Submitted by
on Mon Jul 6, 2009 1:15am.
I try to analyze the most interesting or the most important win or draw that I post each week. This last week was special as I posted 7 wins and 1 draw within an 8-day period. I wanted to analyze this beautiful French mate because it involves ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:36am.
I just completed my third game with my good friend sergio61 from Turin, Italy. He is a fine player and crushed my Sicilian Defense Pin Variation in our first game. He destroyed a line that I had played for over 30 years and sent me back to the... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:44pm.
I am currentlydirecting a six-person double round-robin tournament, Strong Masters Only, that required a 2300 initial rating to participate. I was fortunate to get a very strong field with 3 of the 6 players over 2400 in their initial ratings. ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:00pm.
I have now played six games versus einstein69101 during the last two years. I have decided that this good friend who lives only 60 miles from my house is my personal nemesis: a formidable and usually victorius rival or opponent.
Nemesis (in Gre... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:07pm.
Recently, I have sponsored three thematic tournaments: Sicilian Pin, Sicilian Pin Koch, and Sicilian French Normal. I currently have 12 wins, 2 defeats, and no draws in the Sicilian Pin Tourney and 11 wins, no defeats, and one draw in the Sici... Read more »
Submitted by
on Thu Jun 4, 2009 12:42am.
This game was played on the No. 1 board of a recent World League match where virtually all of the boards were mis-matched except No. 1 where I was ranked 2504 and donkenmar 2455 at the outset. I saw immediately that we were destined to lose the ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun May 24, 2009 1:20am.
Recently, I have sponsored three thematic tournaments: Sicilian Pin, Sicilian Pin Koch, and Sicilian French Normal. I currently have 12 wins and 2 defeats in the Sicilian Pin Tourney and 11 wins, no defeats, and one draw in the Sicilian Pin Ko... Read more »
Submitted by
on Tue May 12, 2009 1:11am.
With this greatest win of my entire chess career, I defeated Sergio Panella, who was ranked #1 at Chess.com with a rating of 2785 at the time of my 23rd move! With that move, I concocted a beautiful combination that was forcing after the black... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:34pm.
Recently, I have sponsored two thematic tournaments: Sicilian Pin and Sicilian Pin Koch. I currently have 12 wins and 2 defeats in the Sicilian Pin Tourney and 11 wins, no defeats, and one draw in the Sicilian Pin Koch Tourney. I have not an... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:19am.
Recently, I have sponsored two thematic tournaments: Sicilian Pin and Sicilian Pin Koch. I currently have 12 wins and 2 defeats in the Sicilian Pin Tourney and 9 wins and no defeats in the Sicilian Pin Koch Tourney with no draws in either tourne... Read more »