A lot of players I know (even experts and masters) make a fairly significant mistake. In an effort to avoid... well... effort, these players opt for less common openings, hoping to avoid theory. The Scotch and the Scandinavian are the two most... Read more »
Round 5 and 6 :). Cleaner games than on my first two days. And finally game 6. I was playing someone with half a point more than me ... meaning that a win with the black pieces clinched part of the first place prize. Anything else lef... Read more »
Here are Sunday's games. After that (almost lucky) win, round 4 was very important to me. I felt I needed to win to make it into the prizes. Turns out I did need to ... Read more »
As promised, my games from the Labour Day open. I was fortunate enough to go undefeated... and unfortunate enough to still finish out of the money! (4 of my 6 games drew). I've annotated them all ... haven't checked any with Rybka... hopefu... Read more »
After reading chess.com's official (okay, unnoficial) 'millionth resigning thread', I decided it was worth a blog :). So here's the thing: No one can tell someone else to resign, and no one should feel pressured to resign a game they feel lik... Read more »
Well, I'm finally back in my hotel room with Drake Lalonde (PMorphy123 here on chess.com ... he's my latest loss if you're reading this while the blog is fresh). The tournament's been pretty good so far. One little glitch occured when Drake and... Read more »
A couple days back I had the privledge of playing a correspondence game with a National Master here at chess.com. It's rare I get the chance, so I looked forward to the opportunity. As I suppose you would guess, the one and only game I had eve... Read more »
Here's a fun game I played today with one of my regular opponents. The Benko is really an interesting line. Black sacs a pawn for what appears to be a very tiny lead in development. It turns out (much to the surprise of many) that the sacri... Read more »
What a dynamic line! The Najdorf is so interesting from both sides. I won't get into some long speech about the theory, origins, etc... but I will say that it can create some very crazy games. Enjoy! Read more »
Here is a fully annotated game for you to take a look at. The annotations will discuss Nimzovich's theory that masters 'overrate' small advantages, and Capablanca's approach to chess. Namely, that one advantage can lead to another more signifi... Read more »
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