I came into my round 1 game with the attitude I can't be beat. Then I saw the round 1 pairing was vs the only Master in the section. No problem it's time to make a statement and rise back to my glory using my 3 step plan Get him into an under ...
This week RTT showcased @chigoatchess and @brainbld in hopes to make a strong playoff run. @chigoatchess was playing mobile phone on the way home from work and got his game rejected. He made a dismal introduction into the league only winning 1 o...
Sorry I am late with this week's post but I wanted to dive into a feature game that was full of blunders (some more simpler than others). The over-arching theme was tactics and the most common tactic that would have swung this game in every direc...
Excuses first. Not prepared to fight on Saturday (usually play on Friday nights), we only had 3 players (currently looking for a 4th so we don't gift 4 points every week. If we won those 4 points the score would have been 8-8 even with my lack-l...
I only played two games this week and managed to remain undefeated (I will not lose!) for the Rockford Rolling Thunder (Roll Thunder!) as we dismantled the Warriors 13-3. I wanted to say that I am trying to stick to basic and not lose and stay g...
In this weekly blog installment (will have 1 post out a week no later than Sunday of the week but no sooner than Friday) I am going to talk about the basic principal that Knights are horrible defenders vs. a rook pawn. I will show how easy it is ...
This Week my team Rockford Rolling Thunder played the smooth operators in week 2 and as probably the oldest player in the league I struggled to prove dominance over the youth and got in trouble often but relied on tried and true practices and pri...
Getting my weight up for Chicago Open. Like My Blitzer (MB) in St. Louis I am going to put the city on back and take down U1900. Death Match Schedule is set! Opponents TBD 4/26 Time Control G/5 Best of 15 5/2 Time Control G/10 ...
Follow Blackmanrook on twitch to see who will win the cash prizes in the cage match on Friday 15 Valentine day massacre (times TBD). Match up is Chigoat vs Blackmanrook in a 5/2 best of 10 series. Lifetime record on chess.com is W408 L364 D38. ...
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I had played IM Voja in his game 60 60 format and was surprised at how he only played safe solid openings (Caro, Scanddy, French, etc) in his games with Black and allowed us patzers to hang ourselves in the endgame, masterful. I will just post th...
I wanted to include the whole game in hope that my followers will not fall for the impossible move. On my Road to master I find myself finding many such moves. The impossible move is on Move 12. if you would like to try to find it yourself. If ...
I am going to obtain the NM tittle by the end of 2016 after losing nearly 200 rating point in the past 4 months. I was searching for my stlye, my energy, my getty up. Now I believe I have found my light saber and I am ready. Plan: study endgame...
I choose this game because it shows signs of the old me and will serve as inspiration for my new blog searching for 2200. Anyway this is a short tactical sequence that I found very quickly using 'forcing moves.' I thought about calling this game ...
I do it was in 1998 and I was sporting an 1149 rating for about 1month before taking down the IL Class Championship D/E class with a perfect score and perfect bliss. I thought I was finding best moves but in reality best blunders. I found this g...
I was playing National Master Ken W. yes the same one that played GM Finegold and is featured in his video on the scillian. I had different plans for Ken and wanted sweet revenge from the beating he gave me at the Midwest Class Championships. W...
I will be posting my games as I find time to put them in. In round 1 of the Master/Expert section of the Midwest Class Championship I drew Fide Master Eric Rosen and I held a nearly equal postion for most of the opening and middlegame but decided...
I will post my most recent swindle in this blog since I seem to have so many of late, I think it needs its own spot since I am trying new things out and getting crush and my opponents start to feel over-confident or sorry for me and let me off the...
I just finished my second FIDE inventational tournament with a even score +2, -2, =1 and the field had 10 players with the lowest USCF rating of 1805 to strart. My group included 1 NM, 3 Experts, and 5 1900+ players and the 1805 who wanted to ga...
What is the first opening you learn? Do most players start off learning the Spanish and the Sicillian or some other Europe-based opening.
