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This is my first over the board game of the season. 1 hour 15 for the first 30 moves and 20 minutes for the remainder.
My opponent was in time trouble between moves 20 and 30.
He was ELO 1906 rated, so a good win for me. I'd love your thoughts... | Read More
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Over the weekend I did something I've never done before. I had a bet on the Chess! It was fun and I won! This luck won't continue, but you'll see my highs, lows and tips here.
Now, I'm not a betting man so I had to set up an account and dep... | Read More
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This is a link to Chess Podcasts a podcast I produce and release on iTunes each week. If you enjoy these podcasts please subscribe either through the rss or iTunes. The link for iTunes is:
and for the hosting site:
http://chesspodcasts.bl... | Read More
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There are only a few interesting Podcasts available, namely PE Podcasts, Chess is Cool and Killer Chess Tactics. For this reason I am looking at helping chess.com out with the production of a podcast. The idea is produce a video podcast roughl... | Read More
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Before I continue my blogs on the Budapest (see budapestgambit.blogspot.com) I am going to briefly mention the Fajarowicz Gambit - an off-shoot of the Budapest Gambit (and not one I am brave enough to play).HistoryThe first known recorded game of... | Read More
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Q: What have Will Smith, Howard Stern, me and you got in common?
A: They all play chess!
In this blog I'm going to post one of "Shock-Jock" Stern's shorter games! He's quite a good player and has an elo rating of 1600 - you can often catch hi... | Read More
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Here's a sample post from my new blog at budapestgambit.blogspot.com - I'll be reposting some blogs here, too!
Alder – Maróczy, Budapest, 18961.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3The standard opening of the Budapest Gambit accepted with t... | Read More
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I've started a blogspot on the Buda pest Gambit at www.budapestgambit.blogspot.com
Here you'll find my latest blog, live games, daily puzzles and great links - including one to chess.com - my favourite chess site!
Check it out and let me know wh... | Read More
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So far we have briefly looked at the two main variants of the Jaenisch Counterattack: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 (blog 1)1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 (blog 2)In this blog we examine one more variation, with anoth in blog 4.&... | Read More
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In the last blog I wrote how the Ponziani starts:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3.With the main line continuation of 3... d5 4.Qa4 Qd6 5.Bb5.The Jaenisch Counterattack continues with 3...Nf3 4.d4 and Black continued with 4...exd4.In this blog ... | Read More