Just last weekend, I played in a 5 round tournament at the local chess club. It consisted of 24 players, and I was the third seed. I had to take a round 1 half point bye due to prior arrangements, but scored two wins and two draws in the games I ...
I recently took part in a GM simul against GM Lalic Bogdan. I lost this game after hallucinating in the opening and blundering a pawn. Without further ado, here's the game: Skills summary: 1) Calculation - I calculated a decent way to remove ...
Hello everyone! I have been playing chess seriously for about 3-4 years now, and have been stuck at around 1600-1700 OTB rating. I know that other people often have this problem too. In order to try and push up to about 2000 rating, I have deci...
