Hikaru Nakamura, whose stepdad is well regarded chess trainer Sunil Weremantry, rarely loses a game in such a fashion in a major event like this. In this game against Chinese GM Wang Hao played some interesting middlegame play. I thought the analy...
I am not one to give up material early in the opening as I am too selfish, and basically shy away from playing gambits as part of my opening repertoire. A recent Member Analysis/Live game lecture by IM Daniel Rensch, being such a giving person and...
This is a really fun event this year. In the open section we will have at least two IMs and one GM playing. GM Alex Yermolinsky will be giving a simul on August 31st before the tournament. The hotel has a terrific rate and we have strong players (...
I have just recently begun to get back into chess and started playing some 15 minute games on the ICC and here on Chess.com (my favorite by far). I have a long ways to go in order to 'get back into form' in order to compete in this Fall's Colorado...
Stillwater Oklahoma! The home of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, near many wildcat local oil rigs, and most importantly, the home of the best pair of tournament directors and chess patrons this country has ever had in Jim & Frank Berry w...
Announcement: 61st Colorado Open, September 4 - 5, 2010 61st Colorado Open, September 4 - 5, 2010 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: Rounds 1-2: G/90, Rounds 3-5: 40/90, G/1. Site: Doubletree Hotel Tech Center, 7801 East Orchard Road, ...
This was my last round of the 2007 World Open. That year it was held outside of Philadelphia at Valley Forge. Dimitri Shevelev and I share a suite at the Sheraton and drove back and forth to the convention center. This was a really well run tourna...
We had just completed Round 1 where the top seeds (I was one of those in this section) were paired with the lower seeds and had previously won my 1st round game. This round I was paired with the top seed in my section (the tournament pairing syste...
The 2009 Colorado Open was a huge success! We had the largest turnout for this event in years. The venue of the tournament, the DoubleTree Hotel on Orchard Rd in the Tech. Center, was the best I have seen for a Colorado event. The rooms at the hot...
I began my Colorado chess season playing in the Pikes Peak Open, which was held in the City Hall of Manitou Springs, Colorado. http://www.manitousprings.org/ The event was very well run, and had only one section (Open) which allowed me to get a ...
I plan to be playing at the Colorado Open this year. I have two weeks to go over my games and try to prepare for another one! Last year there were over 80 entries. There will probably be many more attendees this year as the university students are...
The Monument Open is being held next weekend here in Colorado at the Sundance Lodge in Monument. I played recently in the Pikes Peak Open two weeks ago in Manitou Springs, Colorado and it had only one Open section for all at that time. I was paire...
