The US Chess League final between the Boston Blitz and Dallas Destiny can be summed up in 1 word: LONG! The match started promptly at 8pm EST and didn’t finish until 2:15AM EST! The end of the match was sort of anti-climatic for the spectators since most of us wanted to just go to sleep! […]
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 […]
Prediction: NJ Knockouts .5 - Boston Blitz 3.5
Board 1: Benjamin-Christiansen
Prediction: 1/2-1/2
This is a pretty close matchup, Benjamin has white but Christiansen seems to be in better form as of late. The victory over Wolff and draw against Nakamura were both very impressive. Christiansen is obviously a very dangerous opponent who is capable of beating just […]
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 […]
