Well, this is it, the final week for the Scorpions as they were bumped out of the play-off picture last week when the LA Vibe bead the San Francisco Mechanics. At least Arizona is in for a bit of fun and revenge as it is that very team that they a...
Posted by Steve Farmer aka StoopidBishop It figures, just as Arizona gets their mojo back it is too late! Arizona took on the Seattle Sluggers with a hope that they might just make the playoffs with a victory. While the victory came, and in a big...
Boy, I tell you, we get no respect! The Scorpions have been adrift in the Pacific (Division) for a long time... There was a chance when the Dreadnaughts came sailing through, but NO! They threw down a couple of MRE's and kept on going. Next the Sc...
Posted by Steve Farmer, aka StoopidBishop 10/14/13 Arizona seems to be lost somewhere in the Pacific Division as they lose another match, this time to the Connecticut Dreadnaughts. For the video lovers here is the recap of the entire match: ...
Arizona goes down and St. Louis goes up! Here is a video recap of all four games for those too tired to click through the games It was not a pretty sight to say the least. Arizona had a very tough assignment on Board 1 with Molner taking on ...
The week 5 Match between the LA Vibe and the Arizona Scorpions was certainly a specticle for the viewers! Board 1 was a bit on the boring side as the players both took their time and decided to split the point after only 18 moves. Things on Boa...
Last week the match between Arizona versus Manhattan had many interesting games. In my last blog I showed a video of the game Altounian vs Vovsha, an interesting positional masterpiece. Today we will move very far away from the positional end of t...
By Steve Farmer 9-23-13 Greatings fellow chess.com, USCL and Arizona Scorpion fans! I want to thank you all for stopping by for a look and a special thanks to all who have started following my blog here on chess.com. Let's get the ball rolling.....
By Steve Farmer 9-16-13 Last year Arizona won the Western Division Semi-Finals and this year they start out the season with one drawn match and then two losses back to back. This is a tough start to the 2013 season, if the Scorpions are to have a...
By John Gurczak After a very close nail-biter versus the Seattle Sluggers last week the Arizona Scorpions move on to the Western Conference Semifinals to face the dangerous Miami Sharks. Arizona has struggled against the Sharks the previous tw...
By IM Mark Ginsburg Arizona Draws and Advances Arizona, receiving draw odds in the match (they only needed a 2-2 tie to advance to the semi-finals) played a very strong Seattle team on Monday. Here is Leo Martinez’s pre-match preview in blue – ...
By NM Leo Martinez So the playoffs are finally here! With the Eastern Conference quarterfinals finishing yesterday with New England and Boston advancing tomorrow the Western Conference quarterfinals start. The Arizona Scorpions have the #1 seed ...
By IM Levon Altounian 1ST PLACE IN THE WESTERN DIVISION IS CLINCHED! This is exciting! Not only I get to write an article about the Week 9 Match against the monster St.Louis team (how else do you describe a team that has 2 US Champions and a m...
By FM Robby Adamson A quick look at the Week 9 Wednedsday matches. There is less on the line for these matches than the Monday matches. Manhattan looks to stay in playoff contention with a win over Philly, who probably will be watching the P...
Wednesday Wonderment – What Will Pass? By IM Mark Ginsburg Now that we are well into the season with X games already contested, here we are in week Yand what a thrilling week it promises to be. Arizona is already comfortably in the playoffs b...
Crunch time is upon us and almost all teams are scrambling to make the playoffs, improve their seeding, or wish this 2010 US Chess League Season will be over already. This week has some of the best board 1 and 2 matchups that I can remember. All ...
By NM Leo Martinez Another exciting win by the Arizona Scorpions in Week 8! The Scorpions beat the Chicago Blaze 2.5 – 1.5 on Monday to extend their lead in the West to a full point and a half. This also extends our record against the Blaze t...
By FM Robby Adamson After a one week absence from picking (because I was playing from Phoenix) – here are the Monday match predictions for Week 8 (even though I am playing, from Tucson. All 4 matches have major playoff implications – this week s...
I couldn’t play in this year’s league and I’m stuck making lousy predictions As per usual, let us study the bare bones situation first. San Francisco Mechanics Arizona Scorpions GM Jesse Kraai: 2551 IM Rogelio Barcenilla: 2583 IM David ...
By Amanda Mateer I’m not really a superstitious person (but another member of our team is the most insanely superstitious person I know – can you guess who? I’ll tell you at the end of this recap), but I’m going to take a moment to get just a l...
By IM Mark Ginsburg The Bare Bones Here’s the tale of the tape from the US Chess League web site in this inter-divisional Week 6 matchup: Arizona Scorpions (4.0 – 1.0) vs Baltimore Kingfishers (2.5 – 2.5) All Time Series Record: (...
By FM Robby Adamson The US Chess League has come to the halfway point. The San Francisco Mechanics and the Arizona Scorpions lead the West Division with a 4-1 record, with the Chicago Blaze a half-point behind in the standings. Meanwhile in the...
By FM Elliott Liu I’m having a déjà vu moment. Last year, if I remember correctly, I think I actually previewed the opening match of the 2009 season for the Scorpions…which…they happened to win against Chicago?! Go figure. Well this year, ins...
By IM Mark Ginsburg Opening of the Week – Week 5 Pascal Charbonneau (NY) – Larry Kaufman (BAL) USCL Round 5 Caro Kann Advance - b2 Pawn Grab Variation Week 5′s pick sees a topical Caro gambit where black essentially handed over his head early....
Hello Everyone! The 2010 United States Chess League is almost upon us. The teams (including 3 new ones) are gathering for another great season of Internet chess. Just as the league is making some changes, so are the Arizona Scorpions. The 2010 ...
