The Unbreakable Pin and the Long March

by | Mar 23, 2019 | Chess Lecture, games, positions

This week I played a game against the computer that featured two of my favorite strategic themes. The unbreakable pin is, of course, well known. The second concept, the Long March, is one that I named but of course didn’t invent. It’s simply the plan of marching the...

Worst Opening Ever?

by | Feb 23, 2019 | games, openings, positions

As you know, I often blog about games against the computer. When I do this, I feel guilty about the fact that these games are cherry-picked. Usually I only show my best games, although occasionally I might show a game where I played well in general but then missed a...

More Fun With Shredder

by | Feb 14, 2019 | games, positions, PRO Chess League

I haven’t written about any of my games with Shredder in at least three or four months, partly because I realized I was overdoing it. Also my tournament results showed me that playing against the computer was not really doing anything good for my game, and maybe even...