Trade wars
What is black’s best move?
DATE: Aug 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner
Eric Morrow
Strategy and tactics
Black to move and win
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory,” opined Sun Tzu in the Art of War. “Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
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DATE: Aug 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner
Albuquerque player wins Four Corners Open chess tournament in Farmington
Farmington and Durango clubs renew rivalry
DATE: Jul 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News
A few lingering seconds
DIAG 1
We the people on the Fourth of July rally to firework displays. Fireworks, like a musical rift, have their own cadence, rhythm, and beat. It’s often the pauses, that extra long f...
DATE: Jul 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner
The devil and pawn
The renowned French opera composer François-André Danican Philidor produced over 20 operas in the mid to late 18th century. He was also the world’s best chess player during this period. A ch...
DATE: Jun 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner
Look this way
In the Battle of Cannae (216 B.C.), the Carthaginian General Hannibal deflected the Romans toward the center and then flanked the Romans from behind, encircling the Romans with a devastating...
DATE: May 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner
Cut a rug
DIAG 1
On the chess board, the bishop pair is like the legendary dancing pair Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers. Together, the bishops can dance across the floor and deliver checkmate with ...
DATE: May 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Chess Corner
