Games from Tulsa (round 2)

by | Apr 6, 2008 | games, openings, positions, tournaments

So far I have had time to thoroughly analyze only two of my games from the U.S. Championship Qualifier, and I’m part way through the third. I had an unusual number (by my standards) of very interesting and competitive games, and I think that I will eventually...

Very small bit of self-promotion

by | Apr 2, 2008 | off-topic, tournaments

This weekend in Tulsa, I had two conversations that made me think that I should do a tiny bit of self-promotion on this blog. First, Daniel Naroditsky’s father (whose first name I don’t remember, so I’ll just have to call him Mr. Naroditsky) came up...

First two rounds at Tulsa

by | Mar 28, 2008 | games, people, tournaments

The U.S. Championship Qualifier got under way today. The final turnout was 104 people, with 10 grandmasters. The top-rated player in the tournament is Julio Becerra. There were no big surprises yet that I know of, but we did have our first mini-controversy. In the...

Hook and Ladder sighting

by | Mar 25, 2008 | Chess Lecture, Chess Life, games, tournaments

I was just playing over one of David Vigorito’s games in the recently concluded Foxwoods Open, and darned if he didn’t pull out the Hook and Ladder Trick! That makes him the second ChessLecturer I know of to make use of it. (The first one was Jesse Kraai,...