Monthly Archives: August 2006

Scientific American article is now online

By Steve | Published: August 14, 2006
The Scientific American article “The Expert Mind,” which I wrote about recently, is now available online.
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Do any chess players work at the NYC MoMA?

By Steve | Published: August 8, 2006
My wife and I vacationed in New York City over the weekend to celebrate our 20th anniversary. On Sunday we toured the Museum of Modern Art, where I saw this chess set by Josef Hartwig on display: I was disappointed to notice that the pieces are set up incorrectly – Black’s king and queen are reversed. [...]
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Using a Java board in the blog

By Steve | Published: August 2, 2006
OK, I figured out my initial problem using the ICC’s PGN viewer in this blog. What I needed to do was use my Wordpress text control plugin to turn off auto-text-formatting in this post. Here’s the dueling queen blunders game I posted about earlier today. You can use your arrow keys to step through the moves, [...]
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A bad way to win

By Steve | Published: August 2, 2006
I was happy for the win last night in my club game against a higher-rated player. But still the game left a sour taste in my mouth. I was playing pretty well for a while and had achieved a position with good possibilities. But then my brain shut off in the middle of following through [...]
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