Games, analysis and discussion by National Master Kevin Pacey
[Event "RA CC Ch."] [Site "Ottawa, CAN"] [Date "2014.01.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Vlasenko, Ko."] [Black "Pacey, K"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5!? {The famous Wilkes-Barre Variation.} 5.Nxf7 {5.Bxf7+ is safer and may give White an edge, according to most books.} Bxf2+ 6.Kf1 {6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Kg1 (7.Ke3!?) Qh4 could be considered the main ...
Updated 02-28-2021 at 12:19 AM by Kevin Pacey
Here's a 4 dimensional chess game that can be played as if on a 2D plane. [first update: A 16x16 board with appropriate spacing could be used even on a coffee table; it would be about the size of a Scrabble board (15x15 for that).] Using a computer program for it, a player could check if he is making a legal move, and whether it is mate or stalemate, for example. [second update: I call it 4*Chess, assuming the name is not taken.] It's based on a BASIC computer program I made for it in the 1980's, ...
Updated 08-26-2016 at 07:27 PM by Kevin Pacey
Here's 10x10 computer-resistant(?) chess variant (large # legal moves + heuristics): chess pcs & the classic 6 chess variant compound pcs. Orderly setup: 1st-3rd ranks full, std chess pcs start pos kind of kept [1st update: Fools mate & kind of Scholars mate poss; links below]: Code: Col a Col b Col c Col d Col e Col f Col g Col h Col i Col j Row xx [C] :[A]: [S] :[Z]: [M] :[M]: [Z] :[S]: [A] :[C]: 10 :[J]: [R] ...
Col a Col b Col c Col d Col e Col f Col g Col h Col i Col j Row xx [C] :[A]: [S] :[Z]: [M] :[M]: [Z] :[S]: [A] :[C]: 10 :[J]: [R]
Updated 08-10-2018 at 11:35 PM by Kevin Pacey
The following is a suggested repertoire for sharp or solid play. All or some of it can be used, even by an intermediate or advanced level player wishing to specialize. Much of it I have played myself: White: 1.e4 (only) vs. 1...c5: Sharp option: (chosen in spite of any homework since anti-Sicilians generally far less potent) Open Sicilians, including: Sozin (Bc4) setups (i.e. if Black aims for Classical, Scheveningen or Najdorf Sicilian), ...
Updated 09-12-2015 at 10:55 AM by Kevin Pacey
Based on an old chesstalk post of mine (in response to someone doubting people had time to learn opening theory, and also doubting there being a variety of playable openings not requiring learning lots of theory): At the risk of giving away secrets my competitors don't already know (e.g. from CANBase), I can show my 'core' repertoire (what I use when I'm not given to occasional whims of infidelity to it). I generally have used these openings 10+ times in my career. I know I could ...
Updated 11-08-2016 at 01:09 AM by Kevin Pacey