The Second Billy Colias Memorial Master Invitational Chess Tournament is going to be a 10 player round robin event, held in Frankfort, Illinois, between August 20th and August 28th 2005.
The players giving a statement of intent to participate as of this date are as follows: FM Andrew Karklins, FM Peter Bereolos, FM Albert Chow, NM […]
My round five game with Im Matikozian, complete with notes and diagrams, is posted below.
As I mention in my article- every round for me has been a fight. I show up to play, and I play to win. I took my first draw in round 10, and was disappointed in myself for doing so. Had […]
Hello all you chess enthusiasts- this update comes to you from the depths of the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood, Illinois. I’ve been held down by the man (intermittent internet access) all week, and finally have a chance to post. So far, the tournament has been very interesting. Finegold leads after round 6 with 5 points, […]
Every so often I have a tendency to mentally wax schachmatic, if I may be so bold as to invent the term. This evening I was considering (and why not!) the differing world views- methodologies- the tying of one’s self to a movement or line of thinking. For example, Kierkegaard and Sartre to existentialism, Monet […]
We know it is pretty self-explanatory, but at least there’s the challenge to write something other than the expected: “Welcome to our new player profiles section!”
Anyway, here’s where you can come for descriptions of the chess underground crew. Much more importantly, we’d like to know more about you guys. […]