Whipster's Blog

• The Dangers of using a trap

  The game below demonstrates the dangers of employing a trap (I'm assuming that my opponent did in fact play to try to trap me here, a rather strong assumption to make). Thanks to my opponent for the game. Not the longest, but certainly one of t... | Read More

  • Whipster
  • | Sep 24, ‘09
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  • | 15 comments

• A Modern Immortal

  The following game bears testimony to the creativity of the modern masters of chess, and their ability to play beautiful games. | Read More

  • Whipster
  • | Aug 17, ‘09
  • | 1536 views
  • | 21 comments

• A nice live game

  Here's a one of the few good lives games I've played on Chess.com: Thanks to Cody143 for such a great game. | Read More

  • Whipster
  • | Aug 7, ‘09
  • | 1782 views
  • | 15 comments

• Knights Errant

  'The play of a beginner is planless, because he has too many plans ... he has a great liking for his Queen and the Knight ... the latter on acount of his peculiar step ... When watching beginners, you will frequently observe numberless moves by a... | Read More

  • Whipster
  • | Aug 5, ‘09
  • | 998 views
  • | 4 comments

• A KIA game

  All King's Indian enthuiasts would no doubt be familiar with the terminology - KIA stands for King's Indian Attack, not Killed In Action. Below is a recent correspondence game that I've played on chess.com: | Read More

  • Whipster
  • | Jul 24, ‘09
  • | 2205 views
  • | 9 comments

• The Hippo Attack

  I know, I know, it's normally hippochess who would post something like this. But today, I've a few recently completed games in the Hippo Attack Theme Tournament that seem fairly interesting. No. 1 The first encounter.             Â... | Read More

  • Whipster
  • | Jun 18, ‘09
  • | 1466 views
  • | 7 comments