DanielleRice's Blog

• Life Master Brian Wall's Commentary on my game from 29th North American FIDE Open

  Stillwater Oklahoma! The home of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, near many wildcat local oil rigs, and most importantly, the home of the best pair of tournament directors and chess patrons this country has ever had in Jim & Frank Berry ... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | Jun 18 2010
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• Announcement: 61st Colorado Open, September 4 - 5, 2010

  Announcement: 61st Colorado Open, September 4 - 5, 2010 61st Colorado Open, September 4 - 5, 2010 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: Rounds 1-2: G/90, Rounds 3-5: 40/90, G/1. Site: Doubletree Hotel Tech Center, 7801 East Orchard Road, ... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | May 25 2010
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• What to do when defending a bad position?

  This was my last round of the 2007 World Open. That year it was held outside of Philadelphia at Valley Forge. Dimitri Shevelev and I share a suite at the Sheraton and drove back and forth to the convention center. This was a really well run tourna... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | Sep 13 2009
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• My Round-2 Game from the 2009 Colorado Open

  We had just completed Round 1 where the top seeds (I was one of those in this section) were paired with the lower seeds and had previously won my 1st round game. This round I was paired with the top seed in my section (the tournament pairing syste... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | Sep 13 2009
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• Results of the 2009 Colorado Open

  The 2009 Colorado Open was a huge success! We had the largest turnout for this event in years. The venue of the tournament, the DoubleTree Hotel on Orchard Rd in the Tech. Center, was the best I have seen for a Colorado event. The rooms at the hot... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | Sep 07 2009
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• London System with endgame demonstrating Principle of Two Weaknesses

  I began my Colorado chess season playing in the Pikes Peak Open, which was held in the City Hall of Manitou Springs, Colorado. http://www.manitousprings.org/ The event was very well run, and had only one section (Open) which allowed me to get a ... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | Aug 31 2009
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• 2009 Colorado Open

  I plan to be playing at the Colorado Open this year. I have two weeks to go over my games and try to prepare for another one! Last year there were over 80 entries. There will probably be many more attendees this year as the university students ar... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | Aug 25 2009
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• Which Section To Play In at Monument Open?

  The Monument Open is being held next weekend here in Colorado at the Sundance Lodge in Monument. I played recently in the Pikes Peak Open two weeks ago in Manitou Springs, Colorado and it had only one Open section for all at that time. I was pair... | Read More

  • DanielleRice
  • | Aug 15 2009
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