He preferred middlegames with clear-cut plans. But he argued that each move, even in the opening, should further that goal—a contrast with Morphy, who appeared to develop pieces for the sake of development. Capablanca created a style of play that allowed him to minimize risk; he went a ...
Before I played a lot of Chess, a very influential Chess variant to me personally wasTerrace. Why I like it: I think, for me personally, it was probably the precursor to the kinds of games talked about in this (theBGG Abstract Strategy Games) forum. It had incredibly simple rules, (at...
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Bird, Henry Edward (visit to Bristol with Mackenzie, and dispute over payment for friendly games) C.N. 11561 Bird, Henry Edward (writings on the Bible) C.N. 5331 Bird v Anderssen C.N. 5582 Bird v Daniels C.N. 5892 Bird v Lasker (lightning game) C.N.s 7326, 7332 Bird v Lasker...
Of all the material evidence for the Vikings’ love of games, the most telling are the fantastic ivory chess pieces found near a beach in the Hebrides of Scotland. This region of Scotland had long been a Viking stronghold. On the Isle of Lewis (one of the 790+ islands in the Scottish ...
After all, it’s no use getting a great deal on a chess set if it’s just going to fall apart after a few games. For a great deal to really be great, you have to be getting a high-quality product, so let’s take a closer look at Chess Baron’s product quality. ...
The company shared a video of 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh sharing his experience with the chip. In the nine-minute video, Arbaugh – paralyzed below the shoulders after a diving accident – said he can now complete tasks that were near-impossible before, such as playing video games. ...
the app is unreliable at best. When the board gets into an error state, it is unrecoverable and the game must be abandoned. This makes me look like I’m abandoning games (sometimes in a winning position) which reflects poorly on my profile and ruins the experience for my opponent as ...
I don’t see the motivation for this. Black has castled, white has not. Black has a ready-made counterstrike in the center. Even so, Irina Krush and others have played it; so it’s a good thing for black to know.I recently enjoyed GM Ivan Sokolov’s “Best Games” oeuvre. He is...
The chess for me was hard slogging. Many of the lower rated masters, such as the Champion of Hawaii (!) Rubshamen (2260), defended doggedly coming up with many defensive resources (in both the G/75 and the 40/2 games). Lower rated players must be getting stronger?