After a certain level, players get good enough to build a solid position. And so, as I'm finding out, it's necessary to play a little reckless and force your way. Been doing that a lot lately. I used to be such a material-whore, always had to...
Last Wednesday I played the second round of a 3 week/3 round tournament called the Rated Quads. I had a suspicion that this game would be much more difficult than the first, and it was, but in ways I didn't quite expect. I was paired with Joe, wh...
Last night I played the first round of the Rated Quads, which is a tournament my chess club is running. One game (G/75) every Wednesday for the next three weeks. I'll update this blog with tournament results as they happen. My first game was with...
Here are a couple games I played last Wednesday. It was my first time playing Conrad, who's only about 12 years old. He says his USCF rating is 1100-1200, but I think he played much better than that. Or maybe I just played really bad! ...
Here are two recent games I played with CM ilmago. Both games are Fischer Random, or Chess 960 as it's known here, and both feature the same backrank assortment. Overall I am happy with the way I played. There were some moments when I played too a...
