50 Years of Chess: Year 39

by | Jun 26, 2021 | games, openings, tournaments

In 2010, according to the USCF online database, my rating hit its lowest point ever. At the 2010 CalChess Labor Day Classic (the northern California state championship) I withdrew after four rounds with a score of 0.5-3.5, culminating in a loss against a player rated...

Jesse’s second lecture

by | Apr 21, 2008 | Chess Lecture, games, positions

I just finished watching Jesse Kraai’s second lecture on one of my games from Tucson, the game with Jacob Berger that I wrote about here. I found this one slightly less satisfying than the first, but it’s no fault of Jesse’s. The way I played the...