Karjakin Cancels Norway Chess Participation

Sergey Karjarkin, the winner of the recent Candidates' Tournament, has withdrawn from the Norway Chesstournament scheduled for April18-30  in Stavanger. Whereas the organizers haven't given up yet, Karjakin's manager told Chess.com that it's a “final decision.”
Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, the two players in the next world title match, were soon going to meet at the board: at the Norway Chess Tournament in Stavanger, later this month. But it's not going to happen.

Do's and Don'ts of Chess

GENERAL

These are the rules of thumb to be applied throughout the entire game.

• After every move by your opponent, ask yourself these questions:

1. Can I capture any of my opponent’s pieces to gain material?

2. What does my opponent want to do?

a) Am I in check?

b) Does my opponent want to capture any of my pieces?

c) Is my opponent threatening a tactical maneuver (i.e., fork, pin, etc.)?

Chess 101:How the Pieces Move

A chess game pits two armies, evenly matched, across a simple terrain. The aim of the game is simple: Capture and kill your opponent’s king, while protecting your own. But before you do that, you need to know how all of your pieces work.

The General Rules of Chess

Interview with Hou Yifan

by Dagobert Kohlmeyer

4/2/2016 – In March Hou Yifan, number one on the women's ranking list, regained the world title, which she had lost when she did not take part in the knock-out World Championship the year before. In an interview with Dagobert Kohlmeyer the World Champion criticises the mode of the Women's World Championship and reveals that her proposals for a different system were made in vain. 

Chess Sayings

A lot of famous chess players created something called a ''saying''.
Sayings are something that you believe in . So here are a couple of sayings that very famous chess players said:                        

Every pawn is a potential queen. -Masson