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by Sam Coutu
Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:32 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Chess annotation in the style of modern art
Replies: 3
Views: 1164

Re: Chess annotation in the style of modern art

White resigns, but conceptualising the game as a creative interaction between the players, feels happier. He can also regard it as an ironic comment on the lack of aesthetics in normal patterns of chess thinking, where the beauty or harmoniousness of the game within the universe is undervalued in t...
by Sam Coutu
Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Another win!
Replies: 10
Views: 1825

Re: Another win!

Congratulations on your win. With your level of enthusiasm I'm sure you'll be making rapid progress! 2...Nf6 might have been a better move in principal than ...Nc6, as it limits white's options (d2-d3 might block his bishop in, while Nc3 would block his c pawn etc.), and you're prioritising kingside...
by Sam Coutu
Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Blog of a Bristol Chess League club player
Replies: 0
Views: 663

Blog of a Bristol Chess League club player

Hello, I thought this would be a good place to advertise a blog I update. I set it up back when I was experimenting with learning to play blindfold chess (so if that interests you, look at the earlier entrys), but since then it has mainly covered my entering a tournament in Bideford, and since then ...