It's been a few years since I have written a post. My apologies for that. But life has been good and the chess continues I want to look at an interesting miniature game I came across. One valuable skilll to learn when seeking to improve your ch...
The past few months were spent preparing for a big chess tournament, which in the end, went well for me. I earned a plus score and gained some rating points. Hard work pays off eventually Although I wished to have done better, now I'm even m...
Howdy! And the hits just keep on coming! Today, I will share 3 positions, being that this is the third installment. Enjoy! The next game shows us how to attack with as many pieces as possible. In our third game we see how tact...
Howdy! Today's first game was absolutely crushing! It's so exhilarating to go over again and again. I can't stop! Wow! What a game. In fact, it was this game that inspired me to return to blogging because games like this have to be shar...
Howdy! The past few weeks I have been pouring over games from the 2016 Olympiad, held in Baku. There are THOUSANDS of games! That's the bad news. The good news: there is so much to learn Even at this point, having only looked at two dozen or so,...
On Saturday, September 17, 2016, GM Timur Gareyev held a 15-board simultaneous exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, USA. I had the opportunity to play on board 15. I feel I did well, and since a few of the other players shared their games, I decided ...
Howdy All! I haven't blogged in a while! I'm really missing it. First off, thank you for reading. I hope that you enjoy my unique, if not rather common, perspective about being a young person fighting his way through the gauntlet of local aspira...
The past several days I have been reading the book The Modern Openings in Theory and Practice by A.P. Sokolsky. Now I have had the book for many years and only took notice of Part II where he explains all the modern openings and their more popular...
The final round of the tournament. I dedicated this game to my brother, SPC Angel G. Reyes, who is currently serving in Afganistan. It was a fitting tribute as I was playing against his beloved Alekhine's Defense and the game was played on Memoria...
The first game of the fourth and final day of this long tournament. After winning both games the third day, I was feeling great and confident of achieving my goal of earning at least a half-point to finnish with an even score. I knew it would not ...
The following is my 5th round game of the tournament. I did not analyze this game too much because it is straight-forward in nature. I remember starting to get tired as this was now the third day of play and I focused on doing my best. I was for...
My fourth round game from the Texas Amateur Championships.
Last weekend, June 25 & 26, I participated in the 2011 San Antonio City Championship. My hopes were high after the great success I achieved in Dallas a few weeks earlier. However, very early into the tournament I felt things would be different...
