Chess piece

Created in 1958, Sky Cathedral, a piece of assemblage art constructed by Louise Nevelson (1899-1988). As it was created in the 1950s, this piece of art falls into the contemporary period, which stretches all the way from post-war to the modern day. Regarded as one of the most successful female sculptures of the 20th century, Nevelson was born in Russia, however, at of 6, Nevelson and her family moved to America, where she would pursuit her art career. In her early days, Nevelson aspired to…

Beginners Guide to Chess Chess is a competitive strategic game that every person should play at least once in their life. The game of chess can be incredibly difficult at the master level but this will be a comprehensive guide on the basics and how to get started. Now, it’s time to learn how to kill the king. Items Needed Step 1: Board Preparation 1. To begin place the pieces in their correct positions. The pawns go in the second row on your side of the board. They go in all eight squares…

I had never seen so many ponies at the Manhattan Memorial park. Fillies were running around screaming, playing, chasing one another, giggling. By the looks of it, the chess competitors were trying to meditate in an isolated area of the park, preparing their minds for the tournament. From afar, I could hear drums and trombones. Seats were placed around the competitors’ tables, where they would eventually falter to either a win or a loss. Dusty and Vinyl went to register for the competition,…

cut small newspaper items with Waverly’s name, and never hovered over Waverly when she was practicing chess. Waverly felt that her mother had built and invisible wall while Waverly made that wall taller and wider. The next chess tournament Waverly had, she had lost the game and she didn’t see her mom with any emotion as if she was satisfied. “And I could no longer see the secret weapons of each piece, the magic within the intersection of each square. I could only see my mistakes, my weaknesses.…

The Chess Game by Sofonisba Anguisola is a painting that was made using oil on canvas and it was completed in the year 1555. I choose to write about this painting because I can see a story unfold based on the girls’ facial expressions. Although it is the oldest painting of the group, the painting spoke to me and I immediately envisioned how I could answer this prompt. Also, Diego Rivera’s Sugar Cane came in second place but I wanted to challenge myself and describe something foreign to me since…

In the book Peak by Anders Ericsson, he introduces different kinds of practice, including, purposeful practice, deliberate practice, and what we call naive practice. Deliberate practice is one of the most important practices that we can use to improve anything we want to do, whether it be improving in a sport, learning an instrument, or even adding it to our leisure. For example, if you play on the basketball team, you can always practice over and over again, to try to better yourself. This is…

that goes on into any type of sport can be stressful, even in chess, and the effects of stress can exhaust a person, even when they aren’t doing any physical. Instead, shouldn’t we acknowledge in the same different field of work as other types or sports, and not to criticize the work they put into it? The three points are to support this is that some sports, are acknowledged as a sport, even when there is little physical activity in it; chess is considered a sport, when it is more of a mental…

combat the opposing general; this is the essence of Chess. Chess is a noble two player strategy game with a reasonable skill floor yet an infinitely high skill cap. This depth leads to a highly captivating game, one where ”An outsider looking on casually might find the intensity incomprehensible. But anyone who has played the game a few times understands how it be engrossing in the extreme”(Shenk 6). The goal of Chess is to maneuver the pieces so that the opposing king is under an inescapable…

Chess is a game that is known worldwide. According to FIDE World Chess Federation, over 160 countries are registered to be part of the FIDE. Chess is a game that is all about strategy and thinking ahead to plan out the best way to beat the opponent. Within the HBO T.V. series The Wire by David Simon, chess is used as a comparison to drug dealing, or as referenced in the series, “the game”. Just like chess, drug dealing, as portrayed in the series, is also all about strategy and planning ahead.…

my own chess games, however they are not only difficult to discover, they’re also risky for if you do not calculate a certain possibility or logical move from your opponent when you’re thinking 3 to 4 moves ahead, you make a brash sacrifice and end up in a losing position both materially, and strategically. Keeping this in mind what does it mean to have a superior position in a chess game? In general, superior positioning means the player controls more space. The more squares your pieces occupy,…