Monthly Archives: November 2006

More on chess diagrams tool

By Steve | Published: November 28, 2006
I’ve noticed that auto-generated chessboard diagrams using my PHP script are showing up in at least a couple of chess blogs. I’m pleased that some bloggers are finding it useful. My day job is software development (see my work blog), but it’s not web development and not with PHP, so this has been an [...]
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What to do if you’re not playing chess

By Steve | Published: November 19, 2006
I thought I’d be playing in a G/55 one-day tournament today. However, despite my friend Ken’s best efforts, the Northeast Chess tournament series could not be saved. So instead I spent the day putting the Christmas light display on my house. And I cleaned out my garage so that I can park my car in there once [...]
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Following the story of a long game

By Steve | Published: November 9, 2006
Sometimes you find yourself in a long game that transitions through many phases, where the phases almost seem like different games, played by different rules, with different goals. The connection between the phases is found in the way small advantages change from one form to another. Some games fascinate because of tactical fireworks. If that’s the [...]
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Anonymity in chess blogs

By Steve | Published: November 9, 2006
I confess that the predominant use of pseudonyms in chess blogs puzzles me. What’s there to be secret about in chess? Of the 18 feeds in my chess blogs list, only about 4 offer any clue to the identity of the blogger. Three of these are bloggers making a living from chess (Polgar, Greengard, [...]
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Woolum Errata

By Steve | Published: November 7, 2006
If you’ve taken lessons from Dan Heisman, or if you’ve followed his book recommendations, then you may have studied The Chess Tactics Workbook by Woolum. When I went through the whole book a couple of years ago, I compiled an errata list for the expanded 4th edition, 4th printing, ISBN 0-9659067-0-1. I thought others might find [...]
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