Archive for the ‘chess’ Category
Fritz und Fertig (= and Chesster) works in Wine under Mac OS X
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010Frintz and Fertig (english version: “Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster”, russian: “Большое шахматное путешеÑ?твие”) is a great children game. I found it works stable under Wine.
chess diagrams on A6 cards using LaTeX – 2/2
Friday, December 4th, 2009In the first part I wrote: “put to a template in your favourite text processor”. Attached is a template (class-file) for LaTeX and an example, the explanations are below.
chess diagrams on A6 cards using LaTeX – 1/2
Friday, November 27th, 2009As a part of improvement in chess, it is often recommended to analyze positions. The idea is good, but how to find time to do it? One option is to use otherwise unproductive time: walking, in bus, queues etc. I have printed positions with me, and always can analyze something.
running Fritz&Fertig (eng: Fritz and Chesster) in the parental control mode (Mac OS X)
Thursday, September 24th, 2009I purchased “Fritz und Fertig: Schach lernen und trainieren (“Fritz and Chesster: learn to play chess“, other languages also available). My opinion is simple: it’s a masterpiece and the best ever computer game for children.
Unfortunately, I got technical problems. Fortunately, solved them.
chess publishing in latex, starting
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009I’m experimenting with LaTeX and chess. As there is no “for dummies” information in internet, my notes (even if incorrect) could be useful for beginners.
So, the step 1. Print some game or some position.
chess tournament checklist
Monday, December 8th, 2008In addition to the conference checklist, I now need a checklist for local chess tournaments.
Exeter Chess Club
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008I’ve impressed by the site Exeter Chess Club, and especially Coaching page. A lot of useful resources.
Quicklinks for myself:
* Playing Black after 1.e4
* Playing Black after 1.d4
* The Italian Game for beginners
how to analyze FICS games
Sunday, December 16th, 2007I play chess on freechess.org. Sometmes I like how I play. But the sad truth is that my good play is illusion. Thanks computers to reveal me a lot of mistakes.
Here is how I feed the games to the computer.