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Game Of The Week

April Fools!  I am not really starting a fantasy soccer league.  I don't even know if such a thing exists. 

When I ran across this video, I thought that this is what fantasy soccer should be.  Your favorite players from other sports playing soccer.  Bobby Fischer...

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from Alex Freeman.  He is an active, Colorado Springs chess player who served as a monk with me at the Renaissance Festival.  He gave me a game last year (http://cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/7245342-i-am-not-a-numb...

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the March Quad.  I was 3 games away from my 600th over-the-board, USCF-rated game, and the final round of the Quad was going to be the one that hit the milestone.

I was having a hard  time adjusting from G90 to ...

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the Colorado Springs Open.  This tournament is held in March and sometimes falls on Bobby Fischer's birthday (March 9th).  I was looking at this game yesterday because it was a rare tournament game I played on Fischer's birthday.  He would have been 69 on Friday, and I figured that I should chose a game with some...

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the February Panera tournament.  It was a 5-round, Swiss tournament with one game per week for the 5 Wednesdays in February.  It is such a rare occurrence because you have to have a leap day on a Wednesday for it to work.  The next time it will happen is 2040.  So, I decided to test out c...

Mean Streak

Friday, February 24, 2012

“Things won't change, till you open up your eyes.”

(Alves, Haze, Kennemore, Meniketti)

I am back for another year o...