Home Preparation Update

The Queen's Indian Defense vexes me. I have struggled enough against it that I've found myself playing the Black side recently in bl...

Perseverance Update

Mental discipline and hard work improves luck. James Stripes My success finally winning a club championship at the Spokane Chess Club inc...

Bishop versus Knight Update

The 25th annual Dave Collyer Memorial chess tournament is this weekend. I have played in more than half of them, perhaps fifteen. My best ye...

Stronger King Update

At the Eastern Washington Open last October, I lost to a former student on Sunday morning. My next loss in standard rated USCF tournament ga...

Calculate Update

This past weekend was the 26th annual Collyer Memorial chess tournament. I have played most years, and have had my best and worst tournament...

Playing Tired Update

Who thinks well when they are sleep deprived? I certainly do not. This past week was the first of a two week event at the Spokane Chess Cl...

Blundering into Victory Update

On Monday, David Griffin and I met at the Spokane Valley Library to play our game in the Spokane Contenders. This six player round robin beg...

Winning Update

I won two USCF rated tournaments this week! On Monday, I won a USCF online blitz rated game 10 on Chess.com . After winning two of the fir...