Western Tilt in U.S. Junior

As many readers probably know, 17-year-old Daniel Naroditsky won the U.S. Junior Championship last weekend in St. Louis, with a score of 6½-2½ (four wins and five draws). Daniel was the only player to go undefeated. For his victory he earned a prize of $3000 and,...

Siamese Twin Knights

On Saturday I played my third game in the Saturday Knights Marathon at Bay Area Chess. With so few players in the tournament (only four on Saturday), Thadeus and I knew that it was inevitable that we would play each other, and this gave me a chance to prepare for both...

Steinitz was right

Last night Linnea, Thadeus and I drove up to Milpitas for round two of the Saturday Knight Live Marathon. Our results were just the same as last week: Linnea and I won, and Thadeus drew a game he should have won. Linnea’s game was not much of a challenge, as her...

See my article in Chess Life!

It’s out! Today I received my copy of the June 2013 Chess Life in the mail, and of course the first thing I had to do was open it to the back page. Normally I start at the front, but this month, you see, they printed my article on “My Best Move.” If...