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[imagefield_assist|fid=3521|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]A very tough day at the office. Two long draws, and I struggled in each game. I was slightly worse with black against IM Gergely Antal. We drifted into time trouble, and I...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3519|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]Today was quite boring from a chess point of view, as GM Julio Becerra and I played a snoozer of a game. I prepared quite a while for Julio's Slav/Semi-Slav/a6 Slav, but, I...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3518|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]Hello avid blog readers! The Spring Spice Cup starts today in beautiful Lubbock, TX. The event is a ten-player RR, with possible GM and IM norms. At the moment, the belief is 6...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3517|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]The ICC State Champion of Champions tournament, a qualifier for the 2010 U.S. Championship, has been scheduled to start March 24 on the Internet Chess Club (ICC). The U.S. State Champion of Champions...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3514|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]SAINT LOUIS, March 10, 2010 -- Nineteen players have accepted invitations to the 2010 U.S. Championship, scheduled to be held at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis May 13-25. Four...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3515|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]The Club Championship is really heating up as local Expert Jim Voelker moves into clear first with a score of 2-0. His win tonight against Paul Mechem helped propel him into the lead....
[imagefield_assist|fid=3507|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]Yo yo yo!! Time for me to earn my salary, as I go to two big tournaments. First, the strong Spring Spice Cup in Lubbock, TX. Each year, SPICE puts on two strong...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3480|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200]The Club Championship is the culmination of the 2009 "Knights" series tournaments, in which competitors played a series of G/90 games, once per week, over the course of a month. Each month a...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3477|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200] Hey avid blog readers! Sorry I have not posted in a while, but, I WAS BUSY! I mean, I was involved in many projects pertaining to chess and The CCSCSL. A lot...
[imagefield_assist|fid=3475|preset=frontpage_200x200|lightbox=true|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=200] SAINT LOUIS, February 15, 2010 -- The 2009 U.S. Champion, Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, has agreed to participate in the Bill Wright Saint Louis Open, scheduled to be held at the Chess Club...
