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1 FIDE-CiS SM Magazine 010

The World Youth Championships start next

week in Maribor, Slovenia. These are among

the most important chess events of the year.

Since all the players are junios the youngest

is likely to be about 5 years old, you might be

interested to see what a big tournament such

as that looks like.

You can follow whats going on, find out whois playing from your country and see lots of

photos on the Championships web site:

http://www.wycc2012.com/

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On the back page, you will find the rest of the

article that we began in the last issue. Then

we told you a little about how our chessboard

came to be the way it is. This time, we look at

the pieces. Keep enjoying your chess!

Gens Una Sumus (We are One Family)

Ali Nihat Yazici, Chairman of FIDE-CiS Hou Yifan (18) Womens World Champion

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In the Beginning

Just starting to play? These are for you. Odd numbers are the easiest. Even numbers a little harder.

In the Beginning 41 (Chess Camp 1-411)

Whites move: Where can the white king go?

In the Beginning 42

White to move:Where can the black king go?Take advantage!

41.1.a1-a2 or1.a1-b1.42. Nowhere! 1.a4a8+ d6d8 2.a8xd8#(D. RUDISTORFER R. QUINTINO, World Youth

Championship, Open u10, Bratislava 1993 -

PSM001).


White to move:Where can the king go?

In the Beginning 44

White to move:Where can the black king go?Take advantage!

43. 1.d4xe3 only all other squares are

attacked (and defended) by Black.

44. Nowhere 1.e4e8+ 10. If 1...d7xe82.e1xe8#. (R.Vasquez-S.Gedvilaite, WorldYouth Championship, Open u10, Bratislava

1993 - PSM001).

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In the Beginning

Just starting to play? These are for you. Odd numbers are the easiest. Even numbers a little harder.


Black to move: Win a piece

In the Beginning 46

White to move:What would you play?

45.1...c3d5+.46.1.c6e5+ White played 1 b4-b5 and thegame ended up as a draw in Iru KUMARASIRI -

Octavian-Nicu PANTURU, World Schools

Championship, Open u7 2012. 1...f6xe5

2.c1xc8 and White should win without toomuch trouble.


Black to move: Win a piece

In the Beginning 48

Black to move:Discover the best move!

47. 1...c6e4+ Double check.

48. 1...a2c4+ 2.d2xc4 a8xa1+ and Black

won the ending rather easily. Egor KARLOV -

Rares BIGHIU, World Schools Championship,

Open u7 2012

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Chess sets

Back in the days (years 500-1000 or so) when

you might have used that first board (SM009),

your pieces might well have looked like this:

When the chequered board with alternating

coloured squares came, you might have used

a set with pieces looking like this:

Top row: king, queen, bishop; bottom row:

knight, rook, pawn.

Hundreds of years later, chess pieces in use in

India looked something like this:

Your own chessmen may well look like the

ones in the pack we send out to schools ->->->

The pack contains boards, sets, books and a

big demonstration board for teacher to use.

In Europe, sets had also greatly changed their

appearance, like this St. George set:

But since the mid-late 1800s the Staunton

design has become the most used all around

the world:

But not everywhere. In Eastern Europe sets

like these (look at the bishops) are common:

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