Author Archives: Steve

ACIS links

By Steve | Published: November 26, 2009
I just updated the blog links on the left with a bunch of ACIS of Caissa blogs.
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First entry in training positions database

By Steve | Published: November 25, 2009
BlunderProne described how to create a database of training positions using ChessBase. Here’s my first entry, from Lavoie-Eddins Nov 2009: Black to move
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ACIS

By Steve | Published: November 24, 2009
Blunderprone is gathering interested chess bloggers into ACIS (Adult Chess Improvement Seekers). I readily fit into that category. I played tournament chess in high school and then life interrupted chess, as it does for so many. My interest was rekindled by teaching my kids how to play, and almost seven years ago I started playing tournament [...]
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Chess Imager is now open source

By Steve | Published: November 21, 2009
Since I created the Chess Imager script for dynamically generating chessboard images online, several people have asked me if they could have the source code so that they could install it on their own web server. I’m happy to announce that Chess Imager is now available in open-source form.
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Round 4 loss in June tournament

By Steve | Published: July 13, 2009
Here’s a game against my fellow blogger, Blunderprone. Unfortunately for me, Blunderprone did not. (Blunder, that is.) I did, however, by exchanging queens into a disadvantageous endgame. .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline} (show chess board) (hide chess board)
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