bobby Fischer – Bent Larsen, Portoroz 1958.

Thanks to Chess King French commentator Damir Levacic for his excellent work! If you like the video please click “thumbs up!”. Feel free also to embed onto your blogs.

Watch the video below:

And the game can be played back here:



Bobby FISCHER – Bent LARSEN

Result: 1-0
Site: Portoroz
Date: 1958

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 (6…¤g4? 7.¥b5+) 7.f3 O-O 8.£d2 ¤c6 9.¥c4 ¤xd4 10.¥xd4 ¥e6 11.¥b3 £a5 12.O-O-O b5 (12…¥xb3 13.cxb3) 13.¢b1 b4 14.¤d5 ¥xd5 (14…¤xd5 15.¥xg7 ¢xg7 16.exd5 ¥d7 17.¦de1) 15.¥xd5 (15.exd5) 15…¦ac8? (15…¤xd5) 16.¥b3! ¦c7 17.h4! £b5 (17…h5 18.g4 hxg4 19.h5 ¤xh5 20.¥xg7 ¢xg7 21.fxg4 ¤f6 22.£h6+) 18.h5! ¦fc8

(18…gxh5 19.g4 hxg4 20.fxg4 ¤xe4 21.£h2 ¤g5 22.¥xg7 ¢xg7 23.¦d5 ¦c5 24.£h6+ ¢g8 25.¦xg5+ ¦xg5 26.£xh7#)
(18…¤xh5 19.¥xg7 ¢xg7 20.g4 ¤f6 21.£h6+ ¢g8 22.g5 ¤h5 23.¦xh5! gxh5 24.g6 hxg6 25.£xg6+ ¢h8 26.£h6+ ¢g8 27.¦g1+)

19.hxg6 hxg6 20.g4 (20.¥xf6 ¥xf6 21.£h6 e6) 20…a5 21.g5 ¤h5 (21…¤e8 22.¥xg7 ¢xg7 23.£h2) 22.¦xh5! gxh5 23.g6! e5 24.gxf7+ ¢f8 25.¥e3 d5 26.exd5 ¦xf7 27.d6 ¦f6 28.¥g5 £b7 29.¥xf6 ¥xf6 30.d7 ¦d8 31.£d6+ 1-0

]]> http://chess-king.com/fischer-larsen1958-chessking-francais-levacic.html/feed 0 Chess King Training is born http://chess-king.com/chess-king-training-is-born.html http://chess-king.com/chess-king-training-is-born.html#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:54:16 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=104 We are pleased to announce the birth of our new venture CHESS KING TRAINING, which will be specialized in Excellence in Chess Education. Chess King Training will publish a whole range of instructional chess CD-ROMs and DVD’s. It’s official site is: www.chesskingtraining.com. The 6 new software programs are in the press right now, and worldwide shipping is planned for May 20. Until the end of May an exceptional 20% discount is reflected in the prices, and the COMBO provides a significant additional discount. Take advantage of it while it lasts. Visit our shop.

]]> http://chess-king.com/chess-king-training-is-born.html/feed 0 New Chess King T-shirt Designs http://chess-king.com/new-chess-king-t-shirt-designs.html http://chess-king.com/new-chess-king-t-shirt-designs.html#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:36:06 +0000 admin http://chess-king.com/?p=96 Hello everybody!
We have completed the design of our branded T-shirts.
Have a look at them in our gallery on the next page.

Please contact us if interested in pre-ordering any of these designs.

Some designs are on sale in our web shop.


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YouTube has granted us, based on our Trademark, the YouTube channel “ChessKing“. We’re preparing for you new educational videos.

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