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    • Arizona State Championships

      As a wise man once said, "It's over!" And by that, I mean the biggest tournament of the year for Arizona. This last weekend was the scholastic state championships and there was plenty of exciting chess to go around. The tournament took place this... | Read More

    • Every Piece Sacrificed

      Hey all! There has a been a lot of exciting chess going on recently with the Candidates Tournament taking place right now. With two games left, it's going to be an exciting race to see if Carlsen can catch Kramnik. Since everyone's interest in ob... | Read More

      • IM MacMolner
      • | Mar 30, 2013
      • | 1324 views
      • | 21 comments
    • Crazy Chess

      Hey Guys, Hope you're ready to see another ridiculous game. If you've followed my blog before, you may have seen some weird attacks, interesting endgames, or just overall crazy chess. I just played a tournament in which I managed to win 3 games a... | Read More

    • Chess University - Modern White Repertoire 1. c4!

      Hi again! It's been a while since my last opening lecture, so I'd like to continue with one of the most fashionable openings today, the English. The English has been championed by players such as Kasparov in must win games and is rapidly rising ... | Read More

    • USCL Wrapup

      Hey again, Now that the USCL season has concluded, I thought I would share with you the highlight of my season. With it being Christmas and all, and the New Year approaching, it seems like a good time to reflect on some of my recent chess and som... | Read More

    • Marathon Game

      Hey guys, I just played a very entertaining game that defintely seems worth sharing. I'm in St. Louis for a GM norm tournament, and even though it's going pretty horrendously, I'm trying to take it in stride. So, back to the game...my opponennt w... | Read More

      • IM MacMolner
      • | Nov 29, 2012
      • | 1106 views
      • | 6 comments
    • US Chess League

      Hey Guys, A few weeks ago I updated the progress of the 2012 season at it's halfway point. Here we are again almost at the completion of the regular season. The season has been full of surprising games, controversy, upsets, and blunders. Pretty m... | Read More

    • Halfway Point of the US Chess League

      Hey guys, Week 5, the halfway point of the US Chess League, is coming up. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the US Chess League, it is the only league set up in the US where different states and cities get to compete against each other. I ... | Read More

    • Olympiad Update

      Hey guys, I'm sure that most of you are following the action but if not this is probably a good place to start. We're almost at the halfway point of the tournament, with 6 more rounds to go. Two teams lead at this point with a perfect 5 out of 5.... | Read More

    • The Best Chess Player You've Never Heard Of

      Hey guys, How's it going? My last blog post was about an unknown game featuring one of the nicest moves in chess that I've ever seen. I'll continue along the same path this time, but instead about a player that I'm pretty sure most of you haven't... | Read More

      • IM MacMolner
      • | Jul 26, 2012
      • | 2087 views
      • | 11 comments