There's nothing I like better than a bit of nostalgia, and tonight I take you back to my very first blog post entitled, appropriately, My First Annotated Game. This was a game against my Romanian friend Simeone, whose dedication to the game of Ch...
In the game I previously posted, there were three forced mates which I completely overlooked. See if you can spot them and have fun!
I am back from my chess sabbatical. Well it wasn't really a sabbatical at all, but rather my own life once again taking its various twists and turns. You know how life is: one hobby gives way to another, which in turns gives way to a relationshi...
Continuing with the idea of threats and sacrifices, I present a game which exemplifies an old joke, in that White here snatches defeat from the jaws of victory. What I love about Chess is that mistakes and good moves often combine to form emotion...
This is the first part of a two-part series of games in which through my own bumbling ways I often found myself either stymied or at an obvious disadvantage, and through a process which no doubt involved substantial quantities of dumb luck was abl...
This is from my first annotated game. If you've seen the game, just skip this. If not, try it first!
I will begin by saying that I am a chess novice, with a real rating somewhere between 1300 and 1400. This game was played against a buddy of mine recently on Chess.com's Facebook application. I am submitting it for educational purposes, as many ...
