Rules
No fancy studies are needed. No complicated math is necessary. All that is necessary is for us to see something time after time before we make it a… Read More »
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This columnist has come across enough material to… Read More »
"What color am I playing next?"
It is a time-honored tradition for players to study the wallchart searching for their next opponent. Wallcharts… Read More »
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The State of Confusion Class Tournament advertised that some… Read More »
As long as there have been chess rules there have been thousands of different ways of bending them. Sometimes those bends are intentional, but most… Read More »
An Unrated Wins the Upset Prize
Chess rules simply can’t be written to cover every possibility, especially for unintended results. Sometimes lengthy… Read More »
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Cheating in chess has been around for a long time.… Read More »
What did the Delegates do this year at their annual meeting rulebook-wise?
A lot of the same kind of info appears in just about every tournament ad: dates, round times, time controls, prizes, site address, entry fees, bye… Read More »