St. Patrick’s Day Newsletter In case you missed it, here is a link to my special newsletter that I sent out on St. Patrick’s Day: http://archive.aweber.com/tacticstime/7BcWg/h/Happy_St_Patrick_s_Day_.htm I included some news about chess eBooks, and news about my book being possibly … Continue reading
When I first heard the title “Chess is Child’s Play” I thought it was a low budget sequel about a murderous doll named Chuckie who comes back to life, and tortures the nerdy members of the chess club. But all joking … 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
Sales of the Tactics Time eBook have been great. We are still number 1 in the Kindle chess book sales. We have been in and out of the top ten for all book sales. I am guessing that a lot … Continue reading
Here is the October 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
Today I want to share some “lessons learned” that I got from writing my first chess book, Tactics Time! 1001 Chess Tactics from the Games of Everyday Chess Players [Kindle Edition], which you can check out here: http://amzn.to/Wu9zmh. These tips … Continue reading
Wow, we got a ton of GREAT responses from people who voted in our poll for chess book designs! Thank you so much for taking the time to look at these, and help us to choose! We really appreciate that, … Continue reading
I’m excited to announce that I am working with Anthea Carson on an all new chess tactics book for Amazon Kindle in time for the holidays! This chess tactics book is going to be great, because it features all new … Continue reading
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
The US Chess Championship is currently being played at the beautiful Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. The website is http://uschesschamps.com, and they even have live coverage with Jennifer Shahade and Ben Finegold giving “play by play”, analysis … Continue reading
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
Anthea Carson wrote an interesting HubPage article entitled “Chess: How to Spot Tactics”, which I really enjoyed. I posted a link to this article on reddit.com, and it got a 100% up vote score, with no down votes (which … Continue reading