Truly Epic Battle (Part 2)

As promised in my last post, today I will show you some key positions from my epic battle with Freddy van der Meij in the Bryntse Gambit. The game was played online at GameKnot, with a time control of 3 days per move. I posted the PGN yesterday in the PGN viewer, so...

Truly Epic Battle

My last post, on the Bryntse Gambit, reminded me that I have a long unpaid debt to my blog readers. As I mentioned last time, I have not gotten a chance to play the Bryntse Gambit in a tournament since my game with IM David Pruess. However, I did get a chance to play...

Meanwhile back at ChessLecture

Yesterday my first lecture in a long time went up at www.chesslecture.com. It was called “Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs, Episode XXX: Good News, Bad News, Good News.” I got lots of positive feedback, both from people welcoming me back and also from...

Only beginners develop their rooks to h6 …

… Therefore I must be a beginner! Gjon Feinstein came over last night to play some speed chess and watch a couple lectures on ICC. We played four or five speed games (at a time control of game in 8 minutes, which perhaps for some people does not count as blitz)....