Submitted by on Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:19am.
I few months ago I posted a lightning chess game in which I lost, and then proceeded to write about the irrationality of lightning chess (see previous blog post). Well, some people agreed but some didn't, and so this post. There has to be anot... Read more »
Submitted by on Mon Sep 8, 2008 2:52am.
More than 2 weeks ago, I tried a Live Chess game against a member of Chess.com. I intended to accept an open challenge with a duration of at least 10 minutes but inadvertently clicked a Lightning game (I guess it's 2 minutes per side).... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:20am.
Sometimes I come across people who ask about the best openings in chess. The following 2 tables are taken from a large database of games (5,025,077 total). There are 20 different first moves as seen in the first column. Table 1 i... Read more »
Submitted by on Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:20am.
It's common knowledge that there are 64 squares in a chessboard. There are actually 204 squares. If the smallest square's side measures 1 unit, then there are 8² or 64 1x1 squares. Continuing the math, there are 7² 2x... Read more »
Submitted by on Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:29am.
The great legend, Grandmaster Bobby Fischer passed away yesterday, sending shock waves all over the chess world. He was 64 years old, symbolically representing all the 64 squares of the chessboard. He might have been a controversial fi... Read more »
Submitted by on Sat Jan 5, 2008 6:35am.
There is a lot of posting about making games as live as possible, clamoring for fast games (blitz, etc.). I still long for those years past when chess is played leisurely, no time involved, as if chess is some form of meditation. I ima... Read more »
Submitted by on Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:25am.
God grant you...the light in Christmas which is faith;the warmth of Christmas, which is love;the radiance of Christmas, which is purity;the righteousness of Christmas, which is justice;the belief in Christmas, which is truth;the all of Christmas, ... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Nov 1, 2007 6:24am.
The Sicilian is a popular reply to the usual 1. e4, and masters say that it is a strong defense and gives equality and even advantage to Black. But Black is often warned against an early attack from White. In short, don't use the o... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:49am.
Sometimes it's better to underpromote a pawn to a knight instead of the usual queen. In this game almost a century ago, Showalter shows the way how in this masters' game. In this game, queening would have been okay but it would... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Oct 3, 2007 5:40am.
In my readings in the forum and blogs, I often find people having problems with the chessboard and some others. I'm using the latest Firefox web browser and I don't have any glitches. People who want to take advantage of free a... Read more »