Friday, December 22, 2023

Christmas Gift

 I wanted to play online at Playchess.com. So I looked at a membership. I also wanted to update my Fritz 16. So I looked around for the best deal on Fritz 19 because I knew it comes with 6 months of playchess.com. The prices were pretty much the same everywhere. So I went to The Chess House. Where I bought my first chess books and computer. Many years ago when it was located in Kansas City. The Honey (by Paypal) came up with a coupon. So I got Fritz 19 download version and 6 months of playchess.com for under $70!!! 

Monday, December 18, 2023

How Deep?

People ask how many moves ahead can I look. I say one. Mostly it's true. I'm looking at positional elements unless I see some tactical element to trigger a deeper dive. In this position I was losing badly until my opponent made the mistake Kg2. Right away I saw Nh4 and Ne8 as double checks. White would only have one reply. The King must move. Can you solve the mate in 5? I did but didn't realize both Knight moves work.


Here is the whole game. The position occurs at move 42.

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Chessboard Displays

 A recent game against the Chess.com computer Komodo on level 10. Four different displays. Which is your favorite? Have another you recommend? These websites generate the HTML to display on a webpage. It's just cut and paste to put them on your site.

Chess.com



LiChess



Chessbase




GameKnot - A game played on their site.


Tuesday, December 12, 2023

MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY HOLLIDAYS

 


MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY HOLLIDAYS

For a great deal on Fritz 19 goto The Chess House!


Saturday, December 9, 2023

GameKnot Review


Gameknot is a Chess Playing Website. At first it seems kind of antiquated.

What it lacks in modern polish it seems to make up for in it's people. A game with 3 day time controls finished in a week. The players are there to play! Plus the website is very much in service of the game. Lots of study aids. Openings, puzzles, a searchable 1.6 million game database. They provide code and links for other web / blog developers. The ads are annoying but hey everyone has bills to pay.


Here is the result of the puzzle of the day code they provided.