Tag: Game

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

Haiku: Coup de Grace

grayscale photography of chessboard game
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Lack of protocol
He is breaking all the rules
Coup de grace actioned

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Haiku: Escape

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How did you do it?
Playing by the given rules
Beat at their own game

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Haibun: The Long Game

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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

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Haiku: Playing A Game

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We’re playing the game
Waiting for you to wake up
Prepare to be shocked

copyright Francis Barker 2020