Just rated! I broke 2200 again with a personal best rating of 2201!Round 1. I think I just wanted to crush him, to wipe him off the board. Mostly due to impatience, I think.
Round 2. I got everything I wanted and then some. I also got gree...
In positions like this I often feel more comfortable dealing with a structural defect than exercising the power of the two bishops.
What is the correct way here? Should I prefer the bishop pair or should I trade that for a damaged pawn ...
This summer I plan to play in a few more tournaments than the monthly Aquinas Chess event. Both of the other tournaments are in Grand Rapids so that makes the travel easy for me.
The first tournament is the Grand Rapids Championship, graciously ...
Well, here are my games from the may Aquinas event. This was the worst Aquinas event I experienced as a director. There were three (three!) altercations I had to deal with as a director.
I posted all three situations on the USCF Forum for ...