See related Blog post HERE A game that I liked (Fritz 17) [Event "White mates in 3"] [Site ""] [Date "...

     In a recent post on my chess Blog I mentioned that Komodo 14 has a personality called Human which is “designed to play more like a huma...

     Despite the glut of chess material that's available today and the use of computer chess programs, for me it’s still a delight to se...

`I received an e-mail the other day from a reader asking what chess program I recommended. The answer, I suppose, depends on what you want...

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1485712 10. Bxc4 Be7  In this position it is worth noting the importance of white’s P on a3....

     I have not done a review on this blog in a long time and last October I did a brief review of Fritz 17 on the chess blog. For years I ...

See related blog post . A game that I liked (Fritz 17) [Event "Exhibition Correspondence Game"] [Site "?"] [...

For the discussion of this position see HERE . Games [Event "Black to move"] [Site "Chess World magazine"...

Answer to temperature question asked HERE ...  If it is 0 degrees F. and it's twice as cold tomorrow the temperature will be -32 degrees...

Nisch - Woog Result: 1-0 Site: Leipzig Date: 1934 [...] 1.♗xf6 This move wins easily. Going after the P on d3 would be a mist...

Original Blog post White mates in 3 Result: 1-0 Site:  Date: 2020.12.05 [...] 1.e8=♗ White can win in any number of ways, but...

Note that in the problem the board is oriented wrong. If you flip it around so that there is a white square on the lower right the solution ...

Obviously this is a joke. I modified it from an old post I saw on McCready and Chess .

The seventh dwarf is also playing chess...it's a two player game. Return to Tartajubow On Chess

Return game Play Online Chess [Event "Shootout from analysis position"] [Site "?"] [Date "1920.??.??...

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White to Mate in two moves: White can only mate on two squares e7 and h8, but if 1.Qa3 black has 1...c5 or 2...O-O-O. If 1.Qa1 then 1....

Black to move 1... Bxd5+ This only draws, but that is not the task. After  1... Rxd5 2.Kxb4 Rd4+ 3.c4+ Kd2 4.Ka5 Bxc4 white has a ...

OK, so I'm a day early!

Solution to the Dudeney puzzle discussed HERE .   Make consecutive moves for white and maneuver the King to f1. Stipulations are: No Pa...

      How to win with Black! This is a great book! It's packed with 22 pages, including an updated chapter written in 2001. An...

Published by New in Chess, The Complete Manual of Positional Chess authors are: Konstantin Sakaev a GM and a former Russia...

           I currently have four chess programs on my laptop: Fritz 12, Chess OK Aquarium, Chess Assistant 16 and an ancient (by ...

     This is a great book!!   Four-time US Champion Yasser Seirawan provides a fascinating and highly entertaining account of his ga...

     The Sicilian Dragon is still a good defense for black! The main lines lead to tremendously complex positions in which both sid...

     If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical P-formations and understanding them is the focus ...

     Vigorito gives good, but limited coverage of Dragon theory and as with all books that present the 'latest' theory they...

      Another book on Alekhine's games? What's the need for one?  This one is different. FM Steve Giddins looks at hi...

     One of the most important databases you can have is MegaBase. It has over 6.46 million games. The database is searchable by p...

After reading customer reviews of this program I am convinced that most are NOT fair! I have used Fritz for years and h...

Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev. This classic explains 33 complete games in detail and explains the reason for every single move. ...

         I have not had the opportunity to review any chess books in a while simply because I haven't bought any, but recentl...