My last weekend tournament had not turned out so well with 0 wins; 2 losses; 2 draws and withdrawing before the 5th and final round. This time would be different. I had learned from the summer tournament and knew what I needed to do to pre...
The Charlotte Chess Center and Scholastic Academy hosts the Tuesday Night Action tournaments. Every week players get to play one rated USCF tournament game; after 5 weeks the results are sent to USCF to be rated. The time control for these games...
I am excited to announce the return of the 100 days of chess challenge starting on October 15, 2018. The most common tip for chess improvement is to improve your chess tactics. My challenge is designed to improve chess tactics, calculation, visual...
I have been fortunate to play in all three of the Carolina's Classic tournaments. It's a tournament that was started in 2016 and has turned into quite an impressive event in only three years. Of course, I rarely get to play in weekend tournaments ...
This week I will begin scheduling adoption matches. To be fair and transparent I will list the applicants in the order I got their applications. That is also the order I will schedule matches with the exception of any subscribers to my Twitch chan...
Have you always wanted a pet bird? Well, now you can have a chance to adopt your own bird, ChessNerdBird that is. All you have to do is fill out the adoption application. How to adopt: Challenge ChessNerdBird to a 10 game match of 3|...
Hello fellow chess players, In case you haven't heard on Thursday May 24 at 4pm EST/1pm PST IM Danny Rensch will be a special guest on my show. Although we never what will happen when Danny decides to get in front of a camera I have time sl...
This was the game I played tonight at the Charlotte Chess Center. It was round 2 of their Tuesday Night Action tournament and this was my first game of the new tournament. Time control was G/75 with a 15 second increment after each move.&n...
On 2/9/2018 at 7pm EST / 4pm PST I will face an opponent that I have yet to beat. Out of the 5 games we have played I have 0 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw. All the action can be seen at my twitch channel or&n...
Come join us tonight as we play our first ever club tournament https://www.chess.com/live#t=923751?ref_id4250663 You can join the club by clicking here This tournament will be streamed at twitch.tv/chessnerdbird
