Ok I’m certainly no Heman (for those of you who can remember the sword bearing hero clad in loin cloth) but my latest opponent, Carl Strugnell, was the first FIDE master I have played and come close to accumulating points against. Now I’m not talk...
I was determined to only play one game this morning and I can proudly say that when I sat up in bed and flicked on chess.com I managed to put my app down and rise from bed once my g was complete! Needing to rub sleep from eyes, my first game of th...
I like to take part in a few tournaments on chess.com, multi days per move with no rush and everything at a chilled pace. Of course it doesn’t always work out like that. I find myself so busy that I can’t think through the more complicated moves a...
Last night’s game was a real slog, a match that surpassed the hundred move mark to really challenge the brain. Playing white and up against the Sicilian (an opening I have to say I love to play and so feel comfortable enough facing) my knight was ...
“You were lucky in that game!” Certainly something that all chess players have heard from friend and foe alike. I’ve certainly made the comment once or twice in the past, to friend rather than opponent (manners maketh man), and with my sporadi...
