29 Aug
Posted by Ramsey as Chess Clock Timers
EXCALIBUR 750GT-2 USA CHESS FEDERATION CHESS & GAME TIME CLOCK Makes any game more exciting! Brand New! The only game clock officially patented by the USA Chess Federation is perfect for chess, scrabble, backgammon, go and hundreds of other games! This clock shows the time that has expired AFTER time has run out. The new clock was modified especially for the Scrabble Game. The clock will count negative time in scrabble mode. Two precision digital clocks, each with large 3/4″, readible display, keep split-second track of the time each opponent has used on his or her turn. Contrasting white pads under buttons show you when it’s your move. An optional audible tone and a red light signal elapsed time. Easy to operate! Size: 6 1/2″ x 4″ x 2 1/4″. Four AA batteries (batteries not included) provide 500 hours of use.
Customer Review: Good time clock for Chess
There is more than 80 preset times. The manual is not so helpfull because it’s missing some samples. The size is good.
29 Aug
Posted by Conner as Chess Books
How To Play Winning Chess: History, Rules, Skills & Tactics: A Complete Illustrated Guide To The Game - Including History, The Greatest Games, The Most … Success, With Over 700 Colour Illustrations A comprehensive, practical guide to playing chess from beginner to more advanced play with over 700 colour photographs and artworks.
Customer Review: Best chess book I’ve ever read.
This is an excellent and enjoyable chess primer that will both initiate the beginning player and even teach a lot to someone like myself who has been playing for a long time. The pictures are beautiful, the lessons are clear and instructive and the chapters on the game’s history and culture are fascinating. I for one, after 27 years of playing, finally learned chess notation from this book. This book introduces the novice to the notation system in an intelligent way by incorporating_visual_representations of the chess pieces along with standard notation. For example, it will list the first few moves of a game with the notation symbols and then_show_a picture of where all the pieces would then be positioned on the board. I found that kind of mixed approach a compassionate method of immersing the beginner into the intimidating alphanumeric language of chess. I also never truly understood the various strategies of the game until I read this book. Of course, I’d heard the names “Sicilian Defense” or “Ruy Lopez”, and have surely played those strategies without knowing what they were called, but this book gave me a solid education in the nomenclature of the strategic options and an overview of the logic behind them. Overall, this book should be in the library of every amateur chess player.