Lately I've just been blogging when I analyze one of my own games with interesting results, so posts are fairly sporadic.
One of the thematic sacrifices in chess is called the Greek Gift. This refers to a bishop sacrifice on h7 (or h2 for black) followed by a Ng5+ and bringing the queen to the kingside for a mating attack. Even when the sacrifice is not perfectly sou... Read more »
I see a lot of forum threads about whether knights or bishops are better. Of course the answer is that it depends on the position. So here I'll share a game where a knight outperforms a bishop by a huge margin. A couple of positional id... Read more »
By popular demand I am cross posting this from my blog at thebackrank.blogspot.com. Maybe it comes across even better with the nifty replay boards here. Read more »
This is a game I recently finished here. Black played a QGA system I'm not familiar with and got a lot of pressure on the d-file. I manage to sneak out of the pressure, but failed to win a piece at the end of the complications. The ensui... Read more »
This is a game where I played well positionally, failed to find the right way to open the queenside, then missed a tactic from my opponent that ended the game rather quickly. Click the move list to see some short side variations. (I've mixed u... Read more »
Welcome to my blog! In the USCF I am rated 1921.
The content posted here is from my real chess experience, either games I've played or observed. I'll try to put an instructive twist on it. So if you're looking for a glimpse into how a B player thinks about the game, check in and see what I've got. Well, recently my rating has gone over 1800, so perhaps I should list myself as class A instead of class B, but it's not a huge difference.
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