Category Archives: Chess
Fall Chess Tourney
Through I hadn’t played chess in over a year, I decided to enter this year’s office G15 tournament. Not surprisingly, I finished last (in the A bracket) with only a single draw in my column after 10 games. A couple … Continue reading
Fall Chess Round 4 Game 2
After winning the first game, I was able to relax a little for the second game of the match. I played Black and quickly found myself getting bottled up in the diagrammed position. I decide to go in for the … Continue reading
Fall Chess Round 4 Game 1
My opponent for the fourth round had beat me twice in last year’s G15 tournament, but the games were close enough that I had hope of getting 1 out of 2 points and making a respectable showing in the A … Continue reading
Fall Chess Round 3
I lost both of my round 3 games against another top player. In the first game, as White, I made the mistake of going after a pawn while leaving myself open for an invasion by Black’s queen. In the first … Continue reading
Fall Chess Round 2
Round 2 brought my first (and probably only) wins in the tournament. We played these games on Yahoo, which worked out well. (Not only does is keep time and record the game, but it also prevents me from making an … Continue reading
Fall Chess Round 1
For the Fall chess tournament, we play two 15 minute games per match instead of one 30 minute game. I got bumped up to the A group this time and started out against the club’s strongest player. [I’m trying to … Continue reading
Predictable Randomness
One GNU Chess source file I didn’t port to Java was the random number generator, and that turned out to be a problem for processing the binary opening book files. The board position hash codes are 64-bit numbers created by … Continue reading