The US Chess League Game of the Year Contest is going on right now, and lots of USCL fans are blogging their predictions and opinions about the games. Since I was an avid fan during the year myself, I figured why not make my own predictions!?!? If you want to take a look at all […]

Gata, Gata, Gata! That’s what the crowd was chanting in Siberia.. or not.. As you can see from the picture, chess is not the most popular game in the world, especially when the tournament is held in the middle of nowhere.
Kamsky’s World Cup victory is especially impressive given the fact he had no real opening […]

Going into the very last round, World #1 Vishy Anand and World #2 Vassily Ivanchuk were tied with for first place with 24.5/37. It came down to 1 dramatic game, with Anand taking the white pieces. Anand seemed to achieve a winning position quite easily in a Sicilian Kan with 5. Bd3, but in blitz […]

I need to stop predicting outcomes of USCL matches, I can never seem to get it right! Boston Blitz dismantled the New York Knights last night, and what I thought would be the most important board turned out not to matter at all! Larry Christiansen was able to hold Hikaru Nakamura to a draw […]

GM Hikaru Nakamura (Smallville) is off to an amazing start in Barcelona, Spain with 3.5/4, including 2 wins with the black pieces! I am amazed he hasn’t been invited to any major tournaments (like Corus, Linares, etc), since he is such a crowd pleaser. He plays to the bitter end and only rarely accepts quick […]

The new chess rap song “Nakamura’s too fast” has just been released.. Please visit the music section of my website to listen to this hot track!

What’s nice about making these predictions is that I’ve played against most of these players, which means I know their strengths and weaknesses first hand. Hopefully this will make my predictions more accurate!
Boston Blitz 1.5 - New York Knights 2.5
Board 1 Sammour-Hasbun-Nakamura:
My question is what the **** is Jorge doing on board 1??? He’s […]