Colorado Springs Chess News

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from way back in my chess history yet is not one of my upset victories. How did I find game 14 out of 500?

Well, I started a chess scrapbook this weekend. Actually, it was a cycling scrapbook originally. It contains my cycling photos and patches from different tours like R...

Game Of The Week

By Barbie Fortune

I do not believe I ever defeated Al Ufer even though we were often paired. Al, Kathy Schneider, and I enjoy chess and the tournaments, but we would quickly sink to the back tables at tournaments where we would often be paired with one another and have some rousing games. Al Ufer, Dean Brown, and ...

Game Of The Week

“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”

Ecclesiastes 7:8 (KJV)

This is one ...

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from a new event in the Colorado Springs area. Jerry Maier holds it at the Air Force Academy on Thursday nights. This tournament is similar to his East Coast Deli tournament, on Wednesday nights, as they both give the players one G90 each night and run one round per week.

Game Of The Week

This week’s game comes from the Pikes Peak Open. I did not do as well this year as I did last year.

Last year, I won 3 games (announcing mate in all 3), drew 1, and lost 0, taking home 2nd place.

This year, I won 2 games, drew 0, and lost 2, taking home my tail ...

Game Of The Week

Each year I have published 4 of my losses. This year, it was tougher to pick a loss. I just didn’t have many to choose from. Prior to the Pikes Peak Open, I only had 3 USCF-rated losses. I had lost one to FM Renard Anderson, who is 7-0 against me. The others were from two new Colorado experts as of this year, Mitch Anderson and Kev...

Game Of The Week

This week’s game is my 4th published loss of the year. I have had a policy of publishing 4 losses each year I have been writing the newsletter, and so far, I have remembered to include them.

However, this year was close, as I had to publish 2 losses back-to-back just to get them in...

End Of The Season

Tuesday August 25, 2009

Well, another chess season has come to a close for me. It is time for me to move on to managing the website for my other hobby (http://spamfootball.webs.com/), but I will return after the football season ends.