This long weekend, I have decided to take part in the Labour Day Open in Toronto. It is my first standard time tournament since the 2010 Canadian Open where I achieved a personal best performance rating of 1846. My first game in the U1900 section...
Having been away from tournament play for several years, I decided to participate in the Milton Summer Active on Saturday. This tournament, which the organizers hope will become an annual event, was a lot of fun, with 25:00 minutes per player on t...
As requested by my friend Pawlo, I've decided to analyze our game in Fritz 9. There is a fairly large rating disparity between the two players; but it might offer some useful training opportunities nonetheless. The analysis is setup in the followi...
One of the tournaments I'm currently playing in is the "Canadian Chess Tournament"; a collection of players (mostly 1700-2000 rated) from the Canadian Chess Group. So far it's been a highly entertaining tournament for the most part, largely becaus...
