In this blog post, having settled the end position, we start a little further back within the game and work our way forwards, trying to understand the course of the middlegame. We’ll get as far as one branch from move 17 and then we’ll finish off the rest in a subsequent post. Let’s go! 1. …

We round off our examination of the amazing tactics from the game Stockfish-Torch with White’s second alternative on the 27th move. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 a5 10. dxc5 a4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. …

In this second blog about the wonderful Stockfish-Torch game, we take a look at an amazing alternative on move 26! 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 a5 10. dxc5 a4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O …

As I’m sure you all know, I’m constantly running engine matches on my cloud machines on all manner of chess topics. Occasionally, I come across a game of which I understand so little that it shocks me! This was the case with this Stockfish-Torch 15”+5’ game played about a week ago. 1. e4 e6 2. …

Duolingo is something of a family addiction so I was very excited to see chess added to the Duolingo menu! One nice feature of the course is the ability to play a game against Duo, or rather Oscar to be precise! Even more thrillingly, you gain 50XP by doing so (even 150 XP during a …