Chess

1995 chess test

01.04.2008

Dear me. Found this thing from about 1995, which looks to be part of a chess test I gave myself JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO. Then I scored myself, reviewed my mistakes, and trusted that I was a better chess player as a result of the exercise.

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Rocky with rooks

11.11.2007

Chess Boxing — a new sport combining brute force and brainpower — is taking Germany by storm, writes Steve Rosenberg. I think they may be onto something with this. Kung Fu Scrabble, anyone?

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Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov on Bill Maher

10.22.2007

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Tactics and Strategy

08.03.2007

“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” – Savielly Tartakower So true, and not just in chess. Small picture and big picture. Translated: Tactics is about identifying opportunity and exploiting it; strategy is about creating opportunity for exploitation. [...]

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Checkers has been solved

07.20.2007

Checkers has been reduced to the level of tic-tac-toe. From an article today in the New York Times: Champion at Checkers That Cannot Lose to People By KENNETH CHANG Published: July 20, 2007 Checkers has been solved. A computer program named Chinook vanquished its human competitors at tournaments more than a decade ago. But now, [...]

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Game vs. Art

03.17.2007

“Chess for me is not a game, but an art. I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.” – Alexander Alekhine

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‘Chess Master’ Illusion

10.09.2006

Source: Rob Gonsalves

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Chess Master Bios

10.03.2005

>> Chess Master Bios

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Tutorial On Chess Notation

07.29.2005

The chess notation format most people think of when they think of chess is called descriptive notation, with moves like P-K4, N-KB3, etc. There are many systems of chess notation, three of which are common today. These are descriptive, coordinate, and algebraic. Algebraic is the “official” notation used in tournaments and in all modern books, [...]

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What is Chess?

06.10.2005

Chess is ludicrously difficult …Stephen Fry Chess is an earnest exercise of the mind …Thomas Cogan Chess is one long regret …Stephen Lealock Chess is a sad waste of brains …Sir Walter Scott Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever …George Bernard Shaw

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