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 In the final round I was paired against G. Narayanarao. I wasn't sure if he had 2 or 2.5 at this point, but I knew he didn't have 3, so I psychologically shot myself in the foot. I realized that a draw would secure first place. I kept telling myse...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-4Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:31:36 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-4Round 3, I had 2/2 and I was paired with the only other player with 2/2. Given it was a 4 round tournament, I knew that if I won this game, I would be well on my way to winning the class B section. I was paired against Patrick Gay, the brother ...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-3Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:38:07 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-3Round 2 began at 10 AM on Saturday. I was paired with Stephen Buck. I had played him before, but unfortunately my memory wasn't good enough to remember our game without coming back here and looking at it. http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-sp...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-2Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:23:40 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-2This last weekend, the 11th and the 12th, the Portland Chess Club hosted the 2011 Oregon Class Championships. To skip me sharing the details, here is the release from NWChess:            Nov 11-12 Oregon Class Championships (1400+). F...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-1Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:44:56 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/oregon-class-championships-round-1Well, after my victory in round one, I was feeling pretty good. We had about an hour break after my first game finished before round 2 started, I got pizza and orange juice. If orange juice works for Magnus, it will work for me. Anyway, the second...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/corvallis-versus-eugene-rd-2Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:52:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/corvallis-versus-eugene-rd-2Dan Dalthorp organized a Corvallis (& Albany) versus Eugene match that happened yesterday. 8 players from up here went down and played 10 players from Eugene that showed up. I had never played in something like this, so the format was stran...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/corvallis-versus-eugeneSun, 23 Oct 2011 12:25:25 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/corvallis-versus-eugeneRound 5! My game started at 2 PM. With 2.5/4 I was matched with John Chung. I think he is from Waldport but I could be wrong. He was rated ~2050. A comparable strength to my first opponent (who I lost to). I was sort of expecting to lose, especial...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-5Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:04:21 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-5This is the first game of day 2. I had 2/3 points and had white on board 3. I played against Josh Standig. He is from the Bay Area, but he moved to Corvallis 2-3 years ago. I don't think I've played a tournament game against him before, but I have...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-4Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:37:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-4With 1 point after the first 2 rounds, I was paired with Ritch Duron who also had 1 point. He was rated 1775, and I'd never played him before, so I didn't know what to expect. It was the last round of the day, starting at 7 PM. By now I was rather...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-3Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:30:12 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-3After losing round 1, I was paired with Lon Brusselback in round 2. I played him in the Portland Spring Open 2010. (http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-spring-open-pt-1 ). I didn't remember our game at the time, and I didn't have a computer to ...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-2Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:13:18 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-2Just got back from another tournament everyone. I figured I should document my games here so if I lose my scoresheets, I can recreate the games anyway. It was a 5 round SS. Time controls 40/90 + SD/30. Pretty standard. I did a better job of using ...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-1Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:19:08 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/newport-open-round-1The OSU chess club organized another spring tournament down at river front plaza. It was originally slated to be a 10 player round robin event, but only 8 people showed up. So we played the RR, then had 1 round of finals. First in standings vs sec...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/osu--corvallis-spring-rapid-tournamentMon, 13 Jun 2011 13:17:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/osu--corvallis-spring-rapid-tournamentThis isn't going to have much description of the games, just the barebones. I played in a tournament today: 5 games, 45 minutes a game. End result: 2 wins 2 draws 1 loss. Not terribly inspired play by me, but with only 45 minutes, its hard to play...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/mlk-jr-day-tournamentMon, 17 Jan 2011 20:55:43 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/mlk-jr-day-tournamentI'm playing a correspondence game with my friend patrick IRL, but lost track of the moves, so I am going to use this blog to keep the position somewhere secure. 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 dxc6 http://blog.chess.com/mueller/game-with-patrickMon, 03 Jan 2011 17:16:12 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/game-with-patrickAfter my frustrating loss in round 4, I was a little down. And as the weekend was a long time filled with lots of chess, I was rather tired of chess as well, so I did what I could to muster enthuisiasm for the last round. I had 2.5/4 which wasn't ...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-5Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:55:09 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-5Round 4 was the first round on Sunday. While I should have been rested and invigorated, I had stayed up until 2:30 or so drinking and playing Magic. So when I woke up around 8, and started getting ready, I could tell I wasn't really 100%, but I...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-4Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:12:24 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-4There was ~18 players in the Reserve section. And ~16 in the Open. Some rounds a few less if people had taken byes, and at the end a few people had dropped. So with my score of 1.5/2 going into round 3, I was matched up with Becca L. She also had ...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-3Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:40:00 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-3After winning against Takuma in round 1, I was paired against Jeremy Stidham. We talked briefly before our game, he is a recent immigrant from Indiana, who lives out here now. He was rated 1768 going into the tournament. As he was playing in the r...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-2Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:50:11 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-2This weekend I went up to Portland to play in the winter open. I entered in the reserve section rather than the open. Lots of ways to rationalize the decision, you can either say I am a wuss, or you can say I want to play games against players of ...http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-1Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:42:22 -0800http://blog.chess.com/mueller/portland-winter-open-round-1This is my game from round 5. I had been reluctant to post it simply because of how sloppy it is, and I would hope no one has much to learn from it. But at Landon's request, I'll toss it up and show you how I survived and ended up 5-0. http://blog.chess.com/mueller/osu-spirng-tourny-extra-extraFri, 21 May 2010 10:20:17 -0700http://blog.chess.com/mueller/osu-spirng-tourny-extra-extra