Chess Puzzles

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My eight year old daughter Karina is learning chess and we have gotten into the habit of solving a few mate-in-one puzzles from Laszlo Polgar's book Chess - 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games every night after homework. She is really enjoying it, especially when we are using an electronic DGT board coupled to Chessbase Fritz. Each time she solves a puzzle, Fritz rewards her by saying "checkmate" with a German accent.


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Anonymous said…
Really looking forward to the chess puzzle app.... :-)
February 8, 2012 at 5:47 AM
Anonymous said…
That's a great picture Aart. Good luck to her with her chess studies and thank you for all your hard work on your engine and Chess for Android.
February 8, 2012 at 8:58 PM
Folkert van Heusden said…
Nice! I wish I could teach my cats chess as well :-)
February 19, 2012 at 4:53 AM
Leander Laruelle said…
Goede namiddag,


Ik heb Android Chess op een Asus Transformer prime (Android 4).
Als ik een pgn wil openen zegt hij steeds dat hij die niet kan lezen.
Zijn nochtans goede pgn bestanden.

Ik zou hem willen gebruiken om partijen in te geven van een toernooi.

Hartelijk dank voor uw moeite.
March 2, 2012 at 2:56 AM
Aart Bik said…
Hi Leander,
Dank voor je email. Ik had heel wat PGN files getest, maar misschien is er ergens nog een bugje. Kan je me de PGN opsturen (ajcbik en dan at google punt com).
Aart
March 2, 2012 at 9:11 AM
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