BlueEyedRook

I am learning about the awesome resource of chess books on Kindle. I think we all -- whether we like it or not -- have to accept the fact th...

This has been called the "Greatest Move In All of Chess." Given the trillions of moves that players have played over the millenniu...

White to Win It's a problem you will find in almost all chess books -- certainly in all chess books dealing with the endgame. The infamo...

Frustration I hate throwing away "won games." It's worse than getting completely slaughtered -- and is much more psychological...

I came across this puzzle the other day. White to play and win. 1. Rh5! is decisive. (1. Qxc3 does nothing and leaves white a pawn down). ...

BlueEyedRook v. NN April 2009 www.Redhotpawn.com Black to play and win (?) I have commented on this issue a couple times, but it never cease...

Found this awesome new feature that allows you to display full games. The site's name is http://chessflash.com/ and the creator is Gle...

Found this nice tactical puzzle the other day. It highlights the devestating effects of having two rooks (doubled up) on the seventh rank. W...

The chess world was marred by yet another cheating allegation. At the Aeroflot Open in Moscow , Shakriyar Mamedyarov ( Azerbaijan ) -- the ...

Black to Move

As with most chess enthusiasts, Searching for Bobby Fischer is one of my favorite movies of all time. I always knew it was based on a book...

By an odd and strange series of events, I have become the recent owner of a trove of chess books -- 96 to be exact. Titles, authors, year of...