I’ve been trying to update the site on a more regular basis. I am excited to learn that Femi has developed a games page, so that soon all posted games will be replayable online (with notes, we hope). Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much middle-of-the-week chess news.
This weekend I am playing in the North American […]
This past weekend, I played in the Normal May Open, in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois. I won the event with a perfect 4.0/4. Phil Jarette and Wayne Zimmerle tied for second. Unfortunately, I was not paired with anyone within 400 points of my rating, defeating Surya Kopula (1769) in round 4 to seal the tournament. However, […]
I roughly compiled my 2004 OTB statistics tonight, here is how they break down:
TOTAL GAMES: 142
WINS: 90 LOSSES: 25 DRAWS: 27
WIN %: 63. 38 DECISIVE WIN-LOSS %: 78.26
NUMBER of TMTS: 30
UPSET:
Points Taken: +1476
Points Given Up: -687
Total Upset: +789
Kind of fun to do that sometimes…
No, I didn’t tap my red shoes three times, nor did I run into any scarecrows, tin men, or good-looking, plaid-skirted Kansas girls, but, a la Beatles Back in the USSR, I sure am glad to be home, in Peoria, playing in the Greater Peoria Chess Federation’s Monday night G/45 action events. Out here, these […]
Today I was discussing Karpov with Femi and made the comment, “It seems to me that Karpov (in his prime) was the closest human to finding the objectively best move on every turn.”
Whether or not the above statement about Karpov may be true, what caused me to stop and ‘marinate’, if you will, was my […]