Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Hey All, I played the Eastern Class Championship this weekend in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. I finished the tournament with 3/5, with all my games being decisive. It is pretty rare for me to have all my games be decisive in a 5 round tournament, usually I draw a couple along the way. There are a couple […]
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Tags: Alexander Ivanov, Alexander Shabalov, Alisa Melekhina, Chris Bird, Eastern Classes, Elizabeth Vicary, James Rizzitano, Lawyer Times, Sergey Kudrin
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
This year’s Queen City Open was held at the Comfort Inn in Manchester, NH. The turnout was quite small, only 11 players in the Open Section. I remember When I first started playing chess back in 1999, there were always 2 or 3 GMs in the Open section slugging it out. I distinctly remember this […]
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Tags: Braden Bournival, David Vigorito, Joe Fang, John Curdo, John Elmore, Nathan Smith, Stephen Brudno
Monday, January 28th, 2008
I recently played in the Liberty Bell Open which was held over Martin Luther King Weekend in Philadelphia. IM David Vigorito and I headed down Thursday afternoon to Philly, in what was an uneventful drive down. Unfortunately, we had booked the room a little too late and when we made the reservation they said they […]
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Tags: Braden Bournival, David Vigorito, Dean Ippolito, Elizabeth Vicary, Josh Friedel, Leonid Yudasin, Libery Bell Open
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Hey All!
Sorry for my infrequent blogging this past week, I’ve been working on this player analysis page, which is finally complete! I’m sure you guys will enjoy it!
I rank each player on the list in different categories and list their strengths/weaknesses. I try to put an amusing story, usually a personal anecdote I had with […]
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Tags: Player Analysis, Website Addition
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
It was an extremely exciting day at the World Cup 2007 as most players fought hard to avoid elimination or clinch their spot into the next round. In the end, 5 players advanced to the quarterfinals: Magnus Carlsen, Alexei Shirov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Ivan Cheparinov, and Sergey Karjakin.
Carlsen, who won the first game of the mini […]
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Tags: Alexei Shirov, Garry Kasparov, Gata Kamsky, Ivan Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, World Cup 2007