Monthly Archives: November 2009

What Chess piece are you?

This is a quiz that I first saw on facebook.  I avoid most of the quizzes on there, but couldn’t resist this one.  It is only 5 questions long, so pretty painless, and fun. http://www.blogthings.com/whatchesspieceareyouquiz/ You Are the King You … Continue reading

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Newsletters from Colorado Springs Chess Night

  Here are some more back issues of Fred Spell’s excellent newsletter of the Wednesday night club that plays rated chess in Colorado Springs, CO. Each newsletter is very nicely done, and features games from the players including regulars such as … Continue reading

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Mikhail Tal Painting

Anthea Carson made a great oil painting of Mikhail Tal that she is selling on eBay.  Check out the auction on the link below! http://shop.ebay.com/

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Touch Move Rule

I was talking to my awesome chess buddy Pete Short during the November Air Force Academy Quad tournament about the Touch Move rule.  In the game between Shannon Fox and Mark McGough there was some controversy about the touch move, … Continue reading

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2009 Colorado Correspondance Chess Championship results

Congrats to Jeffrey A Baffo for his first place finish in this inaugral event! Final Standings:   Tie-breaks  The first (and only necessary) is Sonnegorn-Berger. Sonnegorn-Berger is calculated by adding up the scores of your opponents whom you beat, and taking … Continue reading

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October 2004 Colorado Chess Informant

The October 2004 Colorado Chess Informant features: Chess Psychology and Playing Styles by Ron Akin 2004 Denver Open Teasers versus Geezers Avid is a Four Letter Word (Compares Poker to Chess) by Michael Marson My game against DuWayne Langseth: An … Continue reading

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January 2004 Colorado Chess Informant

The January 2004 Colorado Chess Informant features Games from the 2003 Colorado Open by Mark Scheidies Shabalov continues US Chess domination at Levy Memorial US Champ plays Regis Jesuit Students Games from 2003 Edward Levy Memorial Wall draws hero, US … Continue reading

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Colorado Chess Master Robert Synder on America’s Most Wanted

  There are several videos on the America’s Most Wanted website about Robert Synder, including the interview below, plus an interview with one of his victims, and the victim’s mom. The police officer in the video below really rips in … Continue reading

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Red hot pawn Colorado Chess group

There is a new group for Colorado Chess players on the online correspondence chess site Red Hot Pawn. http://www.redhotpawn.com/club/home.php?clubid=221 I personally know some of the players, including Klaus Johnson, Jerry Maier, Dean Brown, and Pete Short.

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George Kostanza on Chess

Paul Anderson and Anthea Carson both posted this video on their facebook page, which is pretty funny. The title is a little misleading, because Jerry Seinfeld isn’t in it, but it is from the tv show Seinfeld.

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Sudoku Tournament

This is an interesting video that I found linked from digg.com. It is interesting to see how a sudoku tournament kind of resembles a chess tournament. The most interesting part is a guy in a hood that in the end … Continue reading

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April 2005 Colorado Chess Informant

April 2005 Colorado Chess Informant Here is another past issue in my quest to upload as many past issues as I can.  Most of the other issues that I uploaded came directly from the soft copy in Microsoft Publisher, and … Continue reading

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The Mitch and Gordon October Show

  East Coast Deli October Tournament Results Issue by Fred Spell. Correction on Nov 19.  I originally thought that Jerry Maier made the newsletter, but it is actually Fred Spell.  Fred is going to send me some of his other back … Continue reading

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January 2005 Colorado Chess Informant

The July 2005 Colorado Chess Informant features Chess tourney brings Masters, youngsters to Durango Larimer County Report by Randy Reynolds DCC 24 Hours of Chess Heaven Teaching Chess in the 21st Century by NM Todd Bardwick 2004 DCC King Hunt … Continue reading

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July 2009 Colorado Chess Informant

July 2009 Colorado Chess Informant Features Tyler Hughes Interview Randy Reynolds farewell President’s Report by Klaus Johnson GM Gulko vs Hughes from the US Championship Colorado Closed report Colorado Class Games Knights don’t like the Rim by NM Todd Bardwick … Continue reading

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Response from USCF regards my sandbagging claims from the National Open

Tim, Thanks for taking the time to write about this.  If we have evidence that a player is sandbagging, then we take the appropriate action.  As you know, we use the CCA Minimum Rating List – this year we raised … Continue reading

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