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I have not played chess once in my entire 41 years on this planet, but I have watched 'The Queen's Gambit' on Netflix. After finishing the series I was intrigued by the game, but I know my patience is likely too thin to actually playit.

Millions of other people throughout this world have found a renewed love for playing chess thanks to 'The Queen's Gambit', and because of that, an old chess club in Rockford is making a comeback this March at Ken-Rock Community Center.

The Rockford Register Star reports that brothers John and Joe Guth are re-launching the Ken-Rock Chess Club this March to give people the chance to play face-to-face instead of online which has become VERY popular the last few months.

Joe Guth has been Auburn's Chess Club coach for several years, and his brother Joe currently runs the Ken-Rock Community Center. The Guth brothers recently told the RRStar that this club is open to all ages and that their hope is to "work with other organizations such as the Rockford Chess Club to again make Rockford a regional chess center".

Beginning March 3, 2021, the Ken-Rock Chess Club will meet weekly from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and they will offer a 4-week class for any chess newbies (ages 7 -79) that want to learn how to play the game.

For more information on the Ken-Rock Chess Club, please emailJosephGuth1960@Yahoo.com.

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Star Trek baked the Tridimensional chess set into its very fabric. Were introduced to it in practically the opening shot of the second pilot, Where No Man Has Gone Before. Now there is a new replica from Noble Collection that you can play as a game too. We have a review and full unboxing video below.

You play a very irritating game of chess, Mr. Spock, Captain Kirk says before irritating his first officer with an unexpected move.

After the second pilot, Tridimensional chess went on to play pivotal roles in TOS episodes like Charlie X and Whom Gods Destroy. The game went on to appear in numerous episodes of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, as well as Discovery and Picard. Lets face it even the general public would recognize a tridimensional chess set as THE futuristic game from Star Trek (sorry, Parrises Squares).

The first appearance of Tridimensional chess, in the TOS episode Where No Man Has Gone Before

The Noble Collection recently released a beautiful new replica, which includes 32 die-cast pieces that measure approximately 1.5 inches tall. The set itself measures approximately 13 inches tall which is about half as tall as the one seen in TOS and features translucent acrylic game boards. At the same time, once you get it out of the packaging, youre committed. This isnt like your standard chess set, which you can fold back up into a box and store in a cupboard. The base is one big piece meant for display. And, really, if you are buying this, you are going to want to keep it out. Its simply gorgeous.

Set up is pretty easy. The bulk of the board comes already attached to the curved metal base. The four Attack Boards come out of the box separately and then easily slot into place or places, since theyre meant to move during the game. The half-dome baseplate features a nice Starfleet emblem, and it has a felt bottom, so it wont scratch up your display case.

The individual chess pieces, too, have a soft underside which, combined with their solid, weighty feel, make for satisfying movement across the boards. In design, they look just like the ones featured in Charlie X attractive, minimalist, retro-future.

All in all the Noble Tridimensional Chess Set is a quality replica that looks screen-accurate and also displays well.

The game

But this is not just a display piece, it is also a game. The Noble Tridimensional Chess Set comes with an instruction sheet that details the moves each piece can make. However, it doesnt go into a lot of detail, especially about the attack boards. I did find this video helpful in getting a general feel for how to play. My son and I found ourselves continually reorienting as we played, standing up so that we could get a birds eye view. This helped keep us aware of how the board would look from a more conventional frame of reference. One drawback for this set is that the bishops are essentially identical to the pawns, only slightly taller, so its easy to get them confused the first couple of times you use them in gameplay.

After a few games, Im sure the multilevel play will start to feel a little more natural to navigate. It certainly makes for a great way to surprise an opponent whose pattern indicates two-dimensional thinking. (Sorry I dont have a photo of my sons reaction when my bishop slid up two levels to take out his queen.)

Our next step will be to read the tournament rules so we can get a better handle on utilizing the attack boards and I can then neutralize my opponent and, in so doing, show my son that I AM THE SUPERIOR INTELLECTSorry, got carried away there.

The following video gives you a closer look at the set, including the pretty large package it will arrive in.

The Noble Collection Tridimensional Chess Set is nice to look at and to feel, and its fully functional. Even in a home that doesnt have a lot of Trek items on display, this would make a great conversation piece and a thought-provoking pastime.

