This post prompted by a phone call from Femi tonight, as well as my own personal disappointment at waking up early (hey, 8:30 is early for me) to watch the Linares games peter out to two 26-move draws and an incomprehensible Topalov-Adams match.
Let’s start at the beginning. After months of ranting about “Just wanting to […]
I have been asked by the organizers of the first GM/IM norm invite-only tournament in Chicago in a very long time to post the following information on my site.
The tournament, which currently features an average rating of over 2400, is short on sponsorship. Currently, GM Vladimir Georgiev, winner of this year’s Corus C-group tournament, […]
I recently have been very interested in the concept of student response to individual instructors. In my own case, some of the kids I work with do very well right off the bat, whereas other take time. Yesterday, while writing an article on a deadline (for the Illinois Chess Bulletin), I attempted to examine the […]
Last year, I started receiving messages from an e-mail list put out by National Master Brian Wall, of Colorado. Though i have never had the privilege to meet Brian or, aside from a few skittles games on ICC, play him, I do enjoy reading through the material he sends out via the web. What follows […]
[White “Ryan Butros”]
[Black “Pete Karagianis”]
[Result “White Resigns. 0-1″]
[WhiteElo “2154″]
[BlackElo “2199″]
{This is a game from the FIDE Invitational held in Ames recently. I knew this would be a key match of the tournament, but unfortunately I was paired with Ryan Butros of Turkey in the first round. As it turned out, the game was decisive of […]