by scribe | May 23, 2017 | current news, positions
Most of the time, when we talk about a “dream position,” we mean a position that is too good to be true — all the pieces in just the right places, working together like a team. The position below, on the other hand, is an ACTUAL dream position: a...
by scribe | Aug 28, 2016 | chess clubs, Chess Lecture, endings, games
We’ve arrived at game number six in my series of Six Memorable Games. It is not at all a perfect game, but in some ways it is a perfect illustration of both the good and bad features of my chess: occasional moments of creativity interspersed with frustrating...
by scribe | Jul 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m going to take a short break from my series of 6 memorable games, partly because I haven’t decided on game #4 yet and partly because of a cool e-mail that I got from Larry Smith. Larry, you might recall, was one of my teammates at the U.S. Amateur Team...
by scribe | Nov 15, 2014 | endings, positions
A couple days ago I read this in Wikipedia’s entry called Chess endgame: Queen and bishop versus two rooks. This was thought to be a draw [before computer tablebases — DM] but the queen and bishop usually win. It takes up to 84 moves. This got me curious....
by scribe | Sep 30, 2014 | endings, positions
I know that games played against my computer aren’t the most interesting topic in the world, but recently I had an endgame against Shredder that blew my mind. I learned something new and I think you will, too. Let’s start on move 88, when the computer...
