At the risk of being flipPANT or SHORTsighted, here are the opinions of this Canadian chess PANTzer .... er, patzer. It seems many of the recent World Cup particiPANTS had different interpretations of the dress code. Nobody was trying to SHORT-c...
Found another puzzle from an old paper ....... White to play and mate in two.
Another " White to Move, Mate in two" .... this one has two posted solutions, I think I found a third... Too easy?
White to play and mate in only two moves. Not three. Not four. Only two, no more.
Not sure which is more difficult ... solving this old puzzle I came across, or photographing , editing, and pasting it here....
Naka Naka .... Who's there? Garry! Garry who? Seriously?! .... Garry who?! .... I'll see you in St. Louis!!
There was a young man from Ukraine, Who could play a hell of a game, When invited to Norway, Said, "Yes". then, "No - Sorry". "For New York I'll need seven months to train."
Naka Naka ... Who's there? Caruana and So ! Caruana and So Who? We don't care if you wanna remain U.S. Chess Champ, so you better bring your "A" - game!
Naka Naka ... Who's there? Red Bull. Red Bull who? Read some Bull$#!& the other day about being udugelig! (everyone's entitled to their opinion but that's ridiculig!)
Naka Naka .... Who's there? J'adoube. J'adoube who? Hey, no big deal. J'adoube, tu adoubes, tout le monde adouber !
Whether its three person chess, three dimensional chess, secret agent laser obstacle chess, or the old standby ... chess , The Big Bang Theory is always good for a laugh; 1. Howard: I think I bruised a testicle capturing that last p...
Don't go there. The game is OTB. play the game. on the board. your opponent is young, old, good, bad, beautiful, ugly ... doesn't matter .... 64 squares. 32 pieces. The game is OTB. This past Monday .... while playing OTB, .... don't know why, d...
Life is all about balance. Too much of any one thing is not healthy. Too much chess takes time away from the other joys of life. Last Friday, my daughter and I went to see the Jays play the Yankees. We parked the car on Bishop Avenue and boar...
Driving through town the other day and noticed a custom licence plate on the car in front of me. Tal is also one of my favourite "old school" players.... .... or maybe I was driving behind a short dude with issues? I wonder how many chess-theme...
Getting ready for our annual camping trip up north .... its bear country, but with some common sense precautions there is really nothing to worry about ..... No food in the tent, wash the dishes after every meal, all garbage and recycling (empty ...
Ch3ckm8 in 8!.... it was a braw bricht moonlicht nicht this Monday nicht at oor wee chess club. Below is a nice little trap in the Scotch Gambit that I was lucky to pull off in our Monday night rapid. (still had 8 minutes left on the old tick toc...
I'm not there yet .... maybe never will be .... one question .... one elusive answer... What is Bughouse? a) A south Cali VW parts retailer. (Dude ..... where dya get those Ghia tins?) b) Not all there. (Dude .... your ol lady is bughouse about...
No Dad! Why not, you know that I can do that, its called... No. We are not doing En Croissant. Take my pawn the normal way! Its a legal move .... we talked about it last time..... No. This isn't Monopoly Honey, you can't make up your own rule...
Just wondering if the cookie monster plays chess ..... not really. What I was actually wondering comes about from having kids, and picking them up after work at their daycare ..... and noticing a "special" box of toys off in a corner. These toys ...
Okay, he touched the knight. wait a minute. he let go. What's he doing? he has to move it. this is rated. this is real. He's thinking. where to move it . 6 possible squares. he better be thinking of moving that knight. I'm not going to say anyt...
While technically an A53 Old Indian Defence, the following game is merely my attempt at a Kings Indian D against a stronger opponent ..... which transposes to the Kings Indian Fianchetto Variation. The pressure is on with both of my knights gunn...
Hey Dad! Why does white go first? Thats just the way it is... and its not all black and white, see.. these pieces are a light colour and these pieces are a darker colour. Yeh the're a kinda yellow ...... so they could be pink and purple !? Yes...
Thought I'd try another "fun" chess pun contest for all of you clamouring for more after our widely read but hardly participated in "Pawn Pun Contest". (http://www.chess.com/blog/DaveOakRidges/the-pawn-pun-contest) The Inspiration this time is Va...
A few rank and vile characters from our favourite game; The pungent pawn, The rancid rook, The bilious bishop, The noxious knight, The quag-ish queen, The caustic king.
sometimes an idea comes along for a Blog title ..... then the blog writes itself around the title. One of the first novels I read ..... was " The Dog Who Wouldn't Be" by my favourite Canadian Author, Farley Mowat. Trying to tie Farley & ches...
