The previous story about the BDG is part of a much larger piece I should really write sometime. The reason I was doing the computer work on the BDG is because nearly every book ever written about it (or even just mentioning it) is either wrong, dishonest, or both.
Since I realize this is a bit [...]

“Thus the computer doth make cowards of us all.” So might William Shakespeare write if he were to view the current chess scene. We sit down with our silicon friend to select strategies and openings, and we close doors.
Our friend sits beside us, looking over our shoulder, and he makes comments on our move selection. [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and research lately on the idea of teaching chess, and I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that there are few things more generally useless to the developing player than books written by GMs. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but the exceptions are very few indeed.
As [...]

“Don’t look at chess this way because it is romantic. It is, but look at chess this way because it is the way to win. Contrary to the general notion, a positional advantage — that is, a better disposition of your forces generally — is always easier to exploit than an equivalent advantage in material, [...]

[Speaking of players who grab a pawn and head for the endgame]“Here we see the tyranny of the pawn in its vilest and most nauseating form. But there are degress, and even in master play we find weak moves being made through an insufficient contempt for pawns.” ~ C. J. S. Purdy