Chess Engine Playing Styles

Fritz: Tactical, but positionally sound. Well rounded. Hiarcs: Positional and human-like play. Good in unbalanced positions. Junior: Very tactical, sacrificial style play. Rybka: Strongest chess engine. Excellent positional understanding and human-like play. Excellent evaluation of dynamic positions. Great...

King and Pawn Endgame with Pawns on Both Wings

The following endgame example illustrates how to turn a one pawn advantage into a win: The conversion of an extra pawn falls into three phases: 1) the King is activated. 1.Kf1 1…Ke7 2.Ke2 Kd6 3.Kd3 Kd5 2)Mobilization of the majority. 4.b4 Mobilize by moving the “candidate”, which is the...

What a Chess Player Should Know

I need help in trying to compile which attributes chess players need in order to master an existing class level (from Class E to Expert+)based on their rating. For example Irina Mikhailova has cataloged these attributes and states that a player rated ~2100 should know the following: At this stage a chess...

Annotated Game: Chessbuzz vs Lordofthedance

Round 1 game of the September Standard Tourney on ICC.