Today I’m going to try my hand at creating the beloved “Top 5 list” which will be discussing the most famous forfeits in chess history. These games and matches are unique because despite the fact that no moves had been played; one person was crowned victor (or world champion in one case). Read more →
“A few weeks ago I published an article about how I choose the chess tournaments I play in. In that article I mentioned that I would be playing in the Columbus Open. This post picks up where the last one left off.” Read more →
At this point much of my interest in chess comes from what I call “Chess Oddities” or irregularities in the game (ie. glitches in the matrix). These gems are what makes chess interesting to me, it’s a big part of the reason I play. I’m always elated when I’m playing and I find some beautiful or exotic idea and reach… Read more →
I was recently perusing the United States Chess Federation (USCF) website looking for tournaments to play in for June and July. Unfortunately I couldn’t figure out how to make most of them fit my busy schedule. I had objections to many of the tournaments for a variety of reasons (I’ll get to this in a sec). I keep a running… Read more →
In honor of memorial day I figured we should talk about bullets; no not those kind of bullets; bullet chess! Bullet chess is where each side is given 1 minute to move. I became a bit tired of playing 3 minute and felt it was hurting my chess (because I was playing too much of it). So in lieu of… Read more →