Submitted by on Thu Oct 2, 2008 7:09pm.
After winning the Georgia Senior Chess Championship I had a chance for a brief interview with Mr David Vest, who now holds both the title of Georgia State Chess Champion and Georgia Senior Champion. When asked how it felt to win the Senior again, ... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Oct 1, 2008 3:00pm.
Twelve players arrived for the Tuesday Night Fights, with usual House man, Bob Bassett, taking a half point bye in the first round, making it a total of thirteen for the fight night. As usual, form held in the first round with the top half clubbin... Read more »
Submitted by on Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:15am.
Beginning tomorrow, October first, the House will be open from 3 until 7 pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Tuesday and Friday will still be from 6 until 11. The House will open on the weekends without a tournament at noon and close at 6pm. The House... Read more »
Submitted by on Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:44pm.
Only ten players came to the House for the 2008 Georgia Senior. Another eleven came to participate in a completely separate tournament for those rated below 1800. Many reasons for the sparse turnout were propounded, chief among them the gas shorta... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:11pm.
Do you remember when you first began to play chess? Teaching youngsters bring back those thoughts. Remember when dropping a piece was not the end of the game? It was more than likely your opponent would drop at least one piece, too. First you woul... Read more »
Submitted by on Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:21pm.
The headline in the NY Times reads: Athletes to Leave Brains to Concussion Study What does the psychic warfare of chess do to the brain? How does it change the brain when one is "Hit with a shot?" For that matter, how does playing chess at a young... Read more »
Submitted by on Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:48pm.
Sixteen players came to Fight this Tuesday Night. The top half clubbed the bottom half in the first round, with the break being between Zimmy (1647) and Eric Lu (1521), a difference of 126 points. Samuel drew with Gautam Narula (1778), while Benja... Read more »
Submitted by on Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:34pm.
There were 32 players entered into the G/45. The Stud at 2175 was top dog. The rest of the field consisted of two 20's; two 19's; no 18's; four 17's; two 16's; six 15's; two 14's; five 13's; four 12's; two 11's; and two 10's. The top four rated pl... Read more »
Submitted by on Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:23pm.
The headline reads: All signs point to state rep’s son as Palin ‘hacker’The article on zdnet contains this: My name is David KernellI am 15 a white cacasian male i live in memphis, TN. My favorite and only hobby is chess, more like an obsess... Read more »
Submitted by on Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:41pm.
Samuel Zimmerman returned from the ill-fated Miami Open all smiles, the reason being he had done very well in the speed tournament, beating a NM twice, while losing both games to IM Blas Lugo, and finishing with 7 1/2 out of 12, to win $115, but, ... Read more »