{"id":2256,"date":"2013-06-06T20:36:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T04:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danamackenzie.com\/blog\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2013-06-06T20:36:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T04:36:15","slug":"see-my-article-in-chess-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danamackenzie.com\/blog\/?p=2256","title":{"rendered":"See my article in Chess Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s out! Today I received my copy of the June 2013 Chess Life<\/em> 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.”<\/p>\n

If you have any trouble finding it, look for this picture:<\/p>\n

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Pearl Grey and yours truly<\/p><\/div>\n

I asked the editor to identify me as the “1,314-th Ranked U.S. Player,” spoofing the fact that most of the contributors to this column have much more impressive credentials. For example, two upcoming contributors are Alexander Shabalov (#18 in the country) and Yury Shulman (#17).<\/p>\n

Now if you’re wondering how the #1314 player in the country gets to have a game featured on the last page of Chess Life<\/em>, I explained the story in my blog post Right place, right time<\/a>. Basically, I sent the article in, they liked it, and then a spot opened up unexpectedly and the editor thanked me for saving his bacon.<\/p>\n

Despite the silliness of the cat photo and the tongue-in-cheek introduction, I’m actually quite proud of “My Best Move,” a move that was deeply unorthodox as well as totally winning, and I hope you’ll like it too. As the pull quote under the photo says: “In any single game, something sublime and magnificent may happen.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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