Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com I just finished playing in the 2009 National Open yesterday. I went to the event to promote Chess.com and enjoy time with Jay (friend and Chess.com partner) and IM David Pruess (friend and Chess.com superstar) and I didn't expect to play.  I ...http://blog.chess.com/erik/an-apology-to-my-opponents-in-the-national-open-09Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:20:37 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/an-apology-to-my-opponents-in-the-national-open-09The National Championship Game/10 event of the National Open in Las Vegas just ended. It was an open - so everyone rated from 700 to 2700 were all playing in the same swiss pairing! It was crazy and fun - about 100 players in total. Read below for...http://blog.chess.com/erik/national-game10-championship-my-results-for-the-in-the-open-sectionFri, 05 Jun 2009 01:15:27 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/national-game10-championship-my-results-for-the-in-the-open-sectionOne of my friends and a Chess.com member, Hardy Jones, has been working on a life-size chess set for the last two years! He's getting close to completing it and I wanted to share some awesome pictures of the set. Hardy is a local (and quite famo...http://blog.chess.com/erik/amazing-life-size-artistic-chess-setTue, 24 Mar 2009 16:53:35 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/amazing-life-size-artistic-chess-setI'll be honest - I'm a pretty generic-dressing guy. I hate shopping, and I don't like spending crazy amounts on something that I am likely going to spill hot sauce on within a week. So my wardrobe mostly consists of white t-shirts from costco and ...http://blog.chess.com/erik/my-cool-new-chess-t-shirt--pants-w-picturesMon, 09 Mar 2009 16:28:33 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/my-cool-new-chess-t-shirt--pants-w-picturesI'll confess - I generally spend less than 30 seconds looking at any given move in any given game. But every once in a while a move will come up that is so critical and where I believe there should be a forcing win. And when that happens I can sta...http://blog.chess.com/erik/why-ill-never-find-a-move-like-thisMon, 19 Jan 2009 17:58:45 -0800http://blog.chess.com/erik/why-ill-never-find-a-move-like-thisI played a fun miniature game today with a queen sac and a funny mate. Game and comments below: Thanks for reading! Comments welcomed...http://blog.chess.com/erik/a-satisfying-queen-sacrifice-in-17-move-gameMon, 01 Dec 2008 21:18:24 -0800http://blog.chess.com/erik/a-satisfying-queen-sacrifice-in-17-move-gameI logged in to Live Chess for a minute to just poke around and see how things were going. I decided to post a quick seek to play a game and... uh oh! ih8sens, my nemesis (kidding - kind of...) decides to accept the seek! He has a habit of shreddin...http://blog.chess.com/erik/furious-2-minute-game-vs-my-nemesisFri, 26 Sep 2008 12:47:00 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/furious-2-minute-game-vs-my-nemesisI'll be honest - my ability to focus on a chess game goes down hill after a few minutes. It's sad. I've won a few OTB regular tournaments in the lower classes, but I'm not a great tournament player. And I'm not a good turn-base...http://blog.chess.com/erik/why-im-better-at-blitzMon, 21 Apr 2008 22:03:33 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/why-im-better-at-blitzHere he is - the future World Chess Champion*!   Ok. I'm teasing. He won't be World Champion. But he is my new little baby boy. His name is Stone. He was born this morning at 6:02am (PST) and weighed in at 8 lbs 9 oz and was 21.25&quo...http://blog.chess.com/erik/future-world-champion-chess-player-just-born-todayTue, 01 Apr 2008 13:45:11 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/future-world-champion-chess-player-just-born-todayIn this interesting game where powerful bishops prevented us each from castling I  made a move that I think was really good, but it was not an easy move for me to make. My opponent was higher rated and I was nervous, but I really felt like it...http://blog.chess.com/erik/a-hard-move-for-me-to-makeThu, 22 Nov 2007 21:41:36 -0800http://blog.chess.com/erik/a-hard-move-for-me-to-makeI played a fun game recently where I made my opponent's king take a nice walk across the board. My most enjoyable king-hunt ever :)   Comments welcome!  http://blog.chess.com/erik/run-king-runMon, 05 Nov 2007 11:14:55 -0800http://blog.chess.com/erik/run-king-runMy wife and I have been planning a much-needed vacation together without the kids, so we decided to visit New York City this last week while my parents watched the little ones. And, what trip would be complete without a visit to famous Washington ...http://blog.chess.com/erik/my-visit-to-the-famous-washington-square-park-chess-sceneWed, 31 Oct 2007 13:05:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/my-visit-to-the-famous-washington-square-park-chess-sceneEverybody help Chess.com out big time by digging us! Click here:   http://digg.com/tech_news/Chess_com_Launches_a_Social_Network_for_Chess    Then click on "digg it"! (like the red arrow below shows...) Thanks!! http://blog.chess.com/erik/help-chesscom-with-one-clickSun, 08 Jul 2007 22:19:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/help-chesscom-with-one-clickChess.com has finally launched correspondence/turn-based chess! We are calling it "email chess" so that everyone understands that it is turn-based and you can choose to get an email when it is your turn. Or, just stay online and get an a...http://blog.chess.com/erik/correspondence-chess-is-liveSun, 08 Jul 2007 16:08:19 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/correspondence-chess-is-liveWhen I first started working on Chess.com a long time ago I began with the logo. Some would say that is the least important decision to be made, but Chess.com was a totally blank page - an empty domain name. Creating the logo was more of an exerci...http://blog.chess.com/erik/why-the-pawn-in-the-chesscom-Sun, 13 May 2007 05:43:37 -0700http://blog.chess.com/erik/why-the-pawn-in-the-chesscom-