What was your best tournament?

I’m feeling lazy today, but I need to put up a new blog entry, so here’s a topic that will let you do the writing! I’m sure everybody has had a best tournament. Tell us about it! How many opponents did you grind into the dust? Did the spectators...

Spider chess

In my post on November 9, I talked about my aversion to giving lectures on openings, because I think most people study openings too much. However, I just recorded the last lecture in my series on the Two Knights Defense, and I have to say I really enjoyed doing the...

More on frienemies

Matt posted an interesting comment on my post “The best of frienemies,” where he says that he has never actually hated an opponent. I totally agree. Maybe I’ve lived a charmed life, but I don’t think I have ever actually hated anyone, over a...

Round robin bliss, part 3

I don’t know why it is, but somehow I lead a charmed life in these Santa Cruz Cup tournaments. I do not consider myself a particularly lucky player most of the time, but in my local championship I somehow keep pulling off these amazing escapes. Here’s my...