Two tournaments in to 2010.
At the USAT North I had a great game with Yermolinsky followed by an even better game with Gavin McLanahan. I will try to post the McLanahan game once I understand it.
The past two weekends I played in the Chess.MN 3rd FIDE Ratings Tournament. The crosstable can be found here:
http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201003077341
I plan […]
I am having issues updating the sidebar in my current wordpress theme, so for now I will link you all to a new c_u feature. Started for the first time for the Nanjing Pearl tournament: the Live Blog! with commentary, discussions, and comments regarding the games. You can post replies, responses, comments, or questions as […]
Chessdom.com has asked me to do further live commentary for their site. Previously, I gave live analysis for the Dortmund super-tournament earlier this year. I will resume commentary for the upcoming Nanjing Grand Prix event, the Spice Cup, and possibly one more event that is still a “surprise in the making”.
For now, here are two […]
I’m at the FK Berry US Championship Qualifier in Tulsa, Oklahoma. So far I am 2-1, with wins versus 2 lower rateds and a loss to FM Ray Robson. This round I have IM Ron Burnett.
I have some pictures from the event, and will try to post a full report tonight. At roughly the halfway […]
Especially for American chess fans.
FIDE continues with its favoritism and unethical behavior. Should we be surprised? Ever since FIDE became a “business” instead of an organization, things have consistently become worse and worse.
Poor Kamsky:
http://chessarrabal.blogspot.com/2008/01/to-fide-president-ilyumzhinov-new.html