Fig 1: The white knight (minor piece) delivers a grand fork checking the opponent King while simultaneously attacking their Queen and Rook.
“In life, as in chess, forethought wins.” – Charles Buxton
Every weekend, I and my little one look forward ...
“Mother, I watch for hours and still the tireless trains march on and on along their iron road…”
These verses from poet Humayun Kabir’s poem “The Train” bring back nostalgic childhood memories of family vacations comprising long train journeys oft...
Upon sudden death of my father last month in Mumbai, I had to make an emergency overseas trip on short notice. Notwithstanding my intense grief, I was indelibly impressed by the compassion and consideration shown by front-line staff at SFO and Mumbai...
The evening downpour soon turned into a deluge as I took the on-ramp to the freeway, for my commute back home. As I tapped to activate Auto-pilot on my roadster, I could not help privately saying to myself how ubiquitous edge computing seems...
I learned recently that if you accidentally touch a hot stove, your hand's reaction of pulling back is automatic and instantaneous and does not involve the neurons in the brain. This makes sense as an evolutionary benefit. If the message "Hot!!" ha...