In the last blog, my sister unthinkably threw a piece up into the air and it shatered. Well, we glued it back together and I was able to get my sister back down to the game. She is fairly decent. She knows the basics of developing pieces...
I was contemplating one day while studying the King's Indian Attack why such a thing as a Queen's Indian Attack does not show itself in mainstream play. Surely, it must be solid since white will have one extra move. The Queen's Indian Defense...
English Civil War English Opening v English Defense This line is rarely played since most people playing agains the Owen just take the center completely. Why not? This line occurs when white insits upon keeping to his opening repetoire...
I have read a book by Eric Schiller called Unorthodox Chess Openings. It has over a thousand unorthodox openings. In it, I found the Owen Defense, not listing it necessarily as unorthodox, though it did say it is "has virtually disappeared f...
The Austrian Attack The Pirc Defense The Owen Defense The Austrian Attack is based around controlling the e5 square. In the Pirc...
I have had an incident recently related to Chloe chess made up by Chloe in the Disney show Dog with a Blog. In the show, Chloe, a little girl, makes up silly rules while playing chess with the dog, Stan. For example: Stan: (Moving the rook f...
Almost a year ago I looked at the Polish Opening's themes and ideas and showed some of my victories with it. In fact, I pretty much advocated it due to its shocking potential. Later, I calmed down and settled for the more solid Larsen's Attack...
The Owen Defence, or English Defense, is characterized by the moves 1...e6, 2...b6 or 1...b6, 2...e6. This defense is an uncommon hypermodern defense named after John Owen for his use of it in the mid 19th century. This de...
I have noticed a common blunder by white in the Accelerated Dragon attempting to launch a Yugoslav Attack when it cannot be done. White's plan is simply to play Qd2, Bh6, and g4. As Bobby Fischer said agains the D...
I came about a very fascinating game between Max Euwe and Akiba Rubinstein. These were two well-known and very good players at the time.
Here are some puzzles I put together recently from games I have played.
I have decided to go over a game between me and the 17 time champion of Idaho, Larry Parsons. It has become popular in the state since Larry Parsons rarely loses a game. It has been three months since I had this amazing victory, and I decided to ...
I went to a tournament last weekend and completely swept the competition. I had a perfect score of 5-0. According to the history books, this has not been done in that tournament since 1975. I decided to go over the games I played in this blog. ...
The Polish Defense is not an Unorthodox Opening. It is part of the Queen's Pawn Game. This variation of the Polish Defense is the reverse of the 1...d5 variation of the Polish Opening. Just like the other openings I have gone over, this opening ha...
Most king pawn players would not expect the move 1...a6!? in response to 1.e4. This move does nothing to claim central squares and it does not develop a piece. This move seems greatly favorable for white since he can now play the excellent move 2....
So, you are sitting down at your chess board across from someone in a tournament. Your white, he's black. You play 1. e4. This is the most popular move for white. You have been practicing for weeks looking at all the different strategies and openi...
