direwolfe's Blog

• The Philidor Position

  I found the explanation of the Philidor position in Seirawan's "Winning Chess Endings" a bit confusing and thought I would create a pneumetic to remember it by.       In the poisiton above, Black's easiest Draw is to move Ra6.  As the long... | Read More

  • direwolfe
  • | Nov 9, 2008
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• Fried Liver!

  Here is a game in which I played the main line of the Fried Liver Attack as White.  I fell behind in material early but was able to regain my material as I kicked his King from one end of the board to the other.  Lots of fun to play to s... | Read More

  • direwolfe
  • | Mar 19, 2008
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• A beautiful endgame

   While doing a CM tutorial last night, I learned that the shown position is a dual-zugzwang.  If it's White's move, the position is drawn, if it's Black move, White wins.  I don't know why but I find this strangely ... | Read More

  • direwolfe
  • | Mar 6, 2008
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• Nuts he timed-out

  A win is a win - but when you're one move away from checkmate - in 17 moves, it's frustrating when you win by time or resignation.  I was particularly proud of the game I played here, and I kept checking the site to see if my opponent... | Read More

  • direwolfe
  • | Feb 6, 2008
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