This mind-boggling position occurred in one of my tournament games last weekend. Black to play. (I was black) The last two moves were 26...Bg7-f6 and 27. Nc3-d5. Both queens are hanging, white's knight on d5 is hanging, black's bishop on f6 i...
Today I drew a higher rated player in one of our games in the USTCL Division 2 Alabama vs Arizona team match. I was black and down two pawns. I was able to find the brilliant move 45...Qxa4!! After 46. bxa4 Rb1, black threatens Ra1 checkmate....
I played in my first over-the-board chess tournament since the pandemic. It was the August Game in 60 Challenge at the Phoenix Chess Academy in north Phoenix. https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202208271152.1 The time control was game in 6...
This is from a blitz game that I just played. In this position I found the interesting move 22...Qxc3+!? to demolish White's control of the long diagonal. After 23. Nxc3 Nxe4, the Bishop is very strong. 24. Qc2 Rxc3, and White resigned.
Here's a blitz game that I just played. After I played 21. Qh5+, my opponent disconnected and forfeited. It turns out that Black is actually winning here. Do you see how?
Today I played in the Phoenix Rising chess tournament after a year break. It was a four round Swiss with a time control of G/60 with 6 seconds increment per move. As expected I was rusty. My only win came in round 4. 18. Nh5 was an interestin...
Yesterday there was an opportunity to play chess since I had the day off work. It was the Valley Chess 2015 New Year's Day tournament at Carl's Jr, 40 minute drive from home. It was five rounds of g/25 with 5s time delay. I ended up with 4 wins ...
Here's an interesting position I had at Carl's Jr. tonight. I was White. My opponent just played Bc8-b7. The game continued 22. Nxg6!? hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Rg7 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe7+ Kh7. Another interesting position. I have a draw if I want it. ...
Tonight I played and won a crazy game against the tough Miguel and I would like to share it. After the game, my opponent was gracious in defeat.
Here are some interesting positions that I had tonight that I want to share. The first is from Round 1. I was White. I had just played 18. Qc3-c2. My opponent surprised me with 18...Bxa2+ (the idea is if Kxa2 then Nb4+ wins the quee...
Position after 58. Kd2-c2 I was playing a Chess.com correspondence game and reached this equal endgame. What should black play? 58...Qxa4+ What could be more natural than taking a pawn with check? But this is a serious blunder. 59. Kc3+! Che...
Tonight I had a strange tournament. In Round 1 I lost to a 1500, but then somehow I managed to beat a 1800, a 2050, and a 2200 in the remaining rounds to tie for 1st. My prize was $8.50 . Who could have imagined this outcome immediately after Rou...
Tonight I went 3-1 tonight and got clear 2nd ($5.50 prize ). I felt that I played okay. I still need to improve my time management. In Rounds 3 and 4, I was down to seconds on the clock. In Round 1, I was White against Brion. I played unambitiou...
