In my last blog, I was talking about why someone would quit chess, but what gives someone the incentive to win? What keeps you fighting when the going …
Draw isn’t too bad, but it looked like he didn’t have a chance at winning since Ray
Professor: Good day, class. It’s wonderful to see you. Zephyr and Lucian: It’s wonderful to see you, too, Professor. Professor: As different as t…
Everyone knows once connected pawns reach the sixth rank they can be bad news for
About a month ago, I participated in the US Junior Girls Championship. My dad and I arrived a few days earlier, as did my good friend Jennifer Yu. Jen…
I blundered an exchange in the opening, but it didn’t turn out so bad.
As it is coming close to the deadline for tax day (April 15) I thought everyone might be interested in part of my history. It is not a very l…
Even though it seemed really bad at the time, Mr.
How much do you love chess? Enough to spend an entire month (minus two days) dedicated completely to chess? Well, I definitely love it that much …
but if you know what you’re doing (which we gratefully did this time) it isn’t bad
Day one of an eleven day tournament, I walk into the playing hall with a crowd of other kids. Everywhere around me there are kids with their parents or…
That night, there was a really bad storm in Porto Carras.
“It’s Groundhog day……again.” (Name the movie) I was just finishing it up and wanted to check something on Chessbase fr…
Of course, it actually wasn’t too bad and I would guess I PLAYED IT WRONG.
Get ready for an account of one if not the best tournament I have ever been to: The 2011 US Junior Closed Championship! This tournament takes pla…
didn’t play that and traded Queen which was just fine, but after that I made a bad
Hey everybody! It has been a long time since I have last blogged, but it has been pretty crazy with the Holidays! And chess is always pretty busy for me! But…
from our hotel room down to the playing hall was about 15 minutes which is not bad
Why is it that chess tournaments and holidays go together like pencil and paper, like hot dogs and ball games, like snow and Utah??? Do chess orga…
I wasn’t too bad actually, and it worked except I had to find that after he takes
