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A fantastic mating attack by black, right? The King of Kings 2.56 chess engine was recommended by some computer chess nuts somewhere on the net, and so I downloaded it and entered it into one of my tournaments. I didn’t pay too much attention until the game in question popped up on the screen and as you’ll see – it’s quite impressive. Here’s the game. Take another look at this brilliant mating attack that…
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As a long-time Kramnik fanboy, I swore to be a long and bitter enemy of Veselin Topalov, and I’ll be honest, I tried to be — but every time I seen the Bulgarian GM win a game, it was absolutely beautiful… Even against my hero, Kramnik. Topalov comes into the openings well-prepared and places intense pressure on his opponents with a dynamic “power chess” style of play. Regardless of which color he has, he sacrifices material…
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Last year I reviewed Pawel Kozioł’s Rodent chess engine and introduced you to my wild, aggressive Henny and Remy personalities which, even today are among my favorites. Since then I’ve created close to a dozen personalities, all with distinct and attractive playing styles, and the one I’ll introduce to you today is called the Strangler personality. Rodent Chess Engine: Strangler’s Style I wanted Strangler to play in such as way that when you play against him,…
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Watching the video above on dynamic chess, It gradually becomes obvious that… Playing aggressive, dynamic chess is mostly psychological… If you want to become a dangerous attacking player, known for your beautiful, dynamic chess – you’ll need to develop a mindset that is bold and fears nothing. You must have 100% trust in your ability to mentally overpower the other guy and never be afraid of losing. Usually, this blind self-belief pays off! Over the course…
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What’d you think of the video above? Was this AnMon chess engine lucky to “swindle” me or was it a fair result? I actually think it was a fair result. (BTW…If you just want to download AnMon, you can do so at the bottom of this post 😉 ) Moving on… Having outplayed the engine with my typically risky but dynamic style, I then played like a greedy Bond villain at the roulette table, pressed too hard and…
