Vegas Baby! I am heading to Las Vegas this weekend for the Las Vegas International Chess Festival and National Open. I am meeting my “wing man” Francisco Baltier there. Should be a good time! I have played in the National … Continue reading
I am featured in the current March 2013 issue of Chess Life in the “Faces across the Board” section on page 9. I was the assistant tournament director at the Colorado Springs Open this past weekend in Manitou … Continue reading
Funny comic I saw this morning I played in the Wild Boar tournament this past Saturday up in Fort Collins. It was a 4 Round G/45 tournament. I enjoying playing in coffee shops, and it is a nice place to … Continue reading
Merry Christmas! Here in Colorado Springs, we are having a white Christmas for the first time in 25 years! In case you didn’t see it, you can read my Christmas e-mail newsletter here: http://archive.aweber.com/tacticstime/EZZVs/h/Merry_Christmas_.htm. It includes a really cool chess … Continue reading
by Edson J. Cortiano now chess? Yes, that’s right it’s a game played on a board covered with black and white squares. No, no, it’s not the same as checkers! Comparing checkers with chess is like comparing Santos Dumont’s 14-Bis … Continue reading
The Tactics Time Chess Improvement E-mail Newsletter won first place for “Best Content” in the 2012 AWeber E-mail Marketing Summer Games! The criteria for the “Best Content” award was: The content of the email relates to the brand’s product or service … Continue reading
That’s what chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one – Bobby Fischer Today I want to talk about the idea of having rivals in chess. In today’s politically … Continue reading
Tactics Time has been getting a lot of press lately! On Sunday my website was mentioned in Stephen Dann’s Chess Column, which appears in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette Newspaper. Worcester is the second largest city in Massachusetts, after Boston. … Continue reading
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
This past Wednesday I celebrated the one year birthday of the Tactics Time Chess Tactics E-mail newsletter! It was one year ago that I started sending out chess e-mail newsletters. I wrote a special newsletter to celebrate the occasion. When … Continue reading
Last night I watched the movie “Moneyball” starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. I had previously listened to the book that it was based on. I enjoyed both versions of the story very much. Billy Beane, the General Manager of … Continue reading
Want to win more chess games and raise your chess rating? You’ve come to the right place. When you subscribe to the Tactics Time free newsletter, you’ll get: 1. Tips on Chess Tactics that come up frequently in class player … Continue reading