Greg Costikyan has an analysis of Chess from a game design perspective. It struck me as interesting, because I recently played my first chess matches in years against nibowl (we left it at one game apiece). I have happy memories of playing chess against my father (I almost always lost, but enjoyed it, mostly). But computer chess never really clicked for me. What's the fun in matching your wits against some anonymous coder?

I may be playing more chess soon, and posting to LiveJournal less. Our home PC is toast; Shelly's taking it to the local shop, hoping it's just the power supply. Here's hoping it's not a complete hard drive meltdown.