Wondering why I'm not better at chess.... :D
I just finished playing in the 2009 National Open yesterday. I went to the event to promote Chess.com and enjoy time with Jay (friend and Chess.com partner) and IM David Pruess (friend and Chess.com superstar) and I didn't expect to play. I ... Read more »
The National Championship Game/10 event of the National Open in Las Vegas just ended. It was an open - so everyone rated from 700 to 2700 were all playing in the same swiss pairing! It was crazy and fun - about 100 players in total. Read below for... Read more »
One of my friends and a Chess.com member, Hardy Jones, has been working on a life-size chess set for the last two years! He's getting close to completing it and I wanted to share some awesome pictures of the set. Hardy is a local (and quite famo... Read more »
I'll be honest - I'm a pretty generic-dressing guy. I hate shopping, and I don't like spending crazy amounts on something that I am likely going to spill hot sauce on within a week. So my wardrobe mostly consists of white t-shirts from costco and ... Read more »
I'll confess - I generally spend less than 30 seconds looking at any given move in any given game. But every once in a while a move will come up that is so critical and where I believe there should be a forcing win. And when that happens I can sta... Read more »
I played a fun miniature game today with a queen sac and a funny mate. Game and comments below: Thanks for reading! Comments welcomed... Read more »
I logged in to Live Chess for a minute to just poke around and see how things were going. I decided to post a quick seek to play a game and... uh oh! ih8sens, my nemesis (kidding - kind of...) decides to accept the seek! He has a habit of shreddin... Read more »
I'll be honest - my ability to focus on a chess game goes down hill after a few minutes. It's sad. I've won a few OTB regular tournaments in the lower classes, but I'm not a great tournament player. And I'm not a good turn-base... Read more »
Here he is - the future World Chess Champion*! Ok. I'm teasing. He won't be World Champion. But he is my new little baby boy. His name is Stone. He was born this morning at 6:02am (PST) and weighed in at 8 lbs 9 oz and was 21.25&quo... Read more »
In this interesting game where powerful bishops prevented us each from castling I made a move that I think was really good, but it was not an easy move for me to make. My opponent was higher rated and I was nervous, but I really felt like it... Read more »
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