A-aron's Games
Game 2. I should note that, rather than write the move that gives checkmate (QxB), he simply wrote "checkmate" on his sheet. LOL. Game 3, part 1. At this point, he and his oppo...
October 20 tourney
October 13 Tournament Games
Queens: How do they move?
My first tournament is over eight months. If fact, my first legitimate games in eight months. I was hoping to go 2-2 and not embarrass myself too much. So that game showed I was still rusty. I could get a clear win and still manage to ne...
Stop misplacing your bishop!
The first game back from an awful tournament performance (where I went 1.5-2.5 and the one win was luck). Time to see if that was a fluke. So the first game was slightly harder than it had to be, but never really in doubt. A good win but...
Boca Turkey Bowl
If there was a theme for these games, it is that defending a position is tiring work. In each game, the question was whether the defender would crack under the strain. My first game pitted me against a 1500 player. Funny. A year ago, I was ...
South Miami Chess Club 2015-06-27
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Epicure - The adventures continue
The next tournament on my agenda was the Epicure tournament. I was badly in need of rated play and the U1800 division was just calling my name. Was I really good enough to mix it up with the 1600s and such in my area? I was determined to find o...
University of Miami Tournament - February 2015 Edition
I took time out of my personal matters to play a quick tournament at the University of Miami. My results were not spectacular, but I was not unhappy with my performance overall. My first game was, by far, my worst. Not an auspicious start ...
Taking over the mean streets of Weston
So, I came to this tournament with low expectations and those expectations were reduced some more when the TD announced prior to the tournament that they would need to mix the U1700 division with the Open division. Oh well, hopefully I'll learn s...
Other fun games
University of Miami Tournament
So this is my second touranament this decade and it happens to be held at the University of Miami. Strong players for a lowly 1400 like me. My first round was against a person I struggle against almost weekly, but I've been studying, so I hoped ...
First Tournament In 11 Years
Ocala was my first tournament since college and it was quite a bite of fun. As this is my first blog post, I thought I would show my two favorite games from the tournament. Much to Jon's disappointment, only one is a Scandinavian Defense game. ...
