You Going to Blog This?
gmh04 asked. Anderssen's Opening, a fianchetto that never happened, a queen lost down an open file, and a mate on h2 delivered from the square I weakened on move four.
ThreeSadPandas
I play chess, save the games, and write down what happened—especially when what happened was ridiculous.
This is a notebook about blunders, improvement, books, engines, and learning to see one more thing before I move.
Recent game analyses 8 total
The Five-Minute Knight
A 509-point rating gap, a berserked tournament winner, and one Chess960 move that consumes nearly five minutes before the knight disappears.
Not Going Down Without a Fight
A 526-point rating gap, a queenless struggle, and one passed h-pawn that refuses to accept the position's opinion of it.
Half a Clock, Twice the Trouble
An 808-point rating gap, a berserked opponent, and a Sicilian bishop tour that runs out of squares before it runs out of ambition.
The Queen Walked Into the Fork: A Stockfish 18 Autopsy
A deliberately excessive Stockfish analysis of a Four Knights game that changed direction four times before Black's queen landed on d5.
Recent posts 23 total
A Place to Find Your Footing
A reflection on Jesse Kraai's The Cave of Self-Improvement, retreating into chess, and persevering through hard times.
OneZenPanda BOT Needs a Night Shift
An overnight chess bot raises a hardware question: keep Stockfish on a fanless M2 Air, try a cooled Raspberry Pi, or give the panda a Mac mini?
OneZenPanda BOT: Inner Peace, Three Checkmates
After a quiet debut draw, OneZenPanda won three straight games against custom engines. Three replays, two promotions, and the Stockfish configuration behind the panda.
OneZenPanda BOT Has Awakened. Calmly.
Meet Panda Nation's new Stockfish-powered bot: built on a Mac, online on Lichess, and opening its account with a draw against another engine.
Knight Fork Tactics
Understanding how to spot and execute knight forks in your games.