The board is yours, Reader.

The Noble Collection Tridimensional Chess Set is available now at Amazon for$145 and directly fromnoblecollection.com.

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The sales of a Spanish Chessboard maker witnessed an exponential rise after it was discovered that its boards featured in hit Netflix miniseries The Queens Gambit. In a normal year, Rechapados Ferrer would produce around 20,000 chess boards in its factory located in La Garriga. However, after the companys chessboards featured in the show last October, it has received an order of 40,000 boards and the count is still increasing.

David Ferrer, who now runs the family business founded by his grandfather, noticed a small rise in sales during Spains stringent lockdown in the spring and early summer of last year. However, it was nothing in comparison to the hike which they got after their boards featured in blockbuster series.

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Speaking to The Guardian, Ferrer said that when the Netflix Series came, it all went crazy and drove the sales of the chessboards through the roof. Elaborating further, he added that he noticed the spike first around Christmas when one of their users returned back asking for the same number of chessboards he had already bought. The trend followers as more and more people returned asking for the boards from The Queens Gambit. He also revealed that the company, this year, has been working in its full capacity to meet the heightened demand.The Chess Boards sell between 40and 150 and can be ordered online at the company's website.

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The Queen's Gambitis one of the most-watched show on Netflix. It revolves around a teenage chess prodigy who grapples with alcohol and drug addiction.The Queen's Gambitcastincludes Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Moses Ingram, Marielle Heller and Marcin Dorociski among others. Yet she goes on to become one of the greatest chess payers of all time. The miniseries based onWalter Tevis's 1983novel of the same name. The title refers to "Queen's Gambit", achess opening. It was written and directed byScott Frank, who created it withAllan Scott.

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Im always up for a good puzzle game. I mean, there are only so many times I can carry the team in Zombie Army 4, or save the day in Forza Horizon 4, and sometimes its just nice to sit down, ease back on the throttle of life and try to solve some brain teasers. This leads me neatly onto the subject of a new puzzle game from Minimol Games. Going by the name of Knights Retreat, it promises to be chess, without being chess. It all sounds very zen to me, sort of like what is the sound of one hand clapping.

First off, the whole chess without chess thing is a bit of a misnomer. A better description would be chess without a chessboard, as there are various chess pieces featured in the game, and they all behave in the exact same way as they would do on a chess board. But there is no board. What there is instead are some concrete looking-slabs, one or more orangey slabs, which are the targets, and then the pieces.

Now, as the game is called Knights Retreat, you might imagine that the knights are to stand guard and let the queen get away, yeah? Well, not a bit of it. On each map, there is one (or possibly more) orange Knight pieces, and the goal of each level is to move the orange Knight to the orange square. Thats it. Now, the Knights move exactly as they do on a chess board, in a kind of horizontal or vertical L shape. What this means is you have to plan a route through the increasingly difficult levels and, just to add a little bit of spice, when you move an orange Knight, the square he was stood on is destroyed by arrows. This of course means no backtracking, so a few moments of planning before going all gung ho is a very good idea.

The orange Knights are not the only pieces that you have to contend with. There are Rooks, which can move in straight lines only, Bishops, who can move as many squares as you like, as long as they are diagonal, other Knights, and finally the Queen, who can move in any direction for any distance. Rearranging all the other pieces to allow the Knights to escape can get tricky, and with the addition of other mechanics like pressure plates that rearrange the ground that the pieces are stood on to get to grips with, it soon becomes very tricky indeed. Luckily, if you move one of the other pieces, the ground they were stood on stays intact thank heavens for small blessings.

There are 80 hand-crafted levels to go at here, split into four worlds, and while I said that I like to unwind with this type of game, it isnt too long before my brain starts to melt. Luckily, having played on the chess team in my primary school, the skills I learned all those years ago (37, if youre interested!) has stood me in good stead.

