tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:42:01 +0000Chess. Houston. Teach Chess. Learn Chess. Games. Analysis. Activities. Glenn Wilson.http://glennwilson.com/chess/noreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)Blogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-5355635377497189518Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:05:00 +00002010-01-05T08:49:17.765-06:00chessflashChessFlash now includes an option for displaying an initial position other than the starting position. This allows you to show the final position or any particular position that occurs in the game (not in analysis) as the first position. Here is an example using a game of Morphy's. White to play and win (you could use this with the "Board only" option to hide the pgn move / text area).The http://glennwilson.com/chess/2010/01/chessflash-initial-diagram-position.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-5260789499169549285Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:24:00 +00002009-10-29T05:38:32.559-05:00chessflashAlexandra Kosteniuk is the Women's World Chess Champion and a new convert to using ChessFlash on her chessblog. A recent post using ChessFlash is here.http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/10/world-champion-chessflash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-3943132418942466910Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:30:00 +00002009-09-24T05:33:02.396-05:00chessflashI see that another chess "club" has started using ChessFlash:fidePerhaps you've heard of them?http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/09/another-chessflash-user.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-332749748193163924Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:57:00 +00002009-08-16T19:01:16.485-05:00George aka Blunder Prone has been outdoing even his high standards the last few months. If you have not been there or have not been there lately you are really missing out. It is one of my favorite Chess Blogs. And, right now, you can help him make a difference.Blunder Pronehttp://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/08/blunder-prone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-365699904063940735Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:37:00 +00002009-08-14T19:21:52.469-05:00chessflashTrying German piece name characters for the moves.The new (experimental) localized Piece Character Overrides feature is at: http://chessflash.com/chessflash.htmlhttp://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/08/chessflash-localization-test_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-7991127775179677299Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:18:00 +00002009-08-02T08:28:20.495-05:00chessflashDuring a recent narcissistic pursuit, I ran across this nice online chess column in The Guardian that uses a most excellent chess widget. Some recent columns:Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess: Jansa-Rublevsky, Ostrava 1992. White to play and drawRonan Bennett and Daniel King on chess: Greet-Conquest, British Championship 2008Ronan Bennett and Daniel King on chess: the Scandinavian defence, http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/08/ronan-bennett-daniel-king-on-chess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-2227505939179521604Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:05:00 +00002009-07-26T07:15:21.283-05:00VenueHouston's newest chess club, the Cyfair Chess Club is now open! The club web site is Cyfair Chess Club and they also have Cyfair Chess Club Blog.For other places to play chess in the Houston area click the Venue label.http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/07/cyfair-chess-club.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-8381760124619368907Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:47:00 +00002009-07-25T16:31:42.440-05:00JULY 24-26, 2008Houston, TexasClick here for registration or more information. Crowne Plaza Hotel Houston North - Greenspoint5-Round Swiss, G/120 – 3 or 2-day Schedule Available – FIDE Rated(b/200 paid entries, $5,000 min. guaranteed)FREE ENTRY FOR ALL GMs & IMs (EF deducted from winnings)SCHOLASTIC SECTIONS – (USCF-Rated)ONE DAY ONLY – Saturday, July 25th– 5 Rd. Swiss, G/30[Scholastic Players http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/07/10000-houston-open.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-5906241749516778265Sun, 31 May 2009 08:07:00 +00002009-05-31T03:48:06.901-05:00My posting has been very light lately. I have also left very few comments on other blogs in the last month or so. My lame excuse is that on April 28 our home was flooded. We have flood insurance and none of us were hurt but dealing with that does tend to eat up a lot of time.Here are some photos from the event courtesy of the Houston Chronicle: FLOODING IN HOUSTON: APRIL 28, 2009.We got about http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/05/april-28-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-8507193172133578482Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:40:00 +00002009-04-18T08:52:34.907-05:00chessflashThe Top Ten ChessFlash Blogs:Castling Queen SideThe Endgame TacticianCHESSTIGERHaunted Knight Chess Blog Blue Devil Knight Chess ConfessionsDiamondback ChessChessaholic Katar BlogChessgasmChess on the BorderlineChessFlash was started just about one year ago and it has been an exciting year. Thanks to all of the early adopters that tried ChessFlash in it's infancy. A special thanks to http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/04/one-year-of-chessflash-top-ten-blogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-5351944094077600979Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:43:00 +00002009-04-12T16:54:14.156-05:00chessflashIn this case we are embedding the pgn data within the post itself instead of getting it from a pgn file on the server.http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/04/yat-yet-another-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-2199138037995290516Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:31:00 +00002009-04-01T06:33:04.578-05:00tacticsGreat examples and descriptions of common tactical motifs can be found at ChessTempo's Tactical Motifs.http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/04/tactical-motifs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-4303850109050927424Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:28:00 +00002009-03-29T12:35:40.353-05:00chessflashA test of ChessFlash diagram mode; I just fixed a bug to not display the initial board covering "Click to Play" as there is no PGN to download and no moves to play.http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/03/testing-diagram-mode.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-2482196486923950770Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:19:00 +00002009-03-22T09:03:41.827-05:00tacticsRichard over at ChessTempo has added endgames. There are two modes: Theory and Practice. I prefer the practice. It looks to be a great way to practice your endgame tactics. The number of problems you can tackle per day is limited by your membership level:Basic members receive an initial 10 problems and are then limited to 2 endgame problems a day. Silver members receive 20 problems a day and http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/03/chesstempo-adds-endgames.