In my recent article, "The Lonely Knight Checkmate," I discussed a very uncommon situation where a checkmate is delivered by a knight and the winner has no other pieces on the board besides pawns. Such situations are indeed so rare that all the examples that I used were either composed stu...
It isn’t accurate to say, “In a growing plant order is increasing (entropy is decreasing) so this is a violation of 2LOT–checkmate atheists!” This ignores that the sun is part of the system feeding the plants, and the energy that radiates ...
AppleInsider doesn't generally cover jailbreak exploits. In the cat-and-mouse game that is constantly raging between Apple and the jailbreak community, information published today is often outdated tomorrow. This isn't much different than that in actuality, but it got a much...
going, you idiots forced checkmate in 35 moves. That is ridiculous. Like how could it have possibly known that if both sides made a move for 35 moves, black would win. What Stockfish can do is look forward into the table bases and every path to the table bases. ...
At first glance,Synapsemight look like a pretty common VR shooter, but there are several really intentional design decisions that drive a strong sense of embodiment. The first thing I want to talk about is the cover system. Every VR shooterhas cover. You can walk behind a wall and it will...
He began to remind me of Chess Masters who are so confident of their abilities that they actually point out to you, in advance, why you probably don’t want to make that move… because in ten steps it will result in Checkmate. Alas, Craig’s debate with Grayling was as one-sided as...
streets of Berlin, supposedly in protest at the current COVID-19 measures prescribed by the German government. The following day, my nine-year-old Black son cornered me with an almost checkmate question: ‘Papa, what is aReichsflagge(imperial flag) and why are all these people waving i...
Whatever you say is wrong; they’re always right, and you feel like you’re playing a bad game of chess. And right now, you’re in checkmate. How can you move on from this? Well, when you’re dealing with someone defensive, it’s not an easy task. The good thing is there are ...
We have to trick the other player into a game of tag, but a fancy one called checkmate. Those who invented chess decided that its primary role would be survival, as the game’s objective is to safeguard the king from checkmate. Preserving the Essence of the Game This decree is not an ...
Brody is even aware of this issue, and in a section called “Bleeding Genres,” she basically acknowledges that the distinctions don’t matter because “Novels are complex. They don’t always fit neatly into just one category.” Hey, that’s true! Stories do often blur the line between ge...