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 This is one of my first serious blog posts. Most of the readers already know what a 'forced mate' is. But, sincethe checkmating side can usually play another move which allows the would-be checkmatee to escape, I think the phrase would be a misnom...http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/truly-forced-matesTue, 20 Oct 2009 15:42:53 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/truly-forced-mateshttp://blog.chess.com/burntchips/look-at-this-youll-laughMon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:44 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/look-at-this-youll-laugh Mistake-correcting for both sides are welcome. http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/nice-game3Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:44:40 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/nice-game3 http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/mate-in-410Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:13:31 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/mate-in-410medium http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/win-a-queenFri, 28 Aug 2009 06:32:22 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/win-a-queeneasy http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/puzzle16Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:28:26 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/puzzle16 http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/mate-in-49Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:54:43 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/mate-in-49 http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/mate-in-1Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:47:29 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/mate-in-1http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/this-is-just-a-testMon, 10 Aug 2009 08:32:24 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/this-is-just-a-test yes. very close to losing.http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/nearly-lost-game-end-in-drawTue, 04 Aug 2009 09:06:53 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/nearly-lost-game-end-in-drawhttp://blog.chess.com/burntchips/another-game4Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:36:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/another-game4 =) enjoi!                                   <-- liar http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/i-just-decided-to-do-thisSun, 28 Jun 2009 17:46:04 -0700http://blog.chess.com/burntchips/i-just-decided-to-do-this