Well-crafted chess puzzles have this uncanny knack of driving your mind crazy. Every chess
lover is familiar with that helpless feeling when the elusive solution seems
just around the corner only to...
2013/08/07
2013/08/06
A CHESS HORROR STORY - FRANKENSTEIN VS DRACULA
Chess humour is a constant topic in most of my posts so
perhaps now is the time to discuss something completely different.
According to “The Oxford Companion to Chess”, there are 1327
named...
2013/07/31
HOW TO WIN A CHESS GAME WITHOUT TOUCHING A PIECE
In the rich history of the game of chess, games have been
won in many curious & devious ways but to win a game without touching a single
piece is taking it bit too far.
But there is a way, albeit...
2013/07/27
SO LONG YOUR HIGHNESS
The checkmate on a long diagonal is literally (and geometrically!)
the longest checkmate that can occur on a chess board. Just Imagine playing Qh1+ and
mating the black king on a8! Unfortunately this...
