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 Yes kids, yours truly was in Vegas for 3 weeks!  But it was for business not pleasure.  I was able to hit a chessclub and play a game with sane time controls (G90) but more on that later. I did want to start talking about my upcoming chess pl...http://blog.chess.com/wango/fear-and-loathingok-you-get-it-i-was-in-las-vegaswarning-looong-post-aheadTue, 07 Feb 2012 13:12:39 -0800http://blog.chess.com/wango/fear-and-loathingok-you-get-it-i-was-in-las-vegaswarning-looong-post-aheadFirst off some stuff to talk about before we get down to business... Blunder has semi-retired from blogging.  OK so I put the semi in there, but he did leave the possibility of coming back, but no time soon; apparently he has a life to take care...http://blog.chess.com/wango/ct-art-40-vs-chess-tactics-for-beginnersThu, 09 Sep 2010 01:51:41 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/ct-art-40-vs-chess-tactics-for-beginnersI have been looking through the forgotten others in my extensive chess library, which consists of books that I bought that were out of my range at the time, other books that I felt were about to go or were out of print or hard to find; and the occ...http://blog.chess.com/wango/training-update-sort-of-and-proof-that-im-getting-oldMon, 09 Aug 2010 01:38:13 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/training-update-sort-of-and-proof-that-im-getting-oldI am currently transferring all of my games from Chess Assistant format to Chess Base format.  Although the price for CA was very good, it has simply given me too many problems and CB is easier to navigate.  Now all I have to do is manually move...http://blog.chess.com/wango/i-have-all-of-my-games-sort-ofhellipMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:49:34 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/i-have-all-of-my-games-sort-ofhellipOK so the wife and I and our trusty four legged friend leave late Friday morning heading towards New Mexico.  The trip was pretty uneventful although the beauty of the landscape always captivates me.    See what I mean? Anyway since I pl...http://blog.chess.com/wango/rio-rancho-tournament-reportFri, 03 Jul 2009 05:43:28 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/rio-rancho-tournament-report This is the phrase most often associated with Paul Morphy, brilliant, but such a short career. The same can be said of Bobby Fischer, and well it's the theme of my (belated) weekly post.   First Michael Jackson passed away today, what really ...http://blog.chess.com/wango/pride-and-sorrow2Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:50:26 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/pride-and-sorrow2Mirrored here. Monday: Did 41 problems on level 20 of CT-ART Scored 80%, best so far! Worked through CTTP for about 25 minutes, only got 3 pages through, like I said earlier this is the toughest chapter. Played 2 G15's.  Man am I rusty, I pl...http://blog.chess.com/wango/tournament-study-routine-i-suffer-from-css-canrsquot-see-stMon, 15 Jun 2009 01:05:55 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/tournament-study-routine-i-suffer-from-css-canrsquot-see-stAs always my blog is here.   School's Out WOOHOO!  Finished my accounting final, and I have 6 weeks of no school!  I am so excited I could...I could...well I'm not exactly sure what I could do but I'm pretty damn happy. So I guess I'll just...http://blog.chess.com/wango/schools-out-for-summerSun, 07 Jun 2009 22:29:49 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/schools-out-for-summerGlass Chess Set     I bought this set years ago at the Village Chess Shop.  It was between this one and another set where the "black" pieces were frosted like the white one's are in this set and the white pieces were clear.  Ultimately I ...http://blog.chess.com/wango/week-6-of-the-cccMon, 01 Jun 2009 04:17:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/week-6-of-the-cccI figure I'd start putting more pictures in with my posts will make the site a little more interesting.  Yes I guess I am getting a bit desperate. Picture of my Geek Cave This is where the magic happens.     Just the basics for me now  Don'...http://blog.chess.com/wango/week-5-of-the-ccc-should-be-8-but-its-only-5Mon, 25 May 2009 05:47:56 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/week-5-of-the-ccc-should-be-8-but-its-only-5As always this post is mirrored at my blog here. This time it was work that obliterated my hopes of getting some chess study in.  I had to work an extra day and put in longer shifts due to it being our busy season.  At any rate I have a new pl...http://blog.chess.com/wango/i-am-betrayedTue, 19 May 2009 01:28:34 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/i-am-betrayedYou can find my blog here.  It will explain these games a bit.   Overall I'm pretty happy with this one.  I played my Alekhine and I had a couple of nice tactical shots in here.  Pretty satisfying, especially since being away from a tourna...http://blog.chess.com/wango/results-from-this-weeks-tournamentMon, 20 Apr 2009 01:44:22 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/results-from-this-weeks-tournament Mirrored from wangschesshouse. Ok the more attentive folks out there will notice that I changed the name of the blog.  Well not really, the address is and has always been wangschesshouse but I changed the name that appears ont the Blog itself.Â...http://blog.chess.com/wango/my-first-week-in-mr-alburts-neighborhoodSun, 05 Apr 2009 21:46:19 -0700http://blog.chess.com/wango/my-first-week-in-mr-alburts-neighborhood