Submitted by on Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:15pm.
I have extended my win streak to 12 wins in a row in over the board, uscf chess in local tournaments. No draws, no losses. =) I won my last 3 tournaments. I also defended my title of 'Omaha City Champion'
I will post the games soon. They ... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:00pm.
Ok, so instead of look at a bunch of master games, I instead looked at one. It was Kasparov-Topalov 1999. It was NOT his famous 'immortal' game in which he sacrificed mad material and went on a wild king hunt. Instead, it was a d... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:53pm.
Hello folks! I recently (and by recently I mean within the last 4 months) learned something major about chess that I didn't know before. It revolutionized my game, changed the way I think about the position, etc. I mentioned this... Read more »
Submitted by on Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:02pm.
Ok, so at around 5:05 pm on Friday my power went out, then we had some huge winds, around 90 miles per hour. Trees were uprooted, cut in half, total havoc man. I don't have internet yet...and went without power for a while t... Read more »
Submitted by on Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:50pm.
I just played a game in which my opponent did a tactic that wasn't in my repetoire. The entire maneuver went like this: First, he checked me on the back rank, pinning his knight to his rook. Second, he checked me with... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Jun 5, 2008 11:38am.
Every chess player has a relationship to chess. In some cases, the relationship is a little unhealthy. I don't mean how serious he takes the game, or how often he plays, what I mean is his relationship to the ideas in chess,... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:23pm.
Yes, it's true. I had magnus down on the ropes, begging for mercy. But I blundered, I got forked, a nasty, dirty fork that will live on in my mind forever. Now he's going to become world champion, and I'll probably ne... Read more »
Submitted by on Fri May 30, 2008 3:38pm.
I'd like to make a quick post detailing what I did to achieve my current skill level, which in all honesty is nothing much to brag about, but I am looking forward to further improvements as soon as I can put more effort into chess (when... Read more »
Submitted by on Sat Apr 12, 2008 10:32pm.
Wow is all I have to say. I won another local tournament 4-0 to win a $123 prize (it was split for a first place tie and we both got $123). I played 3 lower-rated players, the highest being a 1600. However, they were pretty good.... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:21pm.
In the excellent book "the art of learning" by Joshua Waitzkin Joshua explains how he used ideas that he originally learned in chess and applied them to the art of Tai Chi push hand competitions. I have also done this in the vario... Read more »