Another Tal Tale Softare Toolworks' Banner The 1988 Software ToolWorks Tournament Former world champion Mikhail Tal played in the November 1988 Software Toolworks tournament at Long beach, California. Miles Ties for First with Dee...
The Connection The methods described in the last blog post allowed me to win my game against Heuristic Software Systems' Socrates Chess Engine in the 1992 Northern California Speed Chess Championships. The losing blunder 8.Nb5...
In 1976 IM and computer scientist Julio Kaplan of Puerto Rico explained to a group of Berkeley Chess Players that preparing against computers would be like preparing for any opponent - study their strengths and weaknesses and prepare you...
This is the first of a series of blog posts that discuss the development of desktop chess programs and table-bases. Topics will include The main algorithms including the static evaluation function and lookahead The tactical strengths and strateg...
When you can play through a short game without a board, the next step is to analyze simple endings, starting with just one or two pawns.This can be interactive - try to solve a study without moving the pieces, check your solution by moving the pie...
A systematic study of tactics is the best preparation for finding the solution to a puzzle or the best move during a game. The last 2 posts recommended looking at all the violent moves (Lasker) in solving a tactical puzzle when you don't know wha...
This skill is important for calculating long variations whether or not you want to play blindfold chess. The first step is to learn to visualize an empty board - know the colors of the squares. To do this, Koltanowsky (In the Dark and The Adventu...
The purpose of this post is to increase your tactics rating. Most chess puzzle solutions fall within the "quiescence search" of game programming - forced sequences of captures, checks, threats of mate in 1 and attacks on an unguarded piece or...
