Open Letter To a Chess Player
Dear Random Chess Player Who Just Offered Me A Draw, I always find it amusing and a little annoying when players like you offer me a draw right after making an obviously blundering move—y’know, that one where you accidentally gave away your Queen? Or the one where you traded a couple of power pieces for [...]
Chess960
This week, I played—and won—my very first game of Chess960. As I mentioned on Twitter a couple of days ago, it’s a fascinating and bizarre way to play the game. For the uninitiated, Chess960 is also known as Fischer Random Chess and is a variant of the game created by World Champion Bobby Fischer. What’s [...]
Playing Chess Again
I started the game below quite a while back via the Chess.com application for Facebook and ultimately won the game on time. Now, after a long break, I’m back to playing some chess again and Chess.com has a new feature to finish a game against the computer. So, just for kicks I finished the game [...]
