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Chess logo

Brian — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:01 +0000

I’m working on designing the logo for this year’s chess team. Here’s what I have so far:

It’s nothing too mind-blowing, but I think it might make for a fun wallpaper (on your home computer). Click the thumbnail to view the full size.

e4 really is as popular as they say it is.

Brian — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:17:31 +0000

I’ve used some of the resources on Chess.com before, but have you seen this graph?

It shows the probability of one side or the other winning based soley on which piece white moves first.

Chess Puzzles #2 and #3

Brian — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:50:38 +0000

Here are two puzzles for Chess Club today. I will post the answers later in the comments.

Both are white to move to mate in one.

Chess Puzzle #1 – 2011 Season

Brian — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:26:49 +0000

The whole point of chess puzzles is to train your brain to see patterns, familiar positions. The puzzles that I’ll put up are taken from real games (once we get to January, we’ll see student games). Later today I’ll put the answer in the comments.

Today’s puzzle is white to move to win in one move.

Three things to look at today about chess

Brian — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:37:47 +0000

In addition:
With stalemate, we can talk about the 50 move rule and the three-fold repetition to go for a draw.

50 moves:
If in 50 consecutive moves you have not been able to capture a piece, you can call a draw. (Another reason why notation is important)

Three-fold repetition:
If the same position occurs 3 times (not necessarily on consecutive moves) with the same player to move, either player may point this out and claim a draw. If neither player claims the draw, play continues (either player may still lose on time).

You can also call a draw when you don’t have enough material for checkmate:

King against king
King and bishop against king
King and knight against king
King and bishop against king and bishop when the bishops are on the same color squares.