Cool new games in Trice's Chess

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shogi

Oct 16, 2022

Wise Experienced Player vs. New Eager Player

A game played between an experienced Trice's Chess player and a decent 8x8 chess player who was new to Trice's Chess. The experienced player makes some moves that, on the surface, appear to be bad. Usually these moves lose material or surrender something that you might not want to give up. The eager player accepts these "gifts" and appears to be better off in so doing, but we find out the wise player was planning ahead and setting traps. This is a "parable game" that appears in Ed Trice's book series, "Better than Chess" but it was an actual game between two combatants. The material sacrifices are worthy of study for anyone seeking to explore the depths of this game.

shogi

Dec 12, 2022

An inconceivable endgame - Chancellor vs. EIGHT pawns! Replay it anytime at triceschess.com.

Ed Trice vs. Anders Elberg Jensen, 4-24-19

shogi

Jul 2, 2023

Trice's Chess game with live commentary from the creator himself! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uPXFXT9HkE&t=7s

shogi

Oct 19, 2023

How to beat the London in 8 moves!

shogi

Oct 25, 2023

Check out this sweet double Chancellor mate!

Letchworthshire

Oct 28, 2023

This one was the best live game yet. Nice commentary by “Shogi” above. Didn’t know that opening had a name.

http://triceschess.com/images/all_games/streams/stream_03.mov

shogi

Nov 15, 2024

Staffordshire vs. Ed Trice, 10 wins match Game 06, August 11 2024

Behind 3 wins to 1 with 1 draw, this impressive win by Staffordshire was exactly what he needed at this point in the match. The opening avoided both the Spike and the Genesis lines, yet featured an offbeat mix of both. 3. f3 Nc6 4. g4 was the new blending of the ingredients. Unusual was Ed Trice playing Nh6 four times by move 11. After the game, he said he did it to throw white "off balance" since in each case, a different remedy was needed to give black a taste of some "bad medicine." Players should know that they can't get away with "psychological ploys" against Staffordshire because his well-rounded play is too solid. 19. e5 Ce6 20. Bh3 Cf8 was all the tempo-gaining push that white needed to send Ed into a disorganized retreat. White's Rook lift and black's aggressive replies created some excitement with Rh3 Ag4 and neither player wanted to yield afterwards. White was the one who coordinated his attack with precision while black fell short of his target. The audience was treated to a spectacular game-winning combination featuring a rare smothered checkmate with the Archbishop, every players' "dream checkmate."

shogi

19 days ago

Ed Trice vs. Staffordshire, 10 wins match Game 05, August 04, 2024

This game is the most tactically ornate game that I have seen. White allows two pieces to hang from simultaneous Pawn threats. Furthermore, the Archbishop was able to issue a skewer and fork of all three supermajors. This has never occurred before. Not only that, two minor pieces hang for a second time, and the tactic isn't even finished yet! Probably the longest tactical mêlée in the history of any chess variant. Look at the position after 15. Nf4! and again at at 16. Ae6+! and after black plays 19...b6 and you will see the complexity for yourself.

shogi

4 days ago

Ed Trice vs. Staffordshire, 10 wins match Game 04, July 28, 2024

The longest game of the match so far, 90 moves! Ed Trice has the white pieces for the first time since game 1 of the match, and he wastes no time in the opening. This was a prepared line in The Spike opening where white allows a colors-reversed queenside Alekhine-like setup featuring a Knight getting chased, albeit to better destinations. After 7...Ng7 8. d3 who wouldn't want to have the white pieces? Black's 13...Bd5! proves to be a thorn in white's side, delaying his attempt to castle kingside for quite a long while. The position after 18. Qg4! is worthy of particular appreciation. White has a solid position, but black is able to make things difficult for him. For example did white under-evaluate the strength of 19...Axd5 still pressuring that white castling square on h1? Or was this a deliberate ploy to entice black to castle queenside right into an attack 20...O-O-O? 21. Nd6+ Kb8 leading to white easily winning a "chess exchange" of Knight for Rook? Black defends stubbornly and white finally castles on move 26. White threatens mate-in-1 for the first time with 38. Ad6! (Re8# would follow) so black is tied up for a few moves dealing with that. White goes Pawn hunting, securing an easy win, although it would still require quite a few moves to realize. Maybe frustrated by black not resigning, white drives the point home by trading his Rook for black's Knight just to create pure Archbishop and Pawn endgame. Black still doesn't resign, so we're treated to more taunting as white underpromotes to checkmate with 3 Archbishops without support of their own King.