I'm back and moving my knight in a circle! After a bad loss in October 2015 I hadn't played in DCCL league play until this past Friday Feb 7th 2016. I found myself paired with the same opponent for my first game back. I just wanted to make...
Last month in DC Chess League play I blogged a game in the Budapest Defense where I dropped my queen to a simple tactic in a position where there was not many pieces on the board. This month in league play I wanted to use that as a learning exper...
Playing the Budapest Defense is like drinking a warm cup of coco near a crackling fire on a cold winter night. It warms the heart and soul and gives one that sense of contented happiness. At least for me it does but granted I like really messy p...
To talk about my first chess coach I need to start from the very beginning, or at least my chess beginnings. I think the year was 1982; I was going into 9th grade at the time and hoping to get a remote controlled tank for Christmas from my grandp...
This game is for the 1/2 dozen or so players in the world who play the Classical Dutch (tongue in cheek sorta :)). In this game the board opens up immediately and a very unusual piece imbalance of a knight, bishop and 2 pawns for a queen occurs....
Hi All Just played in the Atlantic Open this weekend. My results were mediocre with 1w,1l and 2d but it was fun. I met a good friend there who hasn’t played in an OTB tournament since high school and that made it really fun. It was also co...
Hi All, I promised some folks I would give an update to my World Open Chess experience when I got back. Sorry for the delay but lots going on. This is my second go at the World open. I played in it once before about 20 years ago. I played i...
Hi All and Ashburn chess club, This is my DC Chess league game Friday Feb 19th, 2010 at the Arlington chess club. Ashburn Chess club vs Arlington Rooks. Thought I would include it after seeing some other games posted from our matches. I belie...
