I just lost another game on time. This is what drives me nuts about chess.com. I have lost a TON of my games on chess.com on time. This recent game, there was no 8 hour warning that the game was about up on time. On ...
I am changing my lesson rate from $15 an hour to $10 an hour. I used to get alot of people asking me about lessons, when I posted my rate as being $15 an hour, the interest seemed to die down. Well now you can have...
Here is an interesting game that I played. Or at least, I played some of it. The game started in my friend Mansur's dream. He's a strong 2000+ player and I was playing him in his dream. We played about 10 mov...
I recently played a game in which my king - to my dismay - decided to go wandering to the other side of the board. I couldn't stop him and even though I asked him to come back when he had the chance, he decided to keep going forwards. &n...
Today I had a good tournament result. I went 4-0 to win the tournament, beating a 1300, 1500, and 2 1800 players. My rating at the time was 1836 so now it ...
Today I would like to talk about a topic that I think is really important for any chess player to consider. It goes far beyond chess. Dogmatic thinking in chess goes way back. For the most obvious e...
Grand prix attack goes down , sicilian fans rejoice Zenchess vs quickbolt
Today is a great day for me, for I have finally beat a GM in an even game. It was a 5 0 (5 minute game with 0 second increment) game. I was rated about 2000 at the...
At various times in my chess progress I have felt as if I was at a wall. I was beating higher-rated players, yet sometimes losing to players that I should beat consistently. I've taken a more analytical approach to discoveri...
When I first signed on to chess.com I was excited and started many games. My interest died down and I lost alot of games on time losing around 200 points because of this. I was spending less time per m...
Hi. This post is a collection of links to the chess videos I have created so far, in addition to some comments about chess.com. My chess videos are heavy on observations , light on variations, and generally around an hour...
I promised to show the games, here they are. I will probably make a video about the 2 high-rated games. I'll post the third game if anyo...
I played a rated quads tournament this weekend and it was a very good result for me. I won all 3 games, against a 1500 uscf player, an 1820, and an 1830 or so. My rating will increase 30 points and my 'performance rating' accor...