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POV You beat the number 5 ranked classical player

POV You beat the number 5 ranked classical player

NM LSChess
| Mar 19, 2025
| 831
| 4

The other day I competed in chess.com's weekly Titled Tuesday tournament, where the best players in the world compete for their share of $5000 weekly. In round 8 of the early edition, I was paired against Super GM 2800 FIDE peak rated Arjun Erigai...

National Master

National Master

NM LSChess
| Sep 12, 2024
| 1,807
| 9

I have been playing chess for around 11 years. Ever since I can remember I dreamed of being a National Master. Just a month and a half ago on July 26, 2024 I reached NM. I am going to show some games from an event I played to (re)*cross 2200 and b...

Chess in Vegas! Pt 2

Chess in Vegas! Pt 2

NM LSChess
| Nov 6, 2023
| 1,136
| 2

Well, we're back for the second part of this blog series. So I say we just pick up where we left off with r5? So after that slightly disappointing draw, I was given a very dangerous pairing, Ethan Song (1500p USCF 2062 FIDE), the reason this pairi...

Chess in Vegas! Pt 1

Chess in Vegas! Pt 1

NM LSChess
| Nov 5, 2023
| 1,079
| 3

Hello everyone! As a lot of you probably know I took a nearly 1.5-year hiatus from blogging! But after a long wait, I decided to come back to blogging by covering possibly one of the biggest events I have ever played, the 2023 National Open in La...

National Middle School Championship

National Middle School Championship

NM LSChess
| May 5, 2022
| 779
| 0

Hello Everyone, So I was planning to write a blog about my latest experience at the National Middle School championship, but i realized that I had already made videos about the games on my youtube channel, so if you want to watch the youtube vide...

GG I'm back

GG I'm back

NM LSChess
| Jan 8, 2022
| 628
| 9

Hi everybody. This is my first post of 2022, let's hope it's a good one. Today I played in the Arlington Chess Club Open #60. I actually stayed the night before so I could get a good night's sleep. You could say it helped with my result. Let's see...

Wrapping things up for 2021

Wrapping things up for 2021

NM LSChess
| Dec 10, 2021
| 364
| 4

Welcome back to my blog. This is the first time I have made a blog and not done a tournament recap (although I did come off some rough ones earlier this month) I just wanted to recap my rating gain as I am not playing any more OTB rated events (as...

Bouncing Back

Bouncing Back

NM LSChess
| Nov 24, 2021
| 366
| 3

What's up everybody? Last night I played in a local quad at someone's house. I got there at around 6 PM and we were ready to go. My first game was against John Devries (1218) A veteran. Let's see how the game unfolded So that game was simple, bu...

I'm sort of sad :(

I'm sort of sad :(

NM LSChess
| Nov 6, 2021
| 3,712
| 23

Ok, so I played at the arlington chess club open 59 today, as you do. I got there at 8 AM as you do. And I was ready to play. Round 1 I was paired against Huu Nguyen. An (at the time) Unrated who turned out to be 2170 FIDE. And if he was listed as...

How I crossed 1800

How I crossed 1800

NM LSChess
| Oct 4, 2021
| 616
| 2

Hey everybody, yesterday I played in an OTB tournament in arlington. I thought there were some interesting games in there, so lets jump in! Notes from this game: c5 would have been more accurate as it immediately attacks the pawn This guy was ...

OTB tournament!

OTB tournament!

NM LSChess
| Sep 16, 2021
| 419
| 3

Hi guys! It's been a while since I've made a blog post, so I decided to make one about my most recent OTB tournament. So without further ado, let's jump in!  Game 1: So, notes from this game: I just got tunnel vision and forgot about c5 g3 ...

Highest blitz win

Highest blitz win

NM LSChess
| Apr 16, 2019
| 182
| 3

This is my highest rated blitz win. I was lost but i was saved by the clock. You can comment what you think about the game, but i will leave the link to the game only. https://www.chess.com/live/game/3451515585

Path to getting better at chess1#

Path to getting better at chess1#

NM LSChess
| Apr 14, 2018
| 107
| 5

Hi today I will be starting a blogging series called"Path to getitng better at chess"Today I played and OTB tournament. I got 2/4 this is my 1st round game against Daniel "EOGuel" I was close to a draw until I blundered  

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