hi everyone. My brother is the author of this blog and he has asked me to write some words about pokemon. first,pokemon is not just some stupid little kids game .I’ve met someone in COLLEGE that plays this “stupid game” and he loves it .Anyways, pokemon is a card game , video game and. kids all around the world play it and they like it too. In third grade,my friends would take their card s outside to the playground and play out there.I sometimes played with them until it was banned because a bunch of people started losing their cards and my teacher got mad and banned it a lot of my friends were really angry. Well, basically, it’s sort of like…Pokémon is a game of skill, strategy, and intellect. Usually, at the top right, there is an HP, which is health points. Under the picture of the ...

The World Cup is here! One of my favorite chess events of the year: A giant, 128-player, single-elimination tournament. A chance for weak players to make a smash onto the world stage. Another opportunity for established Candidates to go for the Championship. And I, in this post, have the honor of predicting the next round. Enjoy.

V. Topalov–S. Zhigalko: Veselin Topalov. Zhigalko had a very nice shot against Bukavshin; Can you find it? White to move.
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But I don’t think he can get past the iron wall that is Topalov.

L. Shanglei–W. Hao: Wang Hao, although this could be a tough match for him: Lu Shanglei defeated the strong and similarly-seeded Moiseenko. Unfortunately for Lu, I don’t think he can do it again. ...

I was sent this annotated game by moonbus: http://www.redhotpawn.com/annotation/annotationinteractive.php?annotationid=3891 which I played through, and then annotated myself (below) and I recommend you play through as well.

moonbus–Gengistiger RHP 2013-14
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Ng8f6 3. Nf3xe5 d6 {Black uses this mechanism to regain the pawn. It is inadvisable to take right away because of 4. Qe2, which is difficult for Black to deal with satisfactorily.} 4. Ne5f3 Nf6xe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bf1d3 {The best square for the bishop, pressuring the knight and possibly targeting h7.} Bf8e7 {Paving the way for Black to castle. 6. Bd6 is also OK.} 7. O-O Nb8c6 8. c4 {Hoping to dislodge the knave on e4.} Nc6b4 9. cxd5 Nb4xd3 10. Qd1xd3 Qd8xd5 11. Rf1e1 {White has sacrificed the minor exchange for mild pr...

A few days ago, I embarked upon a chess trail of links and games. It began two days ago when I saw greenpawn34’s post in the Chess Forum remarking on the number of decisive games in the Sinquefield cup: 165280. I saw the Giri–Grischuk game and the So- MVL game and was enthralled. I then, attempting to find similar things, searched online these keywords: “red hot pawn exchange sacrifice” and got this link: old rhp thread , and this one: online chess thread, each with an interesting game. The first one connected to a variation from a book, which I then pulled from the shelf. And that’s my rambling intro for today. Onto the games.

Anish Giri–Alexander Grischuk Sinquefield Cup 2015
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Be7 {Black claims the bishop is misplaced on d2, while whi...

Several things to attend to today: The Wei Yi game everyone is fussing about, a bit on The Thinking Machine 4, and a game by ptobler.

Here is a picture of Wei Yi: (credit: The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/malcolmpein/11719095/Wei-Yis-Immortal-Game-hailed-as-one-of-greatest-ever-but-is-that-just-pure-hyperbole.html)


Wei Yi - Lazaro Bruzon Batista, 6th Hainan Danzhou 2015
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 {To prevent knight hops to b5, creating a safe haven for the queen on c7.} 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 {Black refuses to completely yield the center.} 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 {This protects the a7-g1 diagonal before 9. f4, and protects the d4 knight nicely.} Be7 9. f4 {Gearing up for a kingside a...

There is a new game explorer! Hooray!

With it, we are able to see that player e4e5nf3 chose his username brilliantly. When he plays 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 as White, he has a winning percentage of 100% over ten games. As Black, he has also never lost in this line. (It has, however, never been played against him.)

His game against littletwink was a good example of piece coordination.

e4e5nf3-littletwink RHP 2008
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 c5 {A weakening move that undermines Black’s control of d5. It also blunders a pawn.} 3. Nf3xe5 f6 {A serious mistake now by Black. The e8-h5 diagonal is now ripe for the picking.} 4. Ne5f3 {White should have attacked further with 4. Qh5+. This wins White loads of material after 4…g6 5. Nxg6 hxg6 6. Qxh8.} Ng8h6 {Black gets out a knight.} 5. d4 {Simple, straig...

I, casting my net over the waves of the World Wide Web today, found two awesome things. One is a game online, played by GM Max Dlugy while he commentates live. The only unusual part? Dlugy loses!

Here is the video:

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The game:...

I was in Montreal and Edmonton each to watch the semifinal games of the Women’s World Cup. (My condolences, Laura Bassett.) I have a chess story from each. In Montreal, I visited an interesting cafe named Café Pi.





(Both pictures from http://en.chessbase.com/post/montreal-open-a-labor-of-love) ...

RIP Walter Browne.

http://en.chessbase.com/post/walter-browne-dies-in-his-sleep-at-66

Here are two games of his.

Walter Browne–Kerry Lawless San Francisco 1969 ...

As Caruana and Nakamura have freshly qualified for the Candidates tournament along with last year’s challenger, Anand, let’s take a look at a brilliant game each.



Tibor Fogarasi–Fabiano Caruana Budapest 2007
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 {Black, having neglected development to take away squares from the White knights, can safely put the queen here.} 6. Bd3 {White puts the bishop on an active diagonal and overprotects e4.} Nf6
7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 {The knight retreats to gain a tempo on the bishop and assist a possible f5-push.} Ba7 {The bishop moves to avoid capture.} 9. Kh1 {To get off the a7-g1 diagonal, and so prepare f2-f4.} Nc6 10. Bg5 h5 {Black begins the attack.} 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. f4 {...