The chess pieces in this marble chess set are every bit as finely crafted as the board. The chessmen are closely modeled after the traditional Staunton pattern, which is rare among marble chess pieces, which are usually more modern in design. White’s pieces feature more of the beautiful cora...
On Friday, my game designer friend Patrick alerted me toa post over at Play This Thing about Pit Chess. You can playPit Chess on Kongregate, and it’s essentially a cross between chess andDrop 7. In case you’re not familiar, Drop 7 is a game where pieces with numbers drop from the ...
Isle of Lewis Chess pieces 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...
Alapin, Simon (alleged advice on exchanging pieces) C.N. 3825 Alapin, Simon (place of birth) C.N.s 5877, 5882, 5986 Alapin, Simon (problem) KCK 3 Alapin v Blackburne anecdote ACO 360 Alapin v H. CFF 19 Alapin v Janowsky CE 38 Alapin v Lange CE 49; C.N. 12065 Alatortsev...
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If this app and board worked, it’d be amazing. As it is, the pieces slide—the board never really flattened out for me, the moves aren’t always recorded accurately, and there are no ways to adjust moves—you have to resign or pause/quit. I first had issues with the five free AI...
All the pawns and pieces are set up, there are many checks on the checklist and it’s time for action – in other words, it’s time to take advantage of the opportunity. 3) When the opponent is putting pressure and a trade of their attacking piece or an exchange sacrifice flipping the...
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?
Of course this is great for white with the two bishops but black has some breathing space. Rbc829.Rxc8Rxc830.Bb4Bd831.d4? Why? The d3/e4 pawn duo kept black’s minor pieces at bay. White should simply have played slowly to make the time control. ...