It has been a while since I did a blog post, so I need to catch up! I have been posting most of my news lately in my newsletters, so I encourage you to sign up for that if you … Continue reading
News and Notes: Recent Newsletters, Tim Brennan Week
Category Archives: Colorado Chess
Followup and Responses to Chess Cheating Article
I got a lot of great feedback about my article on chess cheating via e-mail, comments on facebook, twitter, reddit.com, and blog comments. Thanks everyone who took the time to make a comment! In case you missed it, you can … Continue reading
July 2012 Tactics Time Column
Here is the July 2012 Tactics Time Chess Tactics Column, which appeared in the Colorado Chess Informant magazine, the official state magazine for the Colorado State Chess Association (CSCA). Click on the image below to read the column. Tactics Include: … Continue reading
Too Easy to Publish
I got a nice e-mail yesterday from Richard Brown, who had played in the Pikes Peak Open over the weekend in Manitou Springs. Here is the position in question, with White to Move, if you want to take a look … Continue reading
Nothing Is Over!
There is a dangerous “mind virus” being propagated by Paul Anderson, and his ilk, here in the chess community of Colorado Springs. And I am not referring to the unsolicited “Evolution is a Myth” creationist propaganda that the Anderson clan … Continue reading
April 2012 Tactics Time Column
Here is the April 2012 Tactics Time Chess Tactics Column that appeared in the Colorado Chess Informant Magazine, which comes out 4 times a year. Fred Spell is the editor, and does an outstanding job. You can read the full … Continue reading
January 2012 Tactics Time Column
Below is the January 2012 Tactics Time Chess Tactics Column that appeared in the Colorado Chess Informant magazine, which you can read online for free here: http://www.coloradochess.com/informant/January%202012.pdf. Click the image to open the column in PDF format. Included are games … Continue reading
Chai Neuhaus Tribute
I have had many names and forms. ~ Chaitanya Neuhaus Chai Neuhaus, an active chess player from Boulder Colorado recently passed away. In the position below, from one of Chai’s games, it is White to move Answer below. White to Move … Continue reading
Reader Questions on Newsletter Chess Tactics
I got a couple of questions lately on some of the chess tactics in my newsletter e-mails, and thought I would answer some of them here, because chances are that other readers might have had similar questions. Yesterday for Mother’s … Continue reading
News and Notes: Chess Musical, Fantasy Chess, Chess Videos, Newsletters…
Some quick tidbits…. Happy 49th Birthday today (April 13th) to “The Boss” Garry Kasparov! His historical match against IBM’s Deep Blue inspired me to get into chess! I was in Philadelphia attending the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) conference when … Continue reading
Chess Tactics Training Guide
Based on some feedback that I got from one of my customers, Dan in England, I wrote a Tactics Time User’s Guide. You can read for free here. In the book I give some tips on: How to use … Continue reading
Joe Fromme Interview
Today’s podcast features Joe Fromme, with cohost Anthea Carson. Joe is the President of the Gentlemen’s Chess Club, an active chess player in Colorado, and tournament organizer. He is a big Bobby Fischer fan, and created a new tournament called … Continue reading