by Jim Stitzel | Apr 19, 2011 | Chess
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...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 26, 2011 | Chess
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...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 17, 2011 | Chess
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,...
