Opening Blunders, Part One
This article will be a collection of short games in which either my opponent or I blundered early in the games. All three of these chess games were played on ICC against a computer program called...
View ArticleMy Gripes About Correspondence Chess
Because Nigel has a “no offense” policy for this blog I will not use the names of the people that are involved in my stories. However, the guilty parties know who they are! On ICC (the Internet Chess...
View ArticleOpening Blunders, Part Three
This is another one of those correspondence chess games that someone started on ICC without asking me if I wanted to play. I won this chess game rather quickly because of an opening blunder. Sometimes,...
View ArticleAmateur Versus Master: Game Fourteen
They’re creepy and they’re kooky, Mysterious and spooky, They’re all together ooky, The Addams Family. Their house is a museum Where people come to see ’em They really are a scream The Addams Family....
View ArticleIrregular Move Orders and Middle Game Blunders
My opponent in the correspondence chess game is from France and I do not know his or her real name. I opened this chess game with 1.a3 so that I could avoid most prepared lines, prevent Black from...
View ArticleAn American Defeats Henry the Eighth
My opponent in this correspondence chess game is not really Henry VIII of England. However, his name is Henry and he is from Finland. Also, while playing chess with this Henry I kept thinking of an old...
View ArticleDrawing This Correspondence Chess Game Was No Hassell
My opponent in this correspondence chess game is from England and his last name is Hassell. As some of my readers may have noticed, I like to play with words and the names of my opponents! Originally,...
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Kids and Chess, Part One
A few years ago one of the chess coaches in the Tampa area had an annoying habit of telling his students that I hated little kids. Because I got tired of that, I decided to make a sarcastic reply if I...
View ArticleAmateur Versus Master: Game Twenty One
This is my third a final loss to Corey Acor that will be published here. However, in chronological order, this is my first loss to Corey. I had won the previous round against Benson Walent and then...
View ArticleI Had a Five-Way…
tie for first place in this section My opponent is lower rated than I am and he is from Turkey. He had White and he was playing for a win in positions that were rather even. I offered a draw after...
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