Zugzwang usually happens in the endgame where few pieces remain on the board. Otherwise, it's considered an anomaly. This kind of anomaly appeared in one of my daily chess games, which I found too amazing not to share with you all. Hope you find i...
I kinda forgot my promise of posting more "mini-blog" posts over the summer. But I haven't had much content to post, until now... The following endgame study is part of a practice game between nOcHeaTiNgKiD and I against Hanqi in a "team chess" ga...
I played a bullet 1 0 match against Hanqi today. It was fun with a lot of interesting and exciting games. The match result was close to even, and indeed the games were very close. However, this blog post will be of a particularly interesting game...
So here's yet another blog post about a chess tournament experience! This time, SuperNationals! To keep the prestige of the name, this blog post will also be "super", and will include lots of pictures and all that good stuff. I will write about al...
Anshul A (anshulcgm2) has already posted a summary and games report of the State Team Championships on his blog, which is pretty good and concise. I'm writing about my own games and experiences in more detail in form of a storyline and hopefully, ...
On December 18, 2016, four players (Mr_Penings, nOcHeaTiNgKiD, ChessNut6453v3, and Hanqi) participated in the first Bullet Quad on chess.com. The tournament was organized by Mr_Penings and ChessNut6453v3. The time control was 2 1 unrated so ...
As many of you may know, ChessNut6453v3 (Joshua D, the little chess-playing chestnut from Canadialand) and I have a "friendly rivalry". In over the board tournament matches, I have a 0.5/2 record against him, but I have gotten revenge I guess from...
Around a year and a half ago, I made a blog post discussing the following gambit in the Caro-Kann: e4 c6 d4 d5 Nc3 dxe4 Bc4 (or f3). If you want to see the attacking ideas and plans in the opening, go see that blog post. It's a few blog posts back...
Here is yet another report on the Kings vs Princes III tournament held August 26-August 30, 2016. I will be writing about all of my games plus my overall tournament experience. There will be a short summary of my game, followed by a more detailed ...
I was working with a student on ChessKid.com puzzles last week. Usually, I would find the solution within seconds while I waited for my student to find it. They were mostly testing basic ideas, such as mate in 2 moves or trapping the queen or alon...
The Redmond High School chess team recently played in the WA HS Team Championship from Feb 26-27 at Issaquah. Last year, our team placed 4th, but we only had a average team rating of 1800. This year, our team average was 1980, and we had a good ch...
I recently played in the Grade nationals championship in Florida this past weekend, and it was a lot of fun! My bro Samuel H. and I went there with our friend from school, Noah Y, hoping to win the first place team award for 11th grade. We were ra...
Here's an interesting position from a recent tournament game I had. I was black in the following position against a strong young player. Black to move and win.. Black's probably winning in all lines with good play, but for this puzzle, the win...
Hello friends. So I recently played the annual Washington Open chess tournament, and after seeing flipextremee write about his amazing tournament, I decided to do the same... my tournament did not go as well as pratik's did, but it was fun overall...
Hello! I got kinda bored and I've decided to write a post on here, since I haven't posted in a while. So today, I wanted to share with all of you a gambit I've successfully played in many games against the Caro-Kann (e4 c6). The Caro-Kann is kno...
so i recently played a tourn and played this guy named samuel he who is like 2240 uscf rated. ive played him in the past before, and in our most recent match, i lost with white against him. i played 1. nf3 and stuff like that and samuel he crushed...
Hello! Haven't posted in a long time... I recently played my brother SamHe (nocheatingkid on chess.com) in a tournament game, and it was a crazy game. Usually, we agree on a short draw in tournament games whenever we play, but this time, we both ...
A few of my games from the recent WA High school championship. Round 4 against James Colasurdo. Round 5 against Samir Sen
This is my last round game against Ivan Eilshev (2287) at NAO. I noticed from his previous round that he was a very slow player, and I was happy since I knew I would always get a time advantage. He played a surprise opening, the wing gambit sicil...
I recently played North American Open U2300 rating section and I scored 5/7 points. I played pretty well overall, but I definitely have areas to improve. Here are a few of my games and short summaries. Round 1: I played black against Tang Tang ...
Hello chess players, friends, stalkers, ... After reading my brother's lengthy post about his preparation for the upcoming North American Open, I was inspired and decided to write one as well. If you want to read my brother's post, here is the lin...
Another game from my recent tournament, WA Class. A very interesting win...
This game is from a recent tournament I played in.
Round 1 against Philip Valdez (1300)... Round 2 against Andrew Porisch (1760) Round 3 against Masayuki Nagase (1900) Round 4 against ToTo Nagase (1900) Round 5 against Noah Yeo (1700) Finally, the most exciting game o...
