Joe Renna asked me to annotate one of his USATE games – a nice win over Jack Kern of N.Y. – for an upcoming issue of the Peterstown Press. Here it is in java-replay & PGN.
BTW, I’m half-done with my mediocre Parsippany parties & should finish them in the next month or 2.
Joe Renna asked me to annotate one of his USATE games – a nice win over Jack Kern of N.Y. – for an upcoming issue of the Peterstown Press. Here it is in java-replay & PGN.
BTW, I’m half-done with my mediocre Parsippany parties & should finish them in the next month or 2.
He disliked the competitive aspect of the game, and although he was a great
player Albert Einstein never really pursued the game with any degree of ambition.
The physics world’s gain
was our loss, as you will see in Dennis Monokroussos’ Playchess
lecture on Wednesday night (Thursday morning in Europe). Be there at 9 p.m. ET., 3 a.m. CEST.
The setup is the same as Western chess, with most of the rules in place. But what is really special about Senterej is that at the start, before the first capture is made, both players can move their pieces as many times as they like, without concern for the opponent’s moves. Even spectators can intervene. Ethiopian Empress Taytu Betul was one of the stars of this cheerful African game.