Richard Shorman The great chess instructor Richard Shorman started traveling to Fremont to help Hans Poschmann with the Fremont Chess Club in 1968. By the end of the 80’s Richard was teaching a popular chess class at the Fremont Library where he trained a young group of talented players known as the Blue Knights. SomeContinueContinue reading “Fremont Chess Musings:”
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Chess Engines, Creativity, and Gukesh
Chess engine analysis has revolutionized the way we approach the game, but it also poses a significant threat to our creative spirit. By providing players with access to precise evaluations and optimal move suggestions, engines often diminish the value of human intuition and original thought. Instead of exploring innovative strategies and unique ideas, players mayContinueContinue reading “Chess Engines, Creativity, and Gukesh”
#Chess Position Worth Sharing 126
I used this position in a chess class today. What is black’s best move?
Message for a Friend
Regardless of your efforts, stress and losses are an inescapable part of life and chess. Because of this, chess helps us effectively train to deal with the challenges we face in life. However, sometimes all that can be done is to seek to learn from mistakes and try to find meaning in disappointing experiences. ForContinueContinue reading “Message for a Friend”
UCLA football hopes chess will help to checkmate opponents – Los Angeles Times
UCLA football hopes chess will help to checkmate opponents – Los Angeles Times “Everyone is super physically gifted,” Makowsky told the news service, “but what begins to separate the elite top performers is how they process things, their mind-set, their mentality, how they can recognize patterns, how they can almost see five moves ahead.” Makowsky,ContinueContinue reading “UCLA football hopes chess will help to checkmate opponents – Los Angeles Times”