Graphically, Knights Retreat is simple, yet effective. The pieces are easy to identify, and the camera can be moved into almost any position you like, zoomed in and out to your hearts content. I find it easiest to plan a route while looking down almost vertically onto the board, almost like the classic chess games of yester-year, as this way its easy to plan the Knight moves out in your head. One slight caveat with this view is that it is hard to tell the difference between a Bishop and a Queen from overhead, but a quick attempt to move them will reveal which piece they are. A special mention has to go to the music too, which is wonderfully calming and adds to the whole relaxing vibe of the game, helping to bring the pulse rate down when you manage to maneuver yourself into a losing position.

So, does Knights Retreat on Xbox have what it takes to peel you off the ceiling after another round of Golf With Your Friends? Well, the short answer is yes. Its one of those games you can switch on for a few moments while you look to kill time, scratching off a couple of levels, and then coming back to it again later. It is quite gripping as well, with a real draw to keep playing. If youre looking for a game to tickle the little grey cells, you may just have found it with Knights Retreat. The only real complaint is that once youve nailed the 80 levels, thats about it; there isnt a score for each level, and so the urge to carry on playing once it is defeated just isnt there.

I'm always up for a good puzzle game. I mean, there are only so many times I can carry the team in Zombie Army 4, or save the day in Forza Horizon 4, and sometimes its just nice to sit down, ease back on the throttle of life and try to solve some brain teasers. This leads me neatly onto the subject of a new puzzle game from Minimol Games. Going by the name of Knight's Retreat, it promises to be chess, without being chess. It all sounds very zen to me, sort of like what is the sound of

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Knights Retreat Review Chess but not!

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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IMPROVATE Israel-UAE-Southern European Cybersecurity Conference that took place by the end of last week presented advanced Israeli technologies in the field of cybersecurity, and also defense against circulation of fake news.

The keynote speaker at the conference was Garry Kasparov, a world chess champion, human rights activist and author, who is the founder of the Renew Democracy Initiative. Kasparov recently joined the Advisory Board of IMPROVATE, which connects technology and innovation companies and governments and new markets.

Kasparov spoke about a number of topics, including his involvement in the hit Netflix series, The Queen's Gambit, the connection between chess and artificial intelligence, human-machine collaboration, his involvement in the AI and cyber fields, and joining IMPROVATE's Advisory Board.

"IMPROVATE works to solve problems and I have been solving problems my entire life," Kasparov said. IMPROVATE's work connecting startups to governments is particularly critical at this point in history, he continued. "It's a very important to improve the global climate of innovations by helping startups to present their ideas straight to potential customers, to the top of the food chain, and I think it also helps governments to look through a new lens."

Talking about his involvement in the popular Netflix series, The Queen's Gambit, where he served as a consultant, Kasparov said: "I have to say the phenomenal success of this series was a big surprise and dramatically improved the image of the game of chess."

Irina Nevzlin, IMPROVATE Founder and Chair: IMPROVATE's mission is for governments to have access and the ability to implement amazing technological innovations created every day to make the lives of the citizens better. Cybersecurity was never more acute than during this crisis when the majority of people found themselves working from their home computers and with increasing amounts of cyber-attacks by foreign dictatorships and by other groups."

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Maj. Gen. (Res) Amos Gilead, Executive Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), IDC Herzliya, spoke of the importance of cyberspace in the modern battlefield. I cannot imagine any future war without cyber In order to win the next war, we need to be the best in three dimensions of cyber offensive, intelligence and defense."

Former Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said that in many areas of cyber, Israel is the number one country in the world. "My message to Israeli companies is that there is so much demand for your product, so engage with us."

Senior UAE officials, bankers and investors who participated in the conference said there was massive potential for collaborations between Israel and the UAE in the cyber sector and beyond. Among the Emirati participants were Sheikha Hend Faisal Al Qasimi, an Emirati royal, businesswoman and philanthropist; Mohammed Mulla, Business Development Director at Emirates NBD; and Ayman Al-Awadhi, Group Managing Director, The Corporate Group.

IMPROVATE CEO Ronit Hasin Hochman said: "Israel is a cyber power and has a lot to offer the world. IMPROVATE is proud to promote Israeli companies that are the forefront of the cyber sector, and connect them with governments and businesses world-wide. I would like to welcome Garry Kasparov, a global authority on AI and cyber to the Advisory Board of IMPROVATE. Having Garry on board is major step forward to achieving IMPROVATE's goals in the sector."

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