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Immediately after returning from Iceland I flew to my home state to take part in the Minnesota Closed Championship (Mar. 16-18). The MN Closed is a six-player round-robin that determines the official State Champion. I qualified based on my perform... | Read More
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From March 6-13 I played in a very enjoyable event: the Reykjavik Open, held in the chess-crazy country of Iceland.
The Reykjavik Open is a strong international tournament that has built an outstanding reputation over the years. Icelanders are k... | Read More
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Last week I took a trip back home to play in the 119th Minnesota Open (Feb. 17-19). This is a tournament I've grown up on (my first Open was in 2000 at age 13), and it's always a real pleasure to play. People come and go in the chess world, but he... | Read More
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Happy New Year, everyone! I was planning on writing a longer 2011 recap, but I'm going to the Minnesota Wild (NHL hockey) game tonight, so I'll limit myself.
Some significant events for me in 2011 (most chess-related):
Quit law school in Janua... | Read More
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Hey all. October was an incredibly busy month for me - tournaments in D.C., Texas, and Michigan, plus teaching, writing, and other obligations. I wrote about the Continental Class Championship and SPICE Cup in this post. Rounding out my mon... | Read More
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North Carolina Open - Sep. 3-5
Originally I had no intentions to play this tournament - it wasn't even on my radar. Many state championships are held over Labor Day weekend, and the New York Championship in Albany seemed like a very logical ch... | Read More
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In my last entry I posted my games from the Manhattan Open (Aug. 17-21) with a few quick remarks. I'm not going to analyze these games here, but I did want to discuss my preparation and thoughts about the event. Warnings: lots of introspecti... | Read More
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After a lackluster US Open, I really wanted to give the Manhattan Open (Aug. 17-21) my best effort. My goal was simple: play fighting, uncompromising chess! I wanted to obtain interesting positions against amateurs and GMs alike. I wanted to... | Read More
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Hey all - just got back from the US Open in Orlando and wanted to give you a quick recap of my performance.
I decided to play this tourney very last-minute, so I chose the 4-day option. This resulted in a strange schedule: 3 games of G/60 on bo... | Read More
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Hey all - I haven't played OTB since Philly, but I think an update is definitely in order.
The following was an exciting game I played with algerianbishop here on chess.com. The rate of play was 3 days for 1 move. The game itself was rather s... | Read More