Highlights   Updated 21 May '13 Read »Recent Comments Posted 19 May '13 02:37 | Total Comments 10  Hi craigy
Better to have posted in the thread link there we can throw the bits about and show diagram.
I very rarely l...Posted 18 May '13 10:09 | Total Comments 10 Hi greenpawn,
In answer to your question on move 11....O-O in the game ROGERHALES - nedjeljkod:
I don't see an outright ref...Posted 08 May '13 12:54 | Total Comments 10 You cannot.
Go to the blog link and post it in the chess forum.Posted 08 May '13 01:57 | Total Comments 10 how can I enter diagrams in my CommentPosted 05 May '13 13:58 | Total Comments 10 Hi Gezza
I was wondering when someone would notice that.
Corrected.Write a blog? | 1 P=N + Sympathy in E Minor + 9 Queensby  I found this amusing game on another site. It was from an actual OTB game and features 5 Knights on the board in11 moves. Now most seasoned players will think I’m referring to ‘that’ trick shot in the Alapin Counter Gambit where a 5th Knight appears on the board. I’m not, this is from a Ponziani... My Day Job + 8 Queens +Zebanoby I’m an air traffic controller at Edinburgh Airport. A great job. Loads of laughs. I never realised the power an air traffic controller has. These pilots do everything you tell them. I found the flashing lights and warning bleeps on my consul a bit annoying,...  r5k1/p4p1p/3R2p1/1q1PB2r/1np5/4R2P/1P3PP1/3Q2K1 b Black's best move? ... The Pawn Race - Engame Horrors from the RHP Vaults.by Had a PM requesting I do something about endgames, I sent the PM back saying I will report offensive PM’s and put a block on the lad’s account. He got one of his mates to PM me, and then another and another... G.Donati/O.Heimo, StrateGems 2011 1n6/2kp2pp/Ppp2n2/p1r1pP2/2r4b/2P2PK1/1P1P1P1P/1NB2bNR PG in 23.0 moves S.Hashimto, StrateGems 201... Perpetual Check. A Collection of RHP Beauties.by “An unstoppable series of checks usually instigated to avoid the loss of a game.” The Oxford Companion to Chess, by Hooper and Whyld. Not much to go on to kick off an article about perpetual chess. I was going to re-word their whole chapter and appear very clever, ... Swapped a signed picture of Billy Bunker and a chipped statue of Frogmorton for this. Centre Counter ... A New Coaching Tool + Bird's Defenceby How often have you been sitting on bus or a train and you get into a conversation with a complete stranger about chess. It happens to me all the time and one of the most often statements they make is that they can never understand the rules about Kingside Castling... I was ask why I sometimes played the Delayed Exchange Ruy Lopez… 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 r1bqkb1r/1pp2ppp/p1p2n2/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 6 …and why wait till the Knight comes to f6 before swapping. ... The Three Stoogiesby Had a spare 30 minutes to kill whilst waiting for Mrs Greenpawn to conclude her losing battle with Mother Nature. (she was putting on her make up). I know where they got the term ‘make up’ from. ... You stand in the queue for ages at the Post Office to buy a sheet of 2nd class stamps for 2nd hand Christmas cards only get told they have sold out. What kind of Post Office runs out of stamps? ... 4 Consecutive Checks Ending in a Mateby 136069 mentions and displays a game where a player gets out check by giving checkmate. One example here will suffice. What I like about this one is the check and the checkmate are written as the same move. hxg5+ is answered by hxg5 mate... Influentual Chess Moments....by Who and what influences the type of Chess Players we become? A thread on here brought back a moment that I'm pretty sure helped me set up my stall. In 135047 the talk about Banned Big Ron has died awa... Players Resigning in Drawn Positionsby Don’t’ bother looking at this. 3b4/8/5kp1/6pP/8/4K3/8/6B1 w - - 0 1 I wrote to FIFA to see if I could take the place of Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship. ... Mate in 6 Easy Stepsby Solve this. It came from Leonard Barden’s Guardian column on Saturday 13th November 2010. Black to play and mate in 6 moves. Hopless Harry ... Manchester Utd v Chelsea + Opening Graveyardby New RHP Rules + A Disgrace + Sockdolager?by Today we have a bit of fun by looking at the new value of the pieces and apparently a new winning rule. no title So we must forget... The theme this week appears to be never give up. We often see frustrated players posting that their opponents will not resign. There is nothing in the rules that states a player must resign. And why should they? Point them here. ... Chess Bunkers + Fischer & Tal + The 25 Year Itchby Do any of you remember the Atomic bomb drills at school? The janitor would blow a whistle and we would all crouch down under our desks with our fingers in our ears and eyes shut tight. Anyone who got caught peeking would get thrashed. The school had a cellar and originally that was to be used in case... The Puzzle + Beat Your Box + B v N Stats.by You pay a surprised visit to your granddad, bring him some peppermints or something like that. When he is sitting comfortably you grabbed his ancient wooden chessboard. board complete And with the aid of a hidden chainsaw you cut it in two thus... The Chess Brain + A Strike + Hungarian Trapby 2Kb4/7B/1p1p2N1/4pPPp/R1P1k1qQ/3p1N2/8/1n3RB1 w - - 0 1 #2 1. Nf4 Qxf5+ 2. Ne6# (1... d5 2. cxd5# ) (1... Qxg1 2. Ng2# ... Submarines, Popes, Blogs and a New Opening.by I’ve always liked submarines. Each weekend during the war Dad used to come home with a bit of a his submarine and hide it in the garden shed. He plan was to nick a piece every week and eventually end up with his own submarine. ... Old Mag, Chess is not Fun, Bent Larsen.by No1 posted an OTB game with the Budapest gambit and somehow it stirred a fading memory cell. I'm a little squirrel me. I never throw anything away. I have boxes and boxes full of chess junk. I recalled a chess magazine that said Marshall ha... Problems for 9/7/10by The problems were so hard that only one inmate among the mass of them was able to find a solution to each. The reign of terror continued the next day.... ++++ 2Kb4/7B/1p1p2N1/4pPPp/R1P1k1qQ/3p1N2/8/1n3RB1 w - - 0 1 2Kb4/7B/1p1p2N1/4pPPp/R1P1k1qQ/3p1N2/8/1n3RB1 w - - 0 1 Mate in ... Often see lad’s trying to post a game in the forum and giving up. it’s easy. Suppose you want to post a game played on RHP. Get the chosen game and select ‘get pgn of this game.... 1...Rh1 {makes room for the white rook} 2.Rg1 Bg8 {the only way to get rid of the Bishop} 3.Rxg8 Rxb1 4.Rxa8# Solved: PigsOnThe7th Mate in ... not a necessity. I’m of course talking about scoring free tickets for the Edinburgh Fringe. You approach the Festival Fringe desk which is usually manned (or womanned) by some clot with a dopey smile and painted face. ... |
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