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 […]

This was not a very good day for Americans at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. GMs Alexander Shabalov, Alexander Ivanov, Sergey Kudrin, and Julio Becerra were all eliminated. The biggest surprise to me was Shabalov’s loss, since he is the current US Champ and was playing “down” against GM Dusko Pavasovic of Slovenia. These […]