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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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
I played an insane 3 min game today. I am not going to give away how i won just yet
today I encountered a very hard tactic i managed to see it in 15 seconds but it was weird.Here it is
This is the 2nd round game of the OTB tournament I did.I won but it was kind of a knockout.But it was just so fun, I just had to post it.
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