I have embedded a new Chess Friends Live Board on the website. I had tested it out twice and was very impressed with the interface. Chess Friends has also organised simultaneous exhibitions by Grandmaster Jan Markos.
Category Archive: internet chess
Aug 05
New Chess Website
I have published a new chess website called Chess Game Improvement. The site is mainly geared towards beginners. I find teaching this ‘simple material’ quite rewarding, especially given how far a player can go if he starts off with a strong foundation. The main GeniusProphecy Chess website will still be continually updated, although often with …
May 28
ChessBase’s 25th Birthday
ChessBase is an extraordinary piece of database software that is sold on a website of the same name. The software dominates the chess market, particularly at the stronger end. ChessBase recently celebrated its 25th birthday and published a story regarding its origins, which involves a science journalist, an exceptional programmer and a world champion. The …
Feb 10
Journey into Correspondence Chess
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 07
New Year’s Eve Game 2
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
Powerful Online Resources
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
New Year’s Eve 2-Game ICC Chess Marathon
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 …
Nov 03
Unification is achieved!
People often ask me why the world’s highest ranked player is not also the world champion. Normally I have to tediously go through how they have qualification tournaments followed a one-on-one match between champion and challenger, and how the world’s highest ranked player would not necessarily be able to overcome all the obstacles to become …
