Here is a good webpage to demonstrate what the author rightfully calls, “The Ultimate Blunder.” These are games where a player resigned in a winning position! Of course, the position looks lost but it goes to show that sometimes you should make the person prove they can win the game. Unfortunately the answer/winning moves are [...]
Play in the Knights of Columbus 2nd annual catholic youth chess tournament on Saturday, April 2, 2005. More details and a registration form can be found here http://www.delawarechess.org/tournaments/KOCChess.htm
May 6-7. GPP: 10 Delaware New Castle County Open. 4SS, G/90. Central YMCA, 501 West Eleventh Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. Reg: Friday, 5/6: 5-6:00. Rds: Fri, May 6th: 6:30. Sat, May 7th: 9:30 – 1:30 – 5:30. 1/2 pt. Bye (limit 1) available; bye for rd 4 is irrevocable and must be requested prior to [...]
The Linares 2005 double round robin supertournament began on 2/23/05. Players include Kasparov, Anand, Topalov, Leko, Adams, Kasimdzhanov and Vallejo Pons. You can watch the games on any of the chess servers (USCL, ICC, Playchess) or view results and game replays at the tournament homepage http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/XXII_ciudad_linares.htm. Hopefully this tournament will provide the same fighting attitude [...]
Practicing tactics is an extremely important part of training to be a better chess player. These mostly occur in the middle game when patzers like myself wonder what just happened to our position and/or our pieces! The ability to quickly recognize tactical opportunities will greatly improve your game and your rating. As such, it would [...]
This week’s site comes from the London Chess Center and has a wealth of information and links for the chess enthusiast. The main site is found at http://www.chesscenter.com/ but the specific part of the site I want to talk about is called The Week in Chess (TWIC). TWIC can be linked to directly by going [...]
The Newark Knights won there 7th match against the U. of DE. last night, 2.5 to .5. Brad Thomas and Bruce Smith (unrated and very little tournament experience) won and Kevin Pytel drew for our total of 2.5 points. Our next match will be March 10th (2nd Thursday of March) at home against the Fraim [...]
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Alas, my favorite online chess store, www.chessdiscounters.com, has virtually gone out of business. That place had some incredibly good deals on chess software and equipment – which is, I suppose, probably why they didn’t last. I say ‘virtually’ because you can still visit their site and buy chess books but that is all they now [...]
Delaware G/30 Championship February 13, 2005 Location: Central YMCA, 501 West Eleventh Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 Phone number on site: 6-SS Time Control: G/30 REG: 9-9:30 RDS: 9:45 – 11:00 – 12:30 – 1:45 – 3:00 – 4:15 1/2 pt. Bye (limit 1) available; bye for rd 4 or later is irrevocable and must be [...]