Phobetor's Blog
Welcome to my blog! This blog mostly contains the more interesting games I played, either over the board in competitions or tournaments, or online on sites like the Internet Chess Club. Usually the game comes with a story about why the game was interesting or what we can learn from that game, and I always add annotations and analysis to the games.
Although I try to check my annotations and analysis of the games with an engine, sometimes an error slips in, so if you think I made a mistake or you don't understand something, just say it! Just reply to the blog post in question, and I'll usually answer the question the same day or within a few days. And of course other feedback is welcome as well!
I also have a series called "Magnificent Puzzles" where I post beautiful chess compositions. These are usually "miniatures" (compositions with only few pieces on the board) with unexpected beautiful solutions. These can be as old as from 1920, and stalemates and underpromotions are not uncommon in these puzzles.
I hope you'll enjoy reading the blog posts, since, well, that's why I write them :)
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on Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:06pm.
Retrograde chess puzzles are puzzles where it's not the solver's task to find out how to continue the game, but to find out how the current position was reached. These positions generally look unrealistic and impossible, but there is usually one u... Read more »
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on Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:03pm.
Retrograde chess puzzles are puzzles where it's not the solver's task to find out how to continue the game, but to find out how the current position was reached. These positions generally look unrealistic and impossible, but there is usually one u... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:22am.
Retrograde chess puzzles are puzzles where it's not the solver's task to find out how to continue the game, but to find out how the current position was reached. These positions generally look unrealistic and impossible, but there is usually one u... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:14am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:53am.
Sometimes games are not won by fancy combinations or mating attacks, but by calm, precise (endgame) play. The below game is an example of that. You could say the opening and middlegame phase was "dull", since both sides weren't afraid to go into a... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:24am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:37am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:57am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:04am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:27am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only ... Read more »