ON MOVES: #2, Proximity

ON MOVES: #2, Proximity

When I was about 14, I had a figure-drawing teacher in a local after-school program, a brilliant and hyperactive man who compared the honing of our representational practice to the training of a chef.  To hear him tell it, a really good chef can taste a dish and say,...
ON MOVES: #1, Exposition

ON MOVES: #1, Exposition

  What is a move?  In chess, a move is the action taken that constitutes a turn.  It is a spontaneous decision made in relation to the action or move of your opponent.  The more often a chess player plays or studies the games and moves of others, the more...