PAUL MORPHY THE CHESS CHAMPION Overall record: +173 -24 =17 (84.8%) [247 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from the statistic.] A Man who never made a mistake on move ONE.. 1.e4 178 games Won 83.7% EVANS GAMBIT [30] C51 EVANS GAMBIT [14] C52 PHILIDOR DEFENSE [11] C30… Continue reading
Saturankam https://t.co/FOIva874GR — Classic Board Games (@cyningstangames) February 3, 2021 Saturankam is a race game played on a square board, around which the players’ pieces move in a labyrinthine path. It is played in southern India and Sri Lanka. It is of unknown antiquity, but square-board race games… Continue reading
GHOST IN THE MACHINE 2020 Red Wins… Red Wins ! (only acceptable IF it’s Birds/Jack Buck) A Fluke Loss.. Perhaps “Sun Spots”.. who knows I some how lost this game after making move 20 as Black..(who Moves Second) The game ended just as the “Middle Game” started. THIS LOSS….… Continue reading
NOV 16 2020 The Queen’s Gambit and the Dangerous Myth of Drug-Induced Genius Lilly Dancyger: The new Netflix limited series The Queen’s Gambit contains many dark elements—the main character, Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), is orphaned as a child when her mother takes her own life with Beth in the car; her adoptive mother, Alma Wheatley… Continue reading
SEPT 13.. The final day of Chess 960 : Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura Tie for 1st and split the prize winnings .. Congratulations to the co-champions of 2020 Champions Showdown: Chess9LX winner @MagnusCarlsen and @GMHikaru! They won $31,250 each pic.twitter.com/EYMCxyoXi2 — Saint Louis Chess Club (@STLChessClub) September 13, 2020… Continue reading
STL CHESS CLUB ON LINE CHESS 960..CHAMPIONS SHOWDOWN Games will start daily at 1:00pm CDT (GMT-5) from September 11-13 with expert commentary featuring GM’s Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Viewers can watch live on uschesschamps.com or on STLChessClub’s YouTube and Twitch.tv channels. Check out the recap of day 1 of… Continue reading
Chess in Tweets What’s trending currently in the Chess World….. https://t.co/dT4hyMadvY via @wired — Quantum Gambitz (@QuantumChess) September 10, 2020 Daily chess puzzle Krasenkow – Jansa, @SchachBL 2002 https://t.co/GnaWhdmA7a — Chesspuzzle.net (@Chesspuzzle_net) September 9, 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament Resumes November 1https://t.co/IEAezyPQou — Marshall Chess Club (@MarshallChessNY) September 9, 2020 Can… Continue reading
2020 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX [On-Line Event] Games will start daily at 1:00pm CDT (GMT-5) from September 11-13 with expert commentary featuring GM’s Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Viewers can watch live on uschesschamps.com or on STLChessClub’s YouTube and Twitch.tv channels. Dates September 11 – 13, 2020 Format Chess 960… Continue reading
XIANGQI : BREAK THROUGH [algebraic notation 1. Che3 ..] Black finds a tempo goes up an exchange, then executes a major offensive with precision. Move 35. Hf5 Hg5 (Black’s Horse is attacking the Cannon. Red Moves out of the attack but in the next move the… Continue reading
Wesley So – World Champion – Fischer Random Chess Set Up For Today Carlsen vs So 1/2-1/2 [SetUp “1”][FEN “nrkbqnbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKBQNBR w – – 0 1”]1. Nb3 f5 2. f3 Nb6 3. e4 fxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Ne3 Ne6 6. c3 Bg5 7. Bc2 O-O-O 8.… Continue reading
