Windy day

Quite a journey from The US Chess Center to Annapolis Overlook.
A short day at work, and a nice lunch with the fellows.
Alternate routes are essential if one is to travel within the District of Columbia. I chose one, and was rewarded handsomely with a calm ride to gas up in NE DC.
I got out of my car, and was nearly blown away-literally!
Finished gassing up the 9th wonder of the world, my Toyota with 413,000 miles, and going. Maybe someone will give a shout out to Toyota for me. I would love to let the world know that their vehicles are still very reliable. The selfish reason is that if it survies 1,000,000 miles, they will give me a free one!
The ride to the east was astounding. A brush-fire two counties away had an impact as I proceeded towards the Chesapeake. So pronounced, it closed route 95 north.
Life provides lots of wonder.

The gift of curiosity in chess

The ever expanding world is a gift to those that have a thirst for learning.
In chess, we have been blessed with a game that even computers have had issue solving.
The perfect opening?
The perfect game?
At least we have a perfect solution...CHECKMATE!
I am constantly amazed at what I see on a regular basis.
The simple roots of the double attack provide the foundation for tremendous flights of fancy.
The computer confounds human logic with computer logic.
A great time to be a chess player, unless you long for the days of slow information, slow change, and only a handful of superstars.
That was fun too!
When you watch today- whether it is a super GM or a super gm-chip, allow the gift of curiosity to flow, and you shall be rewarded!

Black Sabbath - A Hard Road

Savor this

Bobby Fischer Park Bench Interview.

TATA STEEL CHESS DAILY - Round 8 2011

Tata Steel Chess - 8th round

TATA STEEL CHESS DAILY - Round 7 2011

CLO: Tata Steel Chess 2011 - Nakamura Our Front.mov

TATA STEEL CHESS DAILY - Round 3 2011

TATA STEEL CHESS DAILY - Rest day 1 2011

Welcome to all Wednesday January 19th

A rare Wednesday with no Bates, and no Broadneck.
January is rolling along, and soon we will enter Black History Month.
So many wonderful people to rememember in that month.
MLK day was nice, with a nice tournament by the bay.
Fantastic!

Off to DC

Chess Heros, Past and Present

Chess Heros, Past and Present

Tal , Mikhail N - Smyslov , V - 1-0 , 1959

Chess Lessons-Pawn Structure , Part 1

Chess Lessons-Pawn Structure , Part 2

Chess Lessons-Pawn Structure , Part 3

Relationships

Creating them.
Maintaining them.
Breaking them.
Restoring them.

These are in the ebb and flow of decent chess and beyond.

New Year, new tiers

Chess is a blazing in bits and bytes.
The world is an app, that will continue to develop.
So much to learn, and unlearn. The thrill of it all.
And the challenges.
Wow!

The challenges!!