Here is a link ("The Most Reasonable Amount of Time") to my most recent post on the blog for our Charlotte Chess Center and Scholastic Academy. In it, I present a shining example of UNreasonable time-management (macro and micro!).
Here is a link (A Beginner's Blunders) to my first post at the blog for our Charlotte Chess Center and Scholastic Academy
Sometimes during a game, there are "just" tactical considerations--for example, pushing an opponent's piece onto a particular square to set up a fork or a skewer. Sometimes, there are "just" strategic or positional considerations--for example, man...
I won my first tournament last week with this game. I was pretty happy with the game--until I came home and analyzed it. I gained an advantage early on on tactics, kept files closed so that his Rs weren't able to influence the game--even turning d...
Last Tuesday, I finally got to play an OTB game with much higher-rated opponent. I still don't really know any openings--I can get through a few moves of a Ruy Lopez as White and a few moves of a French Defense as Black. I've still been spending m...
It's common in games at my current level for one side to realize an early significant material advantage, even advantage of a piece (usually through a blunder rather than by good play). Until now, my immediate strategy when realizing such an adva...
One of my main problems is coming up with a specific plan or objective. But another is that even when I have a plan, I tend to focus on it so intently even when something important happens on the board. Here are several examples from a recent game...
