Submitted by
seraphim407 on Sat May 31, 2008 3:38pm.
In the four-round Project Chess City Council Cup tournament in Brooklyn today, my school's team brought home the gold! We're putting the cup in the trophy case this coming Friday. My personal record was 3-1, losing only in the final round,... Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Fri May 16, 2008 6:37pm.
Here's a game I played against Rael on live chess, here at chess.com. I'm quite thrilled with it. Let me know what you all think :) Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Fri May 16, 2008 10:32am.
Here's a game I played against Adrian last night, to be gone over later today in our school's chess club (wish me luck -- today's my first day teaching; i have to instruct the team on writing algebraic notation!): Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Wed May 14, 2008 2:44pm.
Here's a 2-minute speed game I played today against my cousin Matthew (who often beats me). Neither of us was comfortable with such a fast game, but thankfully, I was familiar enough with the opening to have trapped him. Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Sat May 10, 2008 7:18pm.
I played my friend Adrian today. After going out to play some ping pong, we dropped in McDonald's for some food and the following game resuted (Adrian sent me the file and labeled me as GM Emilio. I didn't do it.): Help? Feedb... Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Sat May 10, 2008 8:33am.
This is a game played yesterday in the chess club at my school (it was played rather fast -- i had to have it recorded on video and then write it in notation later). My friend Adrian played the White pieces against his rival, whose name I can'... Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:20am.
I played my dad a few weeks ago in a game of chess online. Let it be known, the man is not used to playing with a timer. This is why he lost. Now I'm in Chicago, and we just finished playing out the game from the point where the timer ran out.... Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:02am.
Today when playing a practice game against myself, I realized that, as Black, I tried to keep the initiative at the dire cost of development. It resulted in the following position: I was left completely clueless as to how I could catch... Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:05pm.
Playing in my school's chess club today, I faced off against Adrian (you'll see him in my blog entry "Chessing"), with me utilizing the black pieces. After his move Nf4-d4, the game reached the current position, which I pondered ... Read more »
Submitted by
seraphim407 on Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:57am.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Went to flushing meadows today and played chess in the park with Adrian, my biggest rival across the chessboard. He won all of the games.Afterwards, we swung by Starbuck's and stepped into Barnes & Noble's ... Read more »