I have not updated the site because for the past week I’’ve been playing in the nine-round Lindsborg FIDE Open event. The field was topped by Alex Moissenko, Ildar Ibragimov, Julio Becerra, Yury Shulman, and others. I finished with 4.5/9 (even score) and played anywhere from wildly good to ridiculously bad chess, but that is […]
Mr. Oyekan of New Orleans gives an interesting persepctive on chess in New Orleans (”the only American city with world class character”), Lousiana, and the United States as a whole.
This is the next part in an ongoing series of articles by Femi Oyekan. If you are looking for advice on stepping out of pins, how […]
Chess, naturally, has always been a game of thought. The beauty of the game, for those that find beauty in it at all, is in the “art” of calculation - the depth of the moves, or, as Smsylov says, “the correctness of the idea.” However, can chess also be played by brute force? Some (perhaps […]
Final crosstable, including pairings, score, estimated post-rating.
Also includes several games from the tournament, and a round-by round report.
Click here to download the crosstable (Microsoft Excel)
Click here to down load the report with games and a round by round report
The Iowa State Quick Chess Championship was held in Coralville, IA (just outside of Iowa City) today. I finished with 5.5/7 to split first with James Hodina of Cedar Rapids. I had 4 wins and 5 draws. From a personal standpoint, this bring me to undefeated in my last 14 games.
After my last round […]