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Written by MonRoi on
Sat, Mar 08 2008 (20:46)
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Many celebrities played and enjoyed chess. Some of them were actually very good chess players. An interesting fact is that most of the Nobel Prize winners who played chess were in the fields of physics, literature and economics. A number of the high technology company founders play chess. Research on chess in schools demonstrates that playing chess helps children improve their logical and abstract thinking, decision-making and creativity. Might there be a correlation between chosen careers and early exposure to chess? Leading in your field takes courage, a lot of energy, strong intuition, adaptability, desire to achieve, and persistence. Let me break the myth– people persist not because they are “hungry to make money, get fame and wipe out the competition”, but because they are passionate about creating things that matter and love what they do.     
This is only a brief list of famous people who played or are playing chess: |
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Chess is hard. It involves mental, emotional and physical strain. What are the rewards? -Rick Garel What attracts me about chess is "personal best ". It is the challenge of rising above the level you may find yourself at any particular time. We all strive to improve, regardless of the level of our play, and the understanding we have of the game. And I am attracted when it is done under tournament conditions, where there is serious opposition to you finding the best moves, and playing a game you are proud of. It gets the adrenalin going. Finally there is the great element of "surprise ". Some tactics are truly beautiful to behold. Best if you find them. But much appreciated even when played against you, and you didn't see it coming. -Bob Armstrong |
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Written by MonRoi Team on
Sun, Jan 20 2008 (00:46)
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Chess remains one of the world’s most popular board games. A viable opportunity exists for anyone who can vertically integrate within the chess community. Chess is played at the following tournaments: the Chess Olympiad, Continental Championship, World Championship, National Tournaments, Regional Tournaments, Chess Club Tournaments, School Tournaments, and Other Tournaments. Chess Federations serve the chess community by promoting chess and organizing chess tournaments worldwide. There are hundreds of chess tournaments each year globally: open, closed, men, women and youth events. There are more than 100 chess federations globally. While there are millions of chess fans who understand and enjoy chess, based on Internet publications, there are up to 5 million chess players worldwide who are members of federations. Tournament participation statistics demonstrate that interest in chess in growing. In 1924 less than 20 countries participated, while in 2006, 147 countries participated in the Chess Olympiad.
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Written by MonRoi Team on
Sun, Jan 20 2008 (00:36)
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Google PageRank is an indication on how many and how important web-pages link to a specific site. Google analyzes content relevancy and quality as well. A higher PageRank represents a more popular page. Top Goggle PageRank of Chess Sites is 6January 2008 Status
MonRoi: www.monroi.com ICC: www.chessclub.com DGT: www.dgtprojects.com
FIDE: www.fide.com
NY Times Chess Blog: gambit.blogs.nytimes.com
Guardian Chess News: sport.guardian.co.uk/chess
Social Chess site: www.chess.com
Chesspark: www.chesspark.com
Game Knot: gameknot.com ...
Did you know that: - There are over 100 million unique web-sites in the world,
- Google counts over 8 billion web-pages (against 6 billion human beings),
- There are over 50 million web-pages in Yahoo search engine competing for the word of “chess”,
- Everyday, 350 million searches are made from major search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.
Term "chess" is searched over 250,000 times each month. |
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