Colorado Springs Chess News

Game Of The Week

This week's game comes from the club's new event:  March Swiss 75.  The new part is the time control.  It allows 75 minutes for each player to finish all their moves.  However, it also adds 30 second per move for each player.  So, the game can gain an hour additional time when the players reach 60 moves.

Game Of The Week

A couple years back, I came up with a method to organize chess tactics. I called it the DROP Method (http://cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/categories/show/1378181-drop-method). The DROP method is an acronym for the basic kinds of tactic...

My Dad Was My Hero

by Brian Rountree

I'll always love you. I was thinking about you driving home from work tonight. I thought about you on Wednesday, when you were ill, and I had no idea. I thought about my two cats that I had years ago, and felt that you might go soon, and wanted to visit you again this year, as I did...

Game Of The Week

Name: Rook

Alias: Chariot (The Persian word rukh means chariot), Tower, Marquess, Rector, Comes, ...

Friday The 13th

Friday, February 13th, 2015

I am back for another season of chess news and games.  Last year, I set my record for peak rating (USCF 2098), and earlier this year, I was certified as a Club Tournament Director.  This means that I don't have to beg players for their ...