Here is a game I played on the Global Chess Server (ChessLive). It’s interesting - black allows me a passed d-pawn early, then attempts to transpose to a KID position, then locks up the kingside and ALMOST locks up the queenside…. “almost” because of an interesting sacrifice (Nxa6!?) I found with not too much time. […]
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I am waiting on a crosstable from the organizer, as well as a copy of final standings, etc.
First Ames Futurity a Success (11/21/04)
Eight players from Illinois and Iowa congregated for a four-day seven-round FIDE-rated event in Ames, Iowa the weekend just before Thanksgiving. The invited field included […]
Well, good news for me. I won the Ames Invitational this weekend. Scoring 3.0/4 with 2 wins and 2 draws vs. FIDE rated opponents, and scoring 3.0/3.0 vs. all non-FIDE rated players. I will have a crosstable, games, reports, and analysis up as soon as I can. I am going to Illinois for Thanksgiving, but […]
As Mr. Femi Oyekan of New Orleans explains, “I found, looking at my friend’s lives as well as my own, that when Qui Gon said “your focus determines your reality” [he meant that] reactions to similar situations were often hilariously different depending who was experiencing them.”
In his Essay, “A Difficult Case”, Mr. Oyekan delves into […]
This is a game against WGM Irina Mikhailova from Moscow.
She played the exchange Slav against me, or, as I like to call it, the “Yawn Attack.” I showed her why not to play passive openings against me in blitz, and then she showed me why I should move faster. I flagged on move 35, up […]