Games, analysis and discussion

Part 2 – From En Passant #82; December 1986 pp. 12-14
In 1977-78 I completed the large step of filling in the rest of what could be called mandatory middlegame knowledge. I studied much of The Middle Game, volumes 1 and 2, by Euwe and Kramer; later I saw a book with similar content, Modern Chess Strategy by Pachman. This widened the number of opening and middlegame patterns and strategies of which I had some knowledge. Also enlightening was Larry Evans’ New Ideas in Chess, which sets forth ...

Becoming a 2300 Player
By Kevin Pacey – Part 1 – From En Passant #81; October 1986 pp. 7-8
In EP #66, Larry Bevand reported the results of a revealing interview with Kevin Spraggett. Mr. Bevand noted that “Many players spend an incredible amount of time studying chess but don’t advance because they haven’t developed proper study methods.” There is also a startling claim made by Kevin: “Before you are 2300, all you are doing is learning the rudiments of the game.” Having recently reached ...

[Event "Shirov Simultaneous Exhibition "]
[Site "Ottawa, CAN"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pacey, Kevin"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]

{In 1975 when I first played against a super-GM (Keres) in a simul, someone informed me that a simul giver's strength is roughly 400 points below his rating, which didn't encourage me much back then.} ...

Updated version 6.0 of hypothetical political platform:

The following is based on an old chesstalk forum post of mine:

Below is a hypothetical platform for a fictional Iced Tea Party of Canada, based on my layman's political leanings. Viewers might ask themselves: would they vote for such a party?

Platform for the Iced Tea Party of Canada:

We have 5 goals to improve Canada for its citizens, as listed below in strictly descending order of ...

The following is based on old chesstalk forum posts and blog entries of mine, concerning "Throne Chess":

[edit: my first mentioning of it, on chesstalk, occured on 28 May 2013 in the following thread.]

http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/show...ry-Rare/page10

Here's a simple idea for a chess variant, one which might decrease the number of games resulting in draws (compared to standard chess), which I call Throne ...