Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com I have a confession to make - I am a bit of a sucker for exotic stuff. Perhaps that's why I have a weakness for chess variants, a thing which Proper Good Chess Players (tm) should scorn at.  I try them not because I am tired of chess, (ho...http://blog.chess.com/LoneWolfEburg/shatranj-and-the-exotic-world-of-chess-variantsMon, 07 Jul 2008 06:32:03 -0700http://blog.chess.com/LoneWolfEburg/shatranj-and-the-exotic-world-of-chess-variants Here's a mildly interesting checkmate which occured in one of my LiveChess battles. The moral is - never assume that your king is in safety in the early endgame just because the Queens are traded off!  (Althrough admittedly, White is los...http://blog.chess.com/LoneWolfEburg/a-funny-interesting-chekmateSat, 28 Jun 2008 07:26:57 -0700http://blog.chess.com/LoneWolfEburg/a-funny-interesting-chekmate