I would like to say thanks to Todd for joining the fun of playing competitive chess. Here's our game with some helpful hints. Points to remember. In the opening, develop, develop, develop. When developing, try to bring the knights out first (...
I enjoyed a 45/45 slow chess game with DHLC compadre Yamaduta. He played an interesting novelty (at least from my perspective) in the Scotch Gambit and from there, tactics just spilled out everwhere for the next 40 moves. I may look an engine ...
I have begun annotating my online games during play to help with my planning, analysis and avoiding blunders. Here is an interesting game that had several tactical themes that, fortunately, my opponent was not alive to. The position shown in ...
Another in a series of chess puzzles for my kids. I believe chess improves analytic thinking and problem-solving, especially for school-aged kids. I love what Judit Polgar is doing with chess in schools! Puzzle 1 Puzzle 2 Puzzle 3 Puzz...
Problem-solving skills are the key to math and science education in grade school, and chess is a powerful system allowing kids of all ages to exercise their brains and develop problem-solving prowess. PUZZLE 1 PUZZLE 2 PUZZLE 3 PUZZL...
This is a blog for my kids, a place where I can post some puzzles for them. Not intended for comments or discussion, but you can solve the puzzles if you'd like.PUZZLE 1 PUZZLE 2
White, up two pawns and the exchange, blunders - but the mating threat is not obvious and took me (as black) a couple of hours to sort out. Check out the diagram below and see if you can "solve" it. Black can, at worst, trade a Rook for the Queen....
My goal as a new tournament director is to add cool features to the typical tournament: Target Points - an estimate of how many points, based on ratings, each player should earn in their group. Top Performers - who outperformed their Target Point...
The DHLC has much lower rated players than The Power of Chess Team, which is how I got to be board 8 in the team match. Here's the pairings and results: http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match?id=196516 . If you have a chance, check out the games ...
