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 Here are links to all my work on Chess.com.  It will make more sense if you read them in date order ... the oldest columns first.  The "Draw Offers" column was a sample so Chess.com could decide if they wanted to make my column...http://blog.chess.com/Zug/wThu, 07 Aug 2008 06:25:19 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zug/wHere is a little piece of Chess.com trivia for you all. I did a little survey of the top 50 rated players on this site, and here are the list of players among them taking less than 2 hours per move: Ed_Top  (2404) 53min. 16sec. TulsaDa...http://blog.chess.com/Zug/the-fastest-masters-on-chesscomTue, 22 Jul 2008 11:07:23 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zug/the-fastest-masters-on-chesscom  How about this young fella!?  He's rated in the top ten in the world, he's still a teenager, yet he manages to win or finish in the top three in just about every event he enters. He's not without his flaws, however.&nb...http://blog.chess.com/Zug/on-magnus-carlsenTue, 06 May 2008 06:31:55 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zug/on-magnus-carlsenFollowing along the idea of "Green with Yellow Tapestry" and "Blue Hues", here is another in my series of easy-on-the-eyes themes.  I call it "Brownian Motion".  Give it a try.  By the way, if you do u...http://blog.chess.com/Zug/another-great-new-themeFri, 18 Apr 2008 12:38:26 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zug/another-great-new-themeMost of you know that when you go to the Chess.com home page, your theme goes away.  However, if you want your default location to be the home page of Chess.com and NOT your member home page, but STILL want to use your theme, here is how to d...http://blog.chess.com/Zug/how-to-see-chesscom-home-page-with-your-themeFri, 18 Apr 2008 10:14:22 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zug/how-to-see-chesscom-home-page-with-your-themeThere was good response to my last theme, "Green with Yellow Tapestry", so I have created another one: "Blue Hues".  Give it a try and see if you like it.  I made it with the same goal in mind as in "Green with Y...http://blog.chess.com/Zug/another-new-themeFri, 18 Apr 2008 06:48:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zug/another-new-themeTake a look at the following theme I have finally perfected called: Green with Yellow Tapestry Go to: http://www.chess.com/home/edit_theme.html  and search on themes by the user name of Zug.  I worked pretty hard on this theme to make su...http://blog.chess.com/Zug/a-pleasing-to-the-eye-themeWed, 16 Apr 2008 08:03:52 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Zug/a-pleasing-to-the-eye-themeHey, folks... Check out the theme I just created: Yellow & Green by interpur Hope you like it. - Mike Petersen http://blog.chess.com/Zug/a-new-themeFri, 22 Feb 2008 07:07:22 -0800http://blog.chess.com/Zug/a-new-theme