An unexamined life is not worth living.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Lichess game from 2017 03 24 - devastating double attack in Scotch 4 Knights
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Lichess game from 2017 03 22 - Pawn Race in the rook endgame
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Typical IQP tactical breakthrough from Lichess game
Here is a rapid game example I could have included into my IQP ebook/paperback:
Find the best move for White after Black made a typical mistake.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Pawn Break in the Bishop Endgame
A couple of years ago I wrote a book about pawn breaks, and those usually are common in the middlegame, but here is an interesting example from a bishop endgame. With only seconds on the clock, I found the right idea, but executed it at the wrong moment.
Black to move. Find a way to save the game.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Learning from your mistakes - Lichess has best online chess features and is free!
This is a demo of the latest features of lichess. You can learn from your games immediately after playing them, review tactical mistakes, opening inaccuracies, all in the interactive training mode! I am very impressed with it so far.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Online Chess Servers – How to Download your Own Games
Different online servers provide ability to download your games, which is useful if you want to analyse them yourself, add a game to your opening database, etc.
Lichess gives you a link like this:
From what I recall, PlayChess automatically stores all your games locally, which is convenient, unless you use several machines, I am not sure how it handles this case.
ICC, at least the Blitzin interface, makes you download each game one by one, which is ridiculous, time consuming, and must be done very frequently, as this is only possible for the last 20 games you played.
Is there a better way to get your games on ICC, or on other servers? I’d like to hear if you have experience with other systems.