"Over-the-board chess is the favorite of mortals; correspondence chess is the favorite of the gods." – Eduard Dyckhoff
The following is an editorial I wrote for a GameSquad.com. It explores how Tim Rice's Chess in Concert is a good example of how to incorporate a popular game into big screen entertainment. I had a nice surprise the other day. In an effort to ... Read more »
Emanuel Lasker was a dogged Chessplayer; a man who would never concede defeat no matter how bad the situation appeared to be over the Chessboard. Once, a man approached the famed Chessmaster and enquired as to why he was so reticent about resignin... Read more »
The act of playing chess is an act of creative cooperation. Even though you're trying to defeat your opponent, you're still creating something in partnership with him, a brand new game. Whether that creation is ultimately beautiful or ugly makes n... Read more »
As I worked my way through my 4X campaigns in Sins of a Solar Empire and Sword of the Stars, something really started to stick in my craw. As I played each fleet intensive game, I realized that it truly didn’t capture the high stakes nature of f... Read more »
Chess fascinates me because it is not only the greatest medieval game ever (by "medieval game" I mean a game that stylistically incorporates medieval elements such as "knights" and castle-like "Rooks"), but is also a game that existed in that g... Read more »
As I write this, a fierce Nor’easter is blowing outside. Is there a better time to selfishly indulge oneself in his favorite hobby? Of course not. Chess is my ‘go to’ game. However, that does not mean my first inclination is to sit down and ... Read more »
The medieval period was one of brave knights, powerful kings, and the architectural wonder of castle-building. Is there a more fascinating period of human history? Alas, the medieval era is often ignored by the non-fiction world, particularly by c... Read more »
Despite what my blog may have you believe, Chess is not all glory. For every game that you win, there is usually one that is lost. And let me remind you of something: losing at Chess is not at all like losing at any other game. As Vladamir ... Read more »
You know what I miss? The wild, often unpredictable chess games of my early years as a chess commander. When you are just starting out on your chessic career, many games are won and lost by a single, speartip thrust to the throat. ... Read more »
There has been a lot said about the manifest left-wing lunacy of Hollywood, but it has always struck me as very interesting that another portion of modern entertainment media, indeed, a portion that is beginning to eclipse Hollyweird itself, is la... Read more »
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