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Take a look at this position. It is white (my move) to play. I lost a pawn in the opening and managed to create a little counterplay with the queen on the kingside. My opponent was very sure of his opening moves and calmly went up a pawn within th... | Read More
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No pieces can be taken. Kings cannot escape direct check (or a check on an adjacent square) The only rule is that pieces swap squares when they 'capture'. THe game is extremely easy to lose but incredibly beautiful for the different kinds of posit... | Read More
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I just want to touch briefly on the different kinds of chess and what they mean to the game itself.
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When I play the Ruy Lopez, i play it differently for both sides, for I do not want to memorize line after line after line and then try to adopt a single system. For White I usually try to get that "ideal" set up with e4, Nf3, Bc2, d4, c3, Nd2, Re1... | Read More
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Howdy all, here's a game I just played at 2 in the morning against Muhayin, rated 1700. We got into a closed Sicilian game as you will see and a most grueling of endgames between my two rooks against Muhayin's queen... and there were pawns too. I ... | Read More
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Philidor Defense (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6)
I've been catching a lot of games where black tries the old line 3... Bg4. Isn't it amazing that although that variation has been proven obsolete so long ago with Morphy and the like that people still play it... | Read More
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Games I'm proud of I will sumbit for computer analysis on chess.com. I have an engine at home but my computer is too slow to run it. I should get on that. In any case these games often return to me with 5+ mistakes, several inaccuracies and even b... | Read More
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My last post I misnamed the Hungarian Defense (Italian Game) as the Berlin Defense (Ruy Lopez). Oh well! We all know what I meant. Today I want to talk about two games I had wityh Tobejdusan (1490), who is a very smart player. We played three game... | Read More
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I've recently come to admire the black defense after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7, inviting white to double the c pawns via N or Bxc6 bxc6, opening the b file for black as well as the attacking options against the white kin... | Read More
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