I like chess, and I've written a great deal about it here. My chess writeups are listed below, sorted by category, should you be inclined to read them.
- General
- Gambit play in chess
- Tournament chess
- Chess etiquette
- United States Chess Champions
- United States Chess Federation
- Searching for Bobby Fischer
- Paul Morphy
- Garry Kasparov
- Patzer
- intensely hilarious chess adventures
- Instruction
- Openings
- Alapin-Diemer Gambit
- Austrian Attack
- Bishop's Opening
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
- Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit
- Diemer-Duhm Gambit
- French Defense
- Fried Liver Attack
- Halloween Attack
- King's Indian Attack
- Modern Defense
- Scandinavian Defense
- Scotch Four Knights Game
- Urusov Gambit
- Winkelmann-Reimer Gambit
- Endgames
Thanks go to the many of you who have written saying you are enjoying my chess nodes (also to those of you who have spent C!s and upvotes).
/chatterbox OFF
The following comments have brought me closer to E2 nirvana:
2004.05.06 at 23:13 Ashley Pomeroy says "If you control the center, you control the board" is now my personal motto.
2004.05.21 at 18:15 dem bones says re Alapin-Diemer Gambit: The Perfect Node.
2005.02.01 at 22:40 Aerobe says re H.P. Lovecraft: Oh dear god, what a PERFECT first sentence. Very cleverly written and I adore the heck out of this. great job!
2008.05.27 at 04:07 Bitriot says re Chess etiquette: That's good shit.
2005.05.03 at 18:12 Webster 1913 says You're a silly monkey.
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