Expendable pawns
Retreat a symptom of loss —
Then the Master turns
Copyright Francis 2021
Haiku: Stratagem
Tag: chess
A devastating continuation — Stabroek News (Reblog)
In 1987, the chess grandmaster Evgeny Vladimirov, a native of the then USSR, won a game against his countryman Vladimir Epishin. That game made the list of ‘the ten best chess moves of all time’. The move was 26. Bh6!! It earned a double exclamation mark by all analysts. Imagine White has a queen to […]
A devastating continuation — Stabroek News
HOW TO GET GOOD AT CHESS [ARTICLE] — slicethelife (Reblog)
With the popularity of Netflix’s -The Queen’s Gambit- and also getting a boost from this years pandemic-the popularity of chess has received a big boom Here is an article from The Guardian with tips on how to get good at chess. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/14/how-to-get-good-at-chess-the-queens-gambit?utm_source=pocket-newtab
HOW TO GET GOOD AT CHESS [ARTICLE] — slicethelife
Haiku: Coup de Grace
Lack of protocol
He is breaking all the rules
Coup de grace actioned
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haibun: The Long Game
The silence is deafening,
tension taught as the tightest string.
We face not armies
but a hidden host
against whom we play
the game of our lives.
Who is first to blink?
Chequerboard duality
Playing the long game
copyright Francis Barker 2020
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