Earlier today, I played matches in the 2nd round of the "under 1200 tourney" and placed second. I did not do well in the first match, blundering away the game very early. In the second match, I did better, but the opponent had plenty of firepower ...
Today, I finally advanced for the first time ! I normally play tournament matches, and have participated in 47 of them (withdrawing from two before they started). However, up until now I have not actually advanced. The way many tourneys are set up...
Results are not official yet, but it seems I have actually advanced in a tournament ! This is good news, as it represents a milestone of sorts (well, once everyone else in the current round finishes, lol !) I am in Group 7 of the 4tunate's 4 below...
I have been wanting to try out Chess960 for a while. To me, it seems much more useful than bughouse, crazy-wtf, or whatever. It seems to be a nice way to supplement tactics study as well. Plus, no opening prep needed, as long as one knows the rule...
The last two weeks or so on chess.com have been rather eventful. I have decided to change over to the Colle-Zuckertort opeining for white, based on Gary Lane's The Ultimate Colle. It is too soon to tell if it has worked, but so far I like the posi...
Well, at this point, I am not finishing games fast enough, and tourneys I have signed up for are starting faster than I thought they would. So I have decided not to accept any new challenges, after the ones I have already accepted. Additionally, I...
Hello ! I am updating my chess blog as a note to myself, as I am trying to study and analyse my games. Sadly, the game management features are not very good, so I have had to download and unpack the bundles manually. You can only download a page's...
