Monthly Archives: January 2006

Choosing GameKnot for correspondence chess

By Steve | Published: January 26, 2006
At the end of last year I decided to try some online-server-based correspondence chess as a way to increase the number of slow games that I get to play. In a recent Chessville Forum thread, Jens Madsen recommended GameKnot, so I registered there and started four games. In one of the four games, another newcomer [...]
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Never give up!

By Steve | Published: January 13, 2006
If you’ve got a bad game, keep trying to cause problems for your opponent. In my club game this week, I had a bad time from almost the beginning. On the defensive for a long time, I finally lost one pawn and then another. But I was able to get a pawn back and then [...]
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Not a good start to 2006

By Steve | Published: January 7, 2006
(137) Champion,W (1634) – Eddins,S (1414) [A80] MCC Winter Warmer Swiss Natick, MA (1), 03.01.2006 [Steve Eddins] 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nbd2 Diagram 6…h6 Because I didn’t like the look of Bc4+ followed by Ng5, looking at the e6 square. [6...d6 7.Bc4+ Kh8 8.Ng5] 7.c3 d6 8.e4 e6 9.e5 [...]
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Goals for 2006 – tactics, etc.

By Steve | Published: January 1, 2006
More goals for 2006: Tactics 2000 problems on Chess Tactics Server (average 2 sessions per week, 20 problems per session, [...]
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Unexpected chess problem at my office

By Steve | Published: January 1, 2006
A software developer on my team at work has an Escher print in her office. It’s a long strip, maybe 12 feet, and it’s hanging up where the wall meets the ceiling. Along the strip is a series of geometric motifs, one merging into the next as you follow along. She’s had this print up in [...]
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