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 | Jun 17, 2013 | Chess Lecture, games, positions, ruminations
A couple weeks ago Francisco Anchondo asked me to write a post about our game from the last round of the Larry Evans Memorial (which we played in March). We’ve played two games now and I’ve won them both, but not without a few close calls and moments of...
by scribe | Aug 22, 2011 | games, openings, positions
Last weekend, at one of his chess parties, Mike Splane showed us the following miniature game where he won in 13 moves (!) against the Fort Knox Variation of the French Defense. Oh, were you expecting instructions for breaking into the U.S. Bullion Depository? Sorry,...
