MacHack Attack
In 1957, Alex Bernstein created the first really complete chess program at IBM. It ran on an IBM 704, one of the last vacuum tube computers. It took about 8 minutes to make a move. In 1958, Alan Newell, John Shaw, ...
In 1957, Alex Bernstein created the first really complete chess program at IBM. It ran on an IBM 704, one of the last vacuum tube computers. It took about 8 minutes to make a move. In 1958, Alan Newell, John Shaw, ...
Since Bobby Fischer's death, there have been at least three forgeries of his signature on eBay and other auction sites. One must be careful of these forgeries. Lawrence Totaro, a Las Vegas collector and researcher, wrote a very ni...
My darling Petrovna, I never thought I'd be sending something like this; but after a relationship as tempestuous and complicated as ours, I thought it would be best to get my feelings down on paper, so there would be no misunderst...
Here is my own Satire of Satires, an homage to Ambrose Bierce's brilliant work, The Devil's Dictionary which contained comical (and cynical) definitions of commonplace words. Analysis- A language with no known native speakers....
&...
1. Arin Hellstroem was an obsessive man, to say the least. This trait had served him well in some endeavors, and in fact had made him fantastically wealthy. But the complication was that, once his mind got wrapped around a problem, it wouldn't...
Who was Bobby Fischer’s father? Was it Dr. Paul Nemenyi or Hans-Gerhardt Fischer? Robert James Fischer’s surname could just as easily have been Nemenyi or Wender. Paul Felix Nemenyi (ne-MEN-yi) was born on June 5, 1895 in...
It had been a bad night for Fred, mostly of his own making; but having an man point a gun at him really put things over the top. He'd spent most of the past hour playing for a win in a R+B vs. R endgame (ultimate...
1.) A group of chess enthusiasts had checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as t...
Through the Eyes of a Patser By NM Steve Colding I went to a tournament in which a couple of my students were playing and they convinced me to play so that they could see some of my games. I sighed...
There was a chess problem that I always have my students try and solve. The problem is take one set of chess pieces and cover every square on the board. It must be done with only the pieces and no Pawns. ...
Chess.com's LIVE CHESS is reaching the end of its testing period and will soon be with us, so it's time to share some experiences gleaned during my wanderings on the Web. For the past five years I've been playing Internet ches...
There were once 2 older brothers that lived in a village. They were fond of themselves, and very greedy. They had a younger brother who was always kind and listened to them. One day, the king wanted a prince for a princess and was holding a questi...
Please just rate a 1,2,3,4, or 5 star on how much you like chess. But I also have a super-special-awesome and really interesting question of chess! If you had a queen left on your checker board, and the other side had a knight, a rook, and a ...
This is a story about a brave king that fights until end of the game (9th-21th). He will be defeated, not cause of his courageous play, just cause of his mistake! can you find that? ( this is a real match!!! )
I was on ICC for years. I don't think it helped my game too much. Too much speed chess or never enough time to play a real pondering game. Then people bail out, quit, disappear, fail to pay their fees etc. Going to arbitratio...
When you won a game,you should say: "Nice to meet you...I realised that i don't wanna play with you again cause we had a boring game..bye2" When you lose,you can say: "Nice to meet you...you...
I could not belive this is not checkmate. Try to see why.
By Year / Par Années 1946 1947 1948 1950 1951 1952 1953 1955 1956 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 19...
Many years ago, when it seems like I had more time, and there was no computer screen to distract me, my stamp collection didn't gather dust on the shelf. "Topical Collecting" -- collecting stamps picturing certain topics, r...
Here's just a little something cool for all you chess lovers out there! The shortest stalemate possible in this most intriguing game! Before you look, just give a guess how many moves that would be! And be surprised! =)