Let me be frank, at first -and still a bit- I thought how crazy we are: for decades we are warned by storytellers, be it authors or movie makers, for the dangers of artificial intelligence. Skynet, the synths in Picard ready to swoop in to our Gal...
The way to be is to be, I am full with wise wise phrases... I know a few tricks in chess, but much too often I lose concentration in vital phases of the game. We all know one bad move negates 40 good ones, how do you keep concentration? I have t...
Ironically it seems I will see history repeating, when Freddie Mercury died I was just before puberty and got to know Queen's music consciously for the first time, needless to say I became a fan. Now, last week, Grandmaster, and former Chess Wor...
A mere hobby? A board game, to fill time? A mission? Or a status symbol? I don’t know about you, but at times I do wonder why people are on this site at all. For me it is quite simple, as a kid I saw my father play chess with my elder brot...
This board game is really a world of its own. Like another dimension, a reflection of the world. It seems so simple but even after four decades one keeps learning more and missing moves all the time, well that's maybe just me, maybe I am getting w...
In the last blog were my wins versus the three strongest opponents. Recently I achieved a draw against a 2100(ish) player, and I admit friend of mine, but the accuracies were similar enough that it was justified. Maybe I am just a strange fellow, ...
This blog is getting closer and closer to the present time and as mentioned before will become more and more detailed. The game of chess is really the one thing which has followed me since I could think for myself and maybe already before that. On...
Writing about the social aspect is where this blog was the last time, only vaguely related to the actual game. Though chess clubs probably have been around quite a while. At least a lot longer than all of us. Will get back to that somewhere along ...
Starting this blog was a 'side-mission' for me, one I will continue, but I also manage a club which is rising to the point we were before and we aim to rise even further. When I say 'I manage' I am inaccurate, we are a team of admins who serve the...
The digital era has fully begun by now. After playing some chess versus a computer, ChessMaster 4000 as I recall, I found that it is no fun. Either it was way too difficult at top level or it just makes stupid mistakes at strange points if one low...
Making the first real steps, grasping the deepness of chess and my own short comings. Also really starting to fall in love with the game, really because of the depths of the game. A couple of years into the decade of my youth, I saw the ‘Immortal ...
Chess is probably the most stable, continuous, part of my life. I decided to share my experience with the game, though I never became the master I once imagined to be, there are worse players… so there is something to share. I actually played my ...
