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Good one. Thanks Dann
Allan

Dann Have you seen these ones? http://chessstar.com/others/downloads/Blathy_Vielzugige_Schachaufgaben.pdf The introduction is in German (I think) but no worries;scroll down to page 4 and you are provided with 50 chess / check mate puzzles culminating with one at the end-mate in 224.Answers are inclu...

Here in Australia you can only get Windows 7 and 8 on second hand computers. Initially I found it hard to familiarize myself with the different features of Windows 10 but now that I am used to them I have no serious complaints. But then again we have a service called Telstra Platinum who you can rin...

That makes sense to me Ignacio. I've only just received my Komodo 10 chess program and am very impressed with its tactical skills and its patience. I know nothing about the newest Koudini chess program but believe any contest between the two engines needs to be conducted under consistent guidelines....

Stavros :From what I can gather it's around $20. Check out these two web sites.
https://komodochess.com/Komodo8-40a.htm
http://en.chessbase.com/post/test-komodo-8
Allan

Agreed. I've got Komodo 9.42 and paid just over $100 for it. I've enjoyed
experimenting with it enormously and don't begrudge the programmers a cent
of their money.
Allan

Frenetic Calculator
Allan

Definitely a challenging problem Daniel.I was unable to sort it out even with the help of Komodo 9.42. Stockfish 7.32 gave me the solution immediately though.
1Rb6* KxR 2 Pd8 Ba7 3Pc8 stalemate.
Allan

What's wrong with Qd5?
Allan

Thomas: You argue that computers don't play complex , brilliant chess moves that humans do because they avoid all the weak tactical moves that humans make. You infer that they build up strong tactical positions and wear the opponent down. I do agree that this is a feature of their play.Nonetheless I...