Category: Pittsburgh Chess Club
32 posts
- 1/23/2016 On finally achieving the US National Master chess title at age 45: part 1
- 11/30/2015 Clever chess tactics that were not what they seemed
- 11/25/2014 Report on my second day of Stoic Week 2014: mindfulness
- 10/18/2013 The Chess Improver: The strange pleasure of drawing a lost game
- 10/10/2013 The Chess Improver: the difference between accepting reality and making excuses
- 10/4/2013 9 things you could be doing in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 5
- 10/3/2013 The Chess Improver: the psychology of losing a drawn game
- 9/26/2013 The Chess Improver: the psychology of not winning the won game
- 9/19/2013 The Chess Improver: remember the importance of development
- 9/15/2013 Saying No: on not playing in the Pittsburgh Chess League this season for the CMU Tartans
- 9/12/2013 My first post on The Chess Improver: The Value of Thematic Complete Games Against a Weaker Opponent
- 2/20/2013 Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 6: Winning as Black like a madman!
- 2/15/2013 Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 5: Surprised at move 4 of the opening!
- 2/6/2013 Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 4: fascinating attacking-defending game!!
- 2/4/2013 Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 3: attack, defense, and sacrifices
- 1/23/2013 Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 2: surviving time trouble
- 1/16/2013 Pittsburgh Chess Club Championship 2013, Round 1: the art of swindling
- 1/15/2013 How the best player won the last Pittsburgh Chess Club Tuesday night tournament
- 12/18/2012 Round 6 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: playing pragmatically
- 12/11/2012 Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: psychology of losing another won game
- 12/4/2012 Round 4 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the agony of losing a won game against the difficult opponent
- 11/27/2012 Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the difficult opponent, and revenge of the Bishop
- 11/20/2012 Round 2 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: Very short game with a note on psychology
- 11/13/2012 Round 1 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: revenge of the Knight
- 11/11/2012 Pittsburgh Chess League Round 3: back to chess after a month off
- 10/9/2012 Final round of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: clawing back from a terrible position to draw and tie for first
- 10/2/2012 Round 5 of Pittsburgh Chess Club Tournament: On Benoni "Emasculation" and Learning
- 9/19/2012 Round 3 of Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: another approach against the Sicilian: squeezing with the Bind
- 9/15/2012 Déja vu in chess: recognize this Sicilian pattern?
- 9/12/2012 Round 2 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: winning in the Sicilian Defense; the philosophy and psychology of struggle
- 9/4/2012 Round 1 of the Pittsburgh Chess Club tournament: the Greek gift sacrifice
- 8/30/2012 Why I do not play chess online: chess as a human activity