One of the prerequisites for sustained progress in any challenging field is an effective feedback loop that goes something like this: Perform --> Receive Feedback --> Reflect on the Feedback --> Make Changes --> Perform Again. ...
This Saturday I headed back to the Portland Chess Club for the third time in as many weeks for what I thought was going to be a G|60 tournament. I had just turned in my thesis draft, and drank a whole lot at Beer Garden the night before, so I thou...
Welcome to the Part 2 of this blog "My kingdom for a horse!". I'm not gonna repeat all the intro text from the Part 1, you can read it there if you want... Contents: Part 1 (previous blog) 1. Get some warm-up (The basics) - 5 puzzles 2. At...
"A horse, A horse, My kingdom for a horse!"-- From Shakespeare's Richard III, 1591 It's always nice to fork your opponent's King & Queen with your Knight (and I prefer to use the word 'Horse' instead of 'Knight'), but it's even more beau...
This post is just to let people know about some random things going on on chess.com these days, particularly in my work. Up first: tomorrow's episode of our weekly chess TV show, "Pardon our Blunders," will be open to basic and gold members as w...
