Archive for May, 2009

Thursday Chess Deals – Heavy Chess Set $9.99

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Thursday Chess Deals for May 28, 2009:

10 Checkbook Magnetic Travel Chess Sets – for only $10.00
Buy ten of our most popular magneticchess sets for less than the price of three – at 80% off MSRP!

Heavy Tournament Chess Set Combo – $9.99
Heavy weighted chess pieces ideal for tournaments coupled with a vinyl board and a bag to fit it all.

Thursday Chess Deals
Every Thursday you’ll find two great chess deals at www.WholeasaleChess.com available only for orders placed online on that Thursday. (12:00 am to 11:59 pm Pacific Time) The Thursday Chess Deals change from week to week but the savings are always significant. You can sign up for Thursday Chess Deals email notifications or follow us on Twitter or Facebook today!

A Few Things You Ought to Know about Thursday Chess Deals
Thursday Chess Deals are limited to stock on hand and no rain checks or back orders will be allowed. Customers may choose to purchase one or both of the Thursday Chess Deals but will be limited to a maximum of one of each item per Thursday. Orders containing a Thursday Chess Deal are not eligible for any other promotions, discounts or pricematches. Thursday Chess Deals are only available for the item listed. No substitutions of product, color, size, etc., will be allowed.

Chess Principles – 64 Tips for Improving

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Ready to Learn Chess? Here’s a few quick chess principles to help you get going. This list was created by Bill Wall. Enjoy the list! Any you would add to the list? Make your comment below!

01. Develop your chess pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space.
04. Try to develop your knights towards the center.
05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don’t take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, “Can he put me in check or win a piece?”
10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose.
11. Assume your opponent’s move is his best move.
12. Ask yourself, “why did he move there?” after each opponent move.
13. Play for the initiative and controlling the chess board.
14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can.
15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces.
16. If you are losing, don’t give up fighting. Look for counterplay.
17. Don’t play unsound moves unless you are losing badly.
18. Don’t sacrifice a piece without good reason.
19. If you are in doubt of an opponent’s sacrifice, accept it.
20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces.
21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back.
22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing.
24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row.
25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development.
26. Don’t bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook.
28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated.
31. Don’t let your king get caught in the center.
32. Don’t castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack.
33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king.
34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color.
35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack.
36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material.
37. If your opponent is cramped, don’t let him get any freeing exchanges.
38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening.
40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often.
41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move.
42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black.
43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost.
44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them.
45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more.
46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often.
47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations.
48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files.
49. Always ask yourself, “Does my next move overlook something simple?”
50. Don’t make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent’s threats.
51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent’s piece.
52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View the whole board.
53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps.
54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines.
55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings.
56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play.
57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in.
59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight.
60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame.
61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent’s rating until after the game.
64. Always play for a win.

Thursday Chess Deals – Rybka 3 only $29.99

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Thursday Chess Deals for May 21, 2009:

Rybka 3Chess Software – $29.99
The World’s strongest chess playing program on sale today only for 55% off MSRP!

Slotted DemoChess Board – $8.99
This demo chess board with pieces and a bag is a must-have for chess coaches on a budget. – That’s 70% off the MSRP!

Thursday Chess Deals
Every Thursday you’ll find two great chess deals at www.WholeasaleChess.com available only for orders placed online on that Thursday. (12:00 am to 11:59 pm Pacific Time) The Thursday Chess Deals change from week to week but the savings are always significant. You can sign up for Thursday Chess Deals email notifications or follow us on Twitter or Facebook today!

A Few Things You Ought to Know about Thursday Chess Deals
Thursday Chess Deals are limited to stock on hand and no rain checks or back orders will be allowed. Customers may choose to purchase one or both of the Thursday Chess Deals but will be limited to a maximum of one of each item per Thursday. Orders containing a Thursday Chess Deal are not eligible for any other promotions, discounts or pricematches. Thursday Chess Deals are only available for the item listed. No substitutions of product, color, size, etc., will be allowed.

Review: ChessMaster XI: Grandmaster Edition

Monday, May 18th, 2009
Chessmaster XI: Grandmaster Edition

Chessmaster XI: Grandmaster Edition

The Chessmaster XI: Grandmaster Edition is one of the top selling chess software products at Wholesale Chess. Here’s a little information about this internationally acclaimed chess software and a few reviews that might help you along the way:

Chessmaster 11 offers an extensive course on chess basics taught by International ChessMaster Josh Waitzkin and includes tutorials from the chessmaster’s groundbreaking book The Art of Learning.
Grandmaster Larry Christiansen adds his expertise as he shares an ‘Attacking Chess’ course commentary. Along with the excellent training from chessmasters and grandmasters you’ll also find 900 of chess’s most important chess games presented and analyzed, and a 600,000 chess game database.

Here’s a few Product Reviews of the Chessmaster XI: Grandmaster Edition:

Andrea from Miami (at Wholesale Chess) said “It is like Chessmaster 10th edition, but it shows children how to play with 3D glasses and they are taught with real grandmasters in their actual games.”

NueroSplicer (at Amazon) said “Not to be outdone at the gate, Chessmaster XI features an exceptionally good teaching tool as well a human-simulation engine which is adaptable to various personalities and is now even multi-core and 64bit-compatible. For any chess-player ranked below 1400, this is the most recommended series.”

NueroSplicer (at Amazon) said “This is a worthwhile piece of software for anybody interested in chess. I use Chessmaster XI for practice and improvement because there are so many useful computer opponents. A player new to chess will find suitable opponents as will a strong club player. Even as an improving club and tournament player I can see that I wont be outgrowing Chessmaster 11 for a long time, if ever. It is tremendous value for money, I don’t think that the training is worth much but the library of master games it will display for you justifies the price on its own.”

You can buy the Chessmaster XI: Grandmaster Edition chess software at Wholesale Chess for guaranteed low prices.