The USCL Semi-Final between Boston Blitz and New York Knights is tonight, and I’m definitely looking forward to the games. There has been lots of live chess action lately with the Tal Memorial and European Championship both being broadcasted on ICC. But all these Super GM tournaments pale in comparison to USCL action!
I expect […]

10) Chris was tired after a long night of teaching Kramnik the finer points of rook endgames
9) Chris didn’t think it would be fair to use his awesomeness against a girl
8 ) He lost on purpose so everyone would underestimate him in the playoffs
7) NY smuggled a bag of kryptonite into the Boston Blitz playing […]

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 […]