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-3333789625780147749Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:14:00 +00002009-03-15T07:59:37.985-05:00In Planning Exercise (1) BDK shows a position and asks about planning in such a position. There are many useful ideas in the comments.The position is pretty drawish and White has many moves that leave the position drawish. If White is happy with a draw here there are many simple options.But how should one approach playing for a win in such an even and simple position? Simple is a relative termhttp://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/03/fishing-about-in-simple-position.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-7508551447213693766Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:53:00 +00002009-02-22T11:12:34.835-06:00chessflashI am testing a new ChessFlash option intended to allow web masters to host ChessFlash and the games it displays on their site instead of on the ChessFlash site. This instance of the ChessFlash.swf is on this (glennwilson.com) site as is the game being displayed.http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/02/this-is-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-6767782760653338748Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:10:00 +00002009-02-19T06:17:07.960-06:00chessflashAs I just posted at ChessFlash.com I intend to make the source code available for the ChessFlash Viewer available under an open source license. I need to research some different open source licenses and consider a few other issues but I plan to do this fairly soon.Part of my motivation is a relative lack of time for customization and new features. I wrote ChessFlash while not otherwise http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/02/open-source-chessflash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-4951042006005331848Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:18:00 +00002009-01-11T04:51:28.509-06:00Knights ErrantI joined the Knight's Errant in August 2007 and became the Secretary Knight in February 2008.I had been doing circles-like chess exercises for many years before joining the Knights and have continued since becoming a Knight although my blogging about same has been decreasing. I intend to continue on as a Knight Errant (assuming I blog frequently enough to not be kicked out) but I feel the group http://glennwilson.com/chess/2009/01/passing-scepter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-2185430314676581169Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:48:00 +00002009-01-01T04:02:57.275-06:00Knights ErrantIt's been a while since we've dropped in on recent blogs from other Knight's Errant.Chessaholic: So I played in a small tournament this weekend, my first tournament in quite a while. I was afraid I was going to be rusty, but I did OK. It was a four round Swiss (G/60), but I had a bye in the first round so I only got to play three games. In those three games I went +2 =1 which I am happy with, http://glennwilson.com/chess/2008/12/working-knights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-2416035356566015101Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:34:00 +00002008-11-21T02:41:55.442-06:00Houston Chess ClubHCC Happy New Years TourneyFriday Night January 3rd 20091st $200.00, 2nd $100.00 1st under 1900 $100.004 rounds of game 45 starting at 7 p.m. Houston Chess Club 713-773-2437Sign Up Sheet at club. Sign up and pay before December 27. Details at club. Houston Chess Clubhttp://glennwilson.com/chess/2008/11/hcc-happy-new-years-tourney.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-1110790951645290258Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:14:00 +00002008-10-26T09:18:22.961-05:00Knights ErrantWelcome our newest knight: Himalayan Knight. From email:I am working on CTART3.0 My strategy is little different from Michales Mazas circles.I plan to redo each level problems until i achieve 90%. Also I dont plan to do the very tough problems in the end...So my circles would be of about 850 problems (level 4 or 5 i think)Please visit and welcome the Himalayan Knight.http://glennwilson.com/chess/2008/10/himalayan-knight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-8223782582052522209Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:33:00 +00002008-10-05T06:38:13.567-05:00pinningeco-c5xcombinationsMorphyMorphy against Golmayo in an 1864 Havana simul.After the 14th move, Morphy has a knight pinned to his opponent's King. The manner in which Morphy adds an attacker to the immobilized knight is very instructive. Enjoy.Morphy/Morphy-Golmayo-1864.pgn embedCfBasic("1767036956", "100%", "350", "pgnurl=Glenn%20Wilson/Morphy/Morphy-Golmayo-1864.pgn&orientation=horizontal&tabmode=false", "", ""); http://glennwilson.com/chess/2008/10/combinations-081005.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-6609527103421658017Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:48:00 +00002008-09-30T16:54:51.927-05:00chessflashAt the Flash On The Beach (FOTB) conference in Brighton, Sr. Director of Engineering at Adobe Systems Paul Betlem, confirmed that Adobe is indeed developing a Flash Player for the iPhone. However, Apple calls the shots as to when it'll be available.... He said (not direct quote) "My team is working on Flash on the iPhone, but it's a closed platform." He noted that Apple makes all the decisions, http://glennwilson.com/chess/2008/09/big-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-5862594027232209290Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:35:00 +00002008-09-19T08:38:59.075-05:00Houston Chess ClubFrom Mark Dixon:OPEN FRIDAY 9-19-08 at 6:30 p.m., SATURDAY 9-20-08 10:30 a.m., and SUNDAY 09-21-08 at 11:00 a.m. THANK YOU!!!!! hope to see you there!!!andThe HCC insanity is set for OCTOBER 24th 2008 starting at 7 p.m.. The first round is at 7 p.m. the second is at 8 p.m. etc., etc., the last round starting at 6 a.m. OCTOBER 25th 2008. I have 10 players signed up. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU http://glennwilson.com/chess/2008/09/houston-chess-club-open-and-insane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166778.post-3226224646510690907Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:02:00 +00002008-09-19T11:27:21.872-05:00Still no power but it is getting close. Some neighbors have power and nearby stores are starting to open. I'll add more when I get power...Update 9/17 7:20 PM: (on borrowed internet and power) Power company crews were in my neighborhood yesterday assessing and recording locations that needed work (trees removed from power lines, etc). There are here now working on those issues. We expect (http://glennwilson.com/chess/2008/09/were-fine-after-ike.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Glenn Wilson)6