Submitted by
on Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:50pm.
I apologize to my young students for abandoning my blog for some time. I was hurt by some of the comments posted on my last blog, but three of my chess friends have urged me to continue, so I am going to soldier on. The game that I have chosen... Read more »
Submitted by
on Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:05am.
Here is a series of notes from Whitesox7 that I think will be helpful to all of my students:
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Original Message by WhiteSox7 on 9/19/2009 @ 10:49pm:
Hey Sam, i had just looked at one... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Sep 6, 2009 11:46am.
On January 11, 2009, I initiated a Masters Only double round robin tournament with a six player field. A strong master from Paris, Frederic Schmitz, with an initial rating of 2347, was seeded fifth in the opening field. However, Frederic jum... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:07am.
This week, I posted 6 wins and 1 loss, so I have selected the most important win from a theoretical point and from a final standings point in the Sicilian Pin thematic tourney. This win defeated the #2 player on the leaderboard, THCCKINGJON, who... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:38pm.
Several weeks ago, I published a blog called "French Mate" which produced an exciting king-hunt and pawn mate where white faced the Closed French. This week, I have another extremely interesting French Defense Tarrasch Variation Closed Variation... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:58am.
Last week I analyzed a fine win for black with the Pin Variation of the Sicilian Defense where white tried the Koch Variation Schoenmann Variation versus black. That win demonstrated the latent power of black's position in the hands of a skilled... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:16pm.
I tried to have some fun in the last several weeks by exhibiting some "perfect games" according to Chess.com. It was a bit of fun, but it started a firestorm of controversy since many of you do not believe that a perfect game can be played by an... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:40pm.
Two weeks ago, I submitted analysis of a game which I call "perfect" because grandmaster analysis by the Chess.com computer found no inaccuracies, no mistakes, and no blunders. Several moves in that game, I played out of hope, just trying not ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:57pm.
Last week, I shared an unusual game on my blog - a "perfect" game with no inaccuracies according to Chess.com at the 2500 level. This week, I want to share another great win for me in which Chess.com claims that I have only one inaccuracy. Man... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:25pm.
This week, I want to share a chess game with my friends that is just as rare as a pawn mate, the game that I analyzed last week. This week, I want to analyze a "Perfect Game" that is the first one that I have played at Chess.com. First, I want... Read more »