Submitted by
TimMoroney on Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:24am.
Here it comes, the inevitable and always dreaded tournament wrap-up blog. Why is it that all fairy-tales seem to end with the protagonist leaving the rabbit hole again? Whoever invented the notion that real life was a superior choice to the drea... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:11pm.
It's been raining on the resort here at Foxwoods today, and apparently raining on my tournament parade, as well.
Round 6: I was paired with the talented, national scholastic all-star FIDE Master (FM) Daniel Yaeger (2383). My highest rated opponen... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:58pm.
Greetings all,I just finished a six hour long game, so this will be only a brief update to report my games and results. I will catch everyone up on the other Michigan player results in tomorrow's blog.In round 4, I went up against experienced FIDE... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Thu Apr 9, 2009 11:17pm.
The end of a big day has found its way to the competitors of Foxwoods as the second and third rounds were completed. For the players of Michigan, the results were mixed.Prashantha Amarasinghe (1994) after ultimately losing his game last night (s... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Wed Apr 8, 2009 11:27pm.
Hello chess fans, friends, family, pets, spectators, stakeholders, bondsman, critics, pedestrians, and all around curious readers! It has been a great deal of time since my last blog entry, and a great deal has happened in that time. My travels ... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:03pm.
This weekend I competed in the 2008 U.S. Junior Open, held in Lindsborg, Kansas, alongside the Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess. It held a certain magic for me for a number of reasons, one being that it was the first tournament I ha... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Mon Jul 7, 2008 2:07am.
When we last left off, I was resting at a slightly more comfortable 2 out of 5 score, after having lost my first three games and beginning to see an upturn with wins on Thursday and Friday.Saturday, day six of the event, saw to it that the weekend... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Fri Jul 4, 2008 10:23pm.
One might wonder, when encountered with a holiday particularly rich in history, what may transpire if similar events would cross over to another culture. How the world would change! Particularly in today's world, where what might have once tak... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Fri Jul 4, 2008 9:31am.
No holographic message, although possibly a bit of Force involved. Either way there has been a change in the wind here at the World Open. People's patterns and behaviors change with the weather. The clouds have rolled in this morning... Read more »
Submitted by
TimMoroney on Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:43pm.
Yes, yes, I know that Star Wars: Episode Two was actually the Clone Wars and that I am in fact creating blog title references inaccurately. I am here for entertainment, not correctness. But to those who would seriously concern themselves with the ... Read more »