This applet lets you play over games and positions (as specified in html parameter lists), or take control yourself and try out variations ("analyze" mode).
You can also set up your own positions using the piece tray.
And in "virtual board" mode, you can move the pieces anywhere.

Illustrative Game: Hikaru Nakamaru - Jay Bonin   Comments

Illustrative Position: King and Queen vs. King mating technique - taking the "Knight's opposition"   Comments

See this interview with me, especially the stuff about the Turing test.

Some interesting chess positions

e-mail me

and I am currently creating this experimental lecturing website.
(After you get there, click on the bird's nest. For now, you will need Netscape 3.01 or higher and the Netscape plug-in for the RealAudio player. AOL USERS: Type keyword "Netscape" to download a version of Netscape you can use with your AOL account. If you already have RealPlayer installed, you may need to re-install it after downloading Netscape, so that it is registered as a Netscape plug-in.)