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After losing the first game with white against Krush, Zatonskih came back strong and obtained a near winning position against Krush with black in the 2nd game. Just as the game...

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An open letter to my brothers & sisters in Christ from a conservative evangelical Southern Baptist pastor...Let's keep this simple, shall we? Because so much of what's...

Read more  2  5/10/12 4:45pm

Here is my translation of GM Sergey Shipov’s analysis of the seventh game of the World Championship match. I was going to call this post “OLd Man Chess” because...

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It's fair to say that few people say this one coming. Boris Gelfand won the 7th game of the 2012 World Chess Championship, taking a 4-3 lead over current champion Viswanathan...

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As we stand on the eve of the latest installment in the Boylston's monthly Legends of Chess tournament series, it is only natural that our curiosities be piqued by the question:...

Read more  4  5/11/12 2:51am

If you're ever in the mood to play the trick-taking card game Euchre but you only have two players, here's the solution: Two-Handed Euchre. This version of the game is...

Read more  4  4/30/12 11:25pm

MAGE KNIGHT IS LONG!MAGE KNIGHT IS FIDDLY!MAGE KNIGHT IS WELL DESIGNED!MAGE KNIGHT HAS DOWNTIME!MAGE KNIGHT OCCASIONALLY INVOLVES BURNING MONASTERIES!(I occasionally daydream they...

Read more  2  5/10/12 9:11pm

A totally not valid word in Scrabble.

Read more  85  7/22/10 4:24pm

Having recently and successfully launched our elder son into society (egads, I feel old) we are all of a sudden finding ourselves in the bewildering, unheard of position of having...

Read more  59  6/13/11 3:18am

The online backgammon website Play65 has announced launching a new VIP Club and a gift shop for its loyal players. The club, simply named Play65 VIP Club, enables all players to...

Read more  76  8/17/10 10:52am

So these two boys are getting the boot for doing what they love and what they're good at. In the spirit of the times, there's only one thing to do.Occupy Sydney Grammar. And tweet...

Read more  20  12/3/11 2:59am

Thanks to Wahrheit for taking the reigns of the chess improvement carnival.He has a great idea for the first one: post your best post ever. We should see some great stuff: I know...

Read more  21  1/11/12 2:34pm