In two games there was a potential tactic available for several moves which covered perhaps ten minutes of time allowing time for analysis. Those of us in chat not using the computer mentioned the sacrifice possibility multiple times and eventually, in both cases it was made. This leads me to...
She is very knowledgeable in various openings, middle and end games, and tactics. Whenever my son has a question, she always has the answer for him. They analyze the game/tournament my son had and discuss how to improve his chess skills. I would definitely recommend her as a chess coach...
me having improved by the time I had come back to the website meant that I was winning almost all of my games. This lead to my account being closed, something which I was not overly annoyed about as, although I lost all of my playing history, it forced me to make a new account ...
After a period of contraction, the newspaper now seems to be coming into its own and the Games section has now expanded to embrace a wider assortment of curated games, achieving near cult status among aficionados. Here too, fans can elect to subscribe to only the games section, and forego ...
We’ll use160, the total number of Chess pieces and pawns that were on the five boards (in the photo above) at the very start of the games. We’ll also use10(the number of people pictured playing), and3(my favourite number) and8(the number of letters inBIRTHDAY). Note thatsqrtstan...
Let's go back to the beginning of chess history: Board games have been played in India for thousands of years. Near the turn of the first millennium, a popular dice game emerged in which multiple players raced their pieces around an 8 x 8 grid called an ashtapada board. Around the same...
games are over, and the winner is crowned, we go home exhausted, dejected, bruised and battered (emotionally and physically). “If only I hadn’t blundered that piece and lost my last round game, I would have won the event. Even one lousy draw would have kept me in the winner’s ...
(24 to 23 drop is perhaps 200, 25 to 24 depends on time limit). Our intention is that for quick games (10 min, or 5 min + 5 sec increment) even a virtual beginner (say Elo 250) should be fairly matched with level 1, while the World Champion should have a tough time with level...
He studied the strengths and weaknesses of opponents he was likely to meet in the near future. He analyzed the amount of time he had spent on particular moves in order to think more efficiently. He played training games to test his nerves and concentration skills under conditions simulating ...
He studied the strengths and weaknesses of opponents he was likely to meet in the near future. He analyzed the amount of time he had spent on particular moves in order to think more efficiently. He played training games to test his nerves and concentration skills under conditions simulating ...