Practice makes perfect

This Christmas I became an owner of four lovely stick characters: Slim, Scoop, Handy and Dusty. I’d never heard of them before, but now I might spend hours, which I don’t have, to play with them. Who are they?

A surprise at Christmas

When I made the last move, I thought still there would be a long game ahead. To my surprise, it only took me a few moves to finish the game. Can you guess how it happened?

Can I step into the chess river twice? – part 2

The beginning of the story is here

You never know where a casual chat with a friend might lead you. A few weeks ago, I talked to a friend about the Internet and he told me that his son had been playing chess on the Net for a while. Unfortunately, he couldn’t give me more information on this.

I’d heard about correspondence chess in pre-computer times and actually played chess with a few of my pen-friends. I’m not sure now if I finished any of those games. It’s more likely that I got bored since a game by mail lasted several months.