Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com 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....http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/another-successful-tournament-victorySat, 12 Apr 2008 22:32:03 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/another-successful-tournament-victoryIn 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...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/applying-principles-from-other-games-in-chess-and-vice-versaThu, 10 Apr 2008 12:21:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/applying-principles-from-other-games-in-chess-and-vice-versaI just lost another game on time.  This is what drives me nuts about chess.com.  I have lost a TON of my games on chess.com on time.   This recent game, there was no 8 hour warning that the game was about up on time.  On ...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/warning-when-about-to-lose-on-timeSun, 06 Apr 2008 02:55:28 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/warning-when-about-to-lose-on-time  I am changing my lesson rate from $15 an hour to $10 an hour.  I used to get alot of people asking me about lessons, when I posted my rate as being $15 an hour, the interest seemed to die down.     Well now you can have...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/changing-my-lesson-rate-from-15-to-10Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:17:31 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/changing-my-lesson-rate-from-15-to-10Here is an interesting game that I played.  Or at least, I played some of it.   The game started in my friend Mansur's dream.  He's a strong 2000+ player and I was playing him in his dream.  We played about 10 mov...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/game-from-mansurs-dreamMon, 10 Mar 2008 11:59:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/game-from-mansurs-dreamI recently played a game in which my king - to my dismay - decided to go wandering to the other side of the board.  I couldn't stop him and even though I asked him to come back when he had the chance, he decided to keep going forwards. &n...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/the-kings-wanderlustTue, 04 Mar 2008 02:12:37 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/the-kings-wanderlustToday I had a good tournament result.  I went 4-0 to win the tournament, beating a 1300, 1500, and 2 1800 players.  My rating at the time was 1836 so now it ...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/a-successful-tournamentSat, 01 Mar 2008 22:12:28 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/a-successful-tournament  Today I would like to talk about a topic that I think is really important for any chess player to consider.  It goes far beyond chess.      Dogmatic thinking in chess goes way back.  For the most obvious e...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/dogmatism-in-chessFri, 29 Feb 2008 08:34:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/dogmatism-in-chessGrand prix attack goes down , sicilian fans rejoice Zenchess vs quickbolt     http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/just-a-game-i-playedSun, 24 Feb 2008 19:10:12 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/just-a-game-i-playedToday is a great day for me, for I have finally beat a GM in an even game.   It was a 5 0 (5 minute game with 0 second increment) game.   I was rated about 2000 at the...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/my-first-gm-scalpSat, 23 Feb 2008 01:30:20 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/my-first-gm-scalpAt various times in my chess progress I have felt as if I was at a wall.  I was beating higher-rated players, yet sometimes losing to players that I should beat consistently.    I've taken a more analytical approach to discoveri...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/collecting-dataTue, 19 Feb 2008 10:34:03 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/collecting-data  When I first signed on to chess.com I was excited and started many games.   My interest died down and I lost alot of games on time losing around 200 points because of this.       I was spending less time per m...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/my-new-years-chess-resolutionSun, 27 Jan 2008 10:05:51 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/my-new-years-chess-resolutionHi.  This post is a collection of links to the chess videos I have created so far, in addition to some comments about chess.com.     My chess videos are heavy on observations , light on variations, and generally around an hour...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/links-to-my-chess-videos-and-stay-tuned-for-a-new-one-uploading-nowThu, 17 Jan 2008 08:35:27 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/links-to-my-chess-videos-and-stay-tuned-for-a-new-one-uploading-nowI promised to show the games, here they are.  I will probably make a video about the 2 high-rated games.                            I'll post the third game if anyo...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/games-from-the-rated-quad-last-weekendMon, 19 Nov 2007 13:52:39 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/games-from-the-rated-quad-last-weekendI played a rated quads tournament this weekend and it was a very good result for me.  I won all 3 games, against a 1500 uscf player, an 1820, and an 1830 or so.  My rating will increase 30 points and my 'performance rating' accor...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/successful-tournamentSun, 18 Nov 2007 17:33:42 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/successful-tournamentToday I'd like to discuss a maneuver I do often in my caro-kann chess games.  It takes place in the exchange variation of the caro-kann.  I learned of this maneuver when talking to some random person on a chess server many years ago....http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/the-b4-nb3-c5-maneuver-in-the-exchange-caro-kannMon, 05 Nov 2007 21:11:04 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/the-b4-nb3-c5-maneuver-in-the-exchange-caro-kannHi, I just signed up to chess.com.  I will be moving my chess blog from http://chessandgo.zenchess.com to here.  In the past, I created a couple chess videos, which might be helpful to you.  My game annotations are basically for p...http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/hello-chesscomMon, 05 Nov 2007 20:49:44 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zenchess/hello-chesscom