In The Devil's New Dictionary, Richard Ianelli defines the word “nice” like this: Pleasant and forgettable: as in, it certainly was a nice party; Inoffensive and unremarkable: as in, he sure is a nice guy; Sweet and unatt... Read more »
Remember the song from Oliver? "Consider yourself our mate, consider yourself one of the family"? It's a bit like that on chess.com. I'm always pleased when somebody asks me to place them on my friends list. It ... Read more »
In 1948 when George Orwell invented Newspeak he could never have believed that the idea would actually find a way into commmon usage, but it daily grows stronger as political correctness. Back in the days when the air was clean and sex was dirty t... Read more »
Many years ago my son was in his bedroom working through a set of chess problems with the help of a board and pieces. When one of his friends came to visit I said, "He's inside playing with himself." Well... Since joining ches... Read more »
Sometimes chess games are hard-fought battles right down to the last pawn; sometimes they are one-sided. It happens in the first round of Swiss Tournaments when the top half of the field plays the bottom, and even in chess.com tournaments where... Read more »
It's great to have friendly opponents. In a current game, playing black against the KG, I declined with 3...Bc5. During the game my position became more and more cramped. My opponent, Grolich, commented, "I don't like the ... Read more »
In my "Getting to Know You" post I said that the guy who taught me to play showed me just enough so he could beat me easily. When he took an interstate posting for six months I asked a Hungarian friend how I could learn to play the... Read more »
I've been a chess.com member for just over seven months now, and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience but the addition of tournaments has added a whole new dimension. It's not new to say that a chess game is like a duel but, to me,... Read more »
Desmond Bagley was one of England's all-time top thriller writers. He could put together an intriguing plot in which he was also capable of indulging a little philosophy, a little whimsy, and a touch of humour. He once described a nebbish a... Read more »
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You won't find any advanced chess analysis here, but there'll be plenty of stories about chess and chess players -- often with an off-beat twist.
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The following chess stories appear on my personal web page, Tomorrowland. Some of them have already been published on chess.com, others have not. Click on the links to read them.
A Kind of Immortality
Chess for Grasshoppers
Chess Genie
Chess on the Internet
Chess with Mother Goose
It's About Time
Logic: The Knight's Tour
Maroczy Chess Club
New South Wales Open
Starting a Chess Club
Sweet and Sour Chess
Sydney Simuls
Xmas 2004: Natural Ability
Xmas 2005: The Santa Gambit
Xmas 2006: Die Götterdämmerung
Xmas 2008: Santa's Mate
Yogi Berra, Chess Guru
Mating Positions & Traps
The best selection of Mating Positions and Opening Traps I've seen anywhere can be found in Le Blog de la Batgirl.
They're well worth a visit.
To play through them, click on the link and locate them in the sidebar box at the right of her blog.