Ad by GoogleOne of my readers, Phil, has asked this question: Can i win with a knightand king against a king?The short answer is, “no.”Read full story »...

With the new year, I thought it was time to make some much-needed changes toChess Strategies Blog.Read full story »...

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Feliks Zemdegs just set a new Rubik’s Cube World Record for a single solvewith an unbelievable time of 5.66 secs. If that’s not awe-inspiring, I don’tknow what is. Here’s the YouTube video:Read full story »...

As I approach the final stages of the long-awaited Speed Cubing Guide, Icame across this video featuring one of my favorite speed cubers FeliksZemdegs. Hailing from Australia, Feliks has set the bar for the speed cubingworld with his lightning fast solves with a current best of 6.65 seconds atpress time. You [...] Chess and Poker Blog...

Even though I’ve been extremely busy with various life/web projects I’m gladto say I’ve got a bit accomplished and have the Speed Cubing guide about 80%finished to my liking and also am actively reviewing potential advertisersagain after taking a brief hiatus from our overwhelming email load. Thanks toeveryone who writes in [...] Chessand Poker Blog...

Here’s a story to illustrate why you should have the officialrules of chess. I was playing in a tournament once against a higher-ratedplayer (a couple hundred points higher). I had played a good game and myopponent was struggling to get a draw with a three-fold repetition while histime was running out.Read full story »...

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One of the elementary mates that every chess player ought to be familiarwith is the mate with King and two Bishops against King. This mate is of lessimportance than King and Queen v. King or King and Rook v. King because itrarely comes up in practical play. But it is good to know for those rareoccasions when it does occur; but especially for learning how the Bishops cancooperate with each other to cut off large are...

In my first video on the square of the pawn, I mentioned an important warning about how to calculatethe square when the pawn is on its home square. I mentioned it in the video —but failed to mention it in the blog post; so I’m remedying that omissionnow.Read full story »...