Damn, the kid learns fast

I just played Jaan in a chess game, as we play often since I got him interested in the game. He has yet to beat me, but that’s hardly surprising; he’s five. Still, he learns quickly. Lately he’s been playing against the computer on Maria’s computer using my copy of Chessmaster 9000. I’ve set him [...]

Poorly played chess

So, Dave Edwards and I have been trying to brush up on our sorry chess skills for a while now. We mostly play via email thanks to XBoard/cmail, mailing Portable Game Notation (pgn) files around. Our games have been uninspired thus far, but we hope to improve. Here’s one from late last year. If you [...]

Decent furniture

Maria and I both are big fans of most of the furniture at the Bombay Company. Also being a fan of chess, and cherry wood, we picked up this table quite economically. The pieces are quite different than I’m used to, but nice. It comes with pieces for chess, checkers and backgammon, and the inlaid [...]