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What is this chess event all about? On 17 Feb 12 at 6pm EST (c. midnight CET) , something amazing is happening in the world of online chess. One man, Bryan Bailey, a 20-year old student at University of Maryland, is planning to play 1,000 consecutive 1-minute bullet games – to raise money for, and awareness of, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The event will be streamed live, via twitch.tv/goose0202 and, if every game lasts [...]

In this article, we consider an unusual cocktail of tennis, chess, and celebrity sparkle. In today’s 24/7 media driven world, it’s almost impossible to turn on the television without seeing some sort of Celebrity based reality show. In the US and UK, for instance, there’s Celebrity Apprentice, Dancing with the Stars, I’m a Celebrity … Get me out of here!, Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Big Brother, Celebrity Master Chef, and numerous others.  As individuals, it [...]

What are Risk and Reward? One of the most basic business principles is the relationship between risk and reward, and how these variables interrelate. There is, of course, no such thing as a risk free investment in business, and so it’s critical that companies balance the upsides and the downsides. In simple terms, companies should make rational, appropriate decisions – based upon their resources, and particular situation – accepting an appropriate amount of risk, to [...]

In this article, Stephen Jones from ChessCreator.com, presents 3 deceptively devious, devilishly delicious, and downright dastardly Queen traps. In 3 simple-to-understand videos, each with its own short narrative, we see the true value of that age-old Chess maxim – to not develop the Queen, too quickly. Why do we love to learn Queen traps? As we learn and then begin to improve at Chess, we soon realize that not all games end in Checkmate. Instead [...]

In this special article Stephen Jones, an accounting, marketing and e-business specialist, will explain what the 80/20 rule is and how to apply it to chess. As many of you have known I often mention the 80/20 rule that I learned in business school during my video analises of games and I think it’s one of the many ways you can apply business knowledge to your chess game. I feel this article is very complimentary [...]