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
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News and Notes: Cabin Fever, SwissSys, Drinking My Own Bath Water
Tactics Time is featured in this week’s Sunday Chess Column by Stephen Dann, Worcester MA, Telegram & Gazette http://www.telegram.com/article/20130224/NEWS/102249740/ The puzzle is a really good one, which I really like. Answer at the bottom. This past week I was the … Continue reading
Tactics Time News and Notes
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
Rival Revival
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
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
US Chess Championship Blunder
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
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
My Favorite Chess Story: Calling in the Wolf
Here is a chess story, that comes from my podcast, which you can listen to here: http://tacticstime.com/?p=29 The story starts 38 minutes into the recording if you want to listen to it. The synopsis is that: I was visiting my … Continue reading
Paul Anderson Interview
This week Tactics Time had the priviledge of interviewing Paul Anderson. Paul is a long time member of the Colorado Springs Chess Club, and writes a light hearted weekly newsletter where he shares games, news, videos and stories about chess. In this week’s … Continue reading