Today's chess.com "Opening of the day" is the Ware Defense: Snaglepuss Defense (A40). http://www.chess.com/opening/eco/A40_Ware_Defense_Snaglepuss_Defense This is pretty obscure. There are no games in the chess.com database. The Ware defense / Co...
I know this is a Fischer Random (960) game, but this is a bit too random. (I don't know if this is a browser problem or a temporary chess.com problem; I just know that if I can't find my king, my opponent can't find it, either.)
http://jonathanwstokes.com/2011/02/14/chess-music/ "For absolutely no good reason, I found myself wondering what a chess game would sound like if played on the piano." So, Jonathan Stokes designed a transformation of algebraic notation into not...
ruelasker wrote in a comment on a vote chess game: " In vote chess we are often disappointed in the votes of our colleagues. Sometimes we become glad that the team played a better move than we wanted to play, other times we feel that an opport...
Cartoon by Roz Chast improves (?) 3 classic chess pieces
Where do you get to if you just take the most common moves? I decided to take a look at the 365chess database, which claims to be the largest one, and at each move take the most common move. It's not surprising that we end up in a Sicilian game ...
One of the rarest openings is the Zuklertort Opening, Arctic Defense (A04) 1.Nf3 f6 (1. Nf3.. is also Reti) Chess.com has only 2 games in the database. Chess365.com has 9. With so few entries, there must be a reason. Let's see what can go wrong...
