Date registered: November 12, 2010
Feb 21
If you’re a regular visitor, you may have noticed that the official homepage for the GeniusProphecy Chess website has changed in format. I believe the new format is more visitor-friendly and makes the articles easier to navigate. It also prevents that annoying occurence where text stretches all the way out to the very edges of …
Feb 10
Given I have been inactive in over-the-board (OTB) chess for a while now, I thought I would take up some extra chess apart from my usual online blitz. This extra training comes in the form of correspondence chess, a topic which I have previously written on and given a positive review about. I thought I …
Jan 31
A couple of months ago, I reported on a new freeware chess engine called Houdini, which overtook Deep Rybka 4 in a major computer chess rating list, the IPON Rating List. It took a couple of weeks for Deep Rybka to edge ahead of Houdini and reclaim the number 1 position. However, with the release …
Jan 07
I recommend watching the YouTube video first and then seeing the analysis of the game. If you are reading this post via email, you may not see the YouTube video below, please go to www.geniusprophecy.com. For analysis of this game, see the new DGT Chess Theatre. (Depending on your browser, this second link may be …
Jan 03
Here is an overview of some interesting chess websites that I have recently come across. 365Chess is the poor man’s dream. Rather than forking out €150 for ChessBase’s comprehensive Mega Database, 365Chess is free online database with over 3,500,000 games. This makes it the “biggest chess games database online”, according to the website – a …
Jan 01
Normally I only write about chess on this website. As a special treat, on New Year’s Eve, I played two 3-minute autopairing games on the Internet Chess Club. You can see the games live as I played them below.My first game is against “not-onform”. I recommend watching the YouTube video first and then seeing the …
Dec 31
The majority of chess players go into a tournament game without any sort of prior preparation. However, when there is adequate time to do so, preparation can be very effective in improving your results. This is especially applicable in round robin tournaments where your opponents are known well in advance. Before the preparation progress begins, …
Dec 18
The new page Food and Diet Model breaks down different aspects of chess improvement and training in terms of food and digestion. The article was written to outline different areas of chess in more detail. Grandmaster Maurice Ashley is an outspoken supporter of chess for young people. I have written an article detailing some of …
Nov 21
Welcome to GeniusProphecy Chess. This website is dedicated to writing free chess articles on a range of topics to help the average player improve. Topics discussed include chess openings, strategy, endgames, books and improvement. My writing primarily targets beginners up to club players, although sometimes I could not resist throwing in some advanced material. The …
Nov 20
Chess Parenting 101 discusses some important points if a parent is considering shifting their child into chess. ‘Never Say Die‘ is a strategy used in chess that is a trademark of legendary fighters. Note: If you use Windows 7, you may experience difficulties trying to load the Java Chess Viewer. This is apparently an unavoidable …
