Wednesday, October 22, 2014

More Chess! A Cool Endgame

Take a look at this chess game I recently played. By this point in the endgame, I (white) am down two pawns worth of material, and my only major piece is a knight versus my opponent's bishop:



Tuesday, October 14, 2014

A Chess Challenge In the State Library of Victoria

While exploring Melbourne central, I came upon the State Library of Victoria, from where I'm writing this post now. It's a spectacular building by far the largest and busiest library I've ever been in. This, for example, is just one of its many, many rooms:


The area I found the most interesting, though, is the chess room: a section of the building filled with chess literature and chess players of all skill levels:

Monday, October 6, 2014

10 Differences In Poker In Australia

Poker is played a little different everywhere you go, so it's neat when you can spot some differences. Here's 10 that I've noticed since arriving in Melbourne for WSOP Asia Pacific.

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