Happy Holidays
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season (for whatever holidays you celebrate).
Dedicated to chess in and around the Joplin, Missouri area.
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season (for whatever holidays you celebrate).
This last Saturday a Kansas Scholastic Chess Association tournament was held in Columbus, KS at the Columbus Unified High School. This was the first event put on by the KSCA that I have been...
This was a position reached while playing a casual game on a Nintendo DS, Chess Master The Art of Learning. I ended up winning the position, as white, but I know I didn’t do...
I’m going to post some endgames that I come across that I think look like they would be good endgame studies. Generally speaking these studies will come from games that I have played or...
Yesterday the Joplin Chess Club hosted the Carthage Chess Open. Turnout was less than expected, at 14 participants, but that didn’t diminish the fun. Most of the players were from the Sunday and Tuesday...
There is another chess club starting up in town, not affiliated with the Joplin Chess Club USCF affiliate. From what I understand it is also going to be another USCF affiliate for the Joplin...
DATE: December 13th, 2008 LOCATION: Columbus Unified High School 124 South High School Ave. Columbus, KS 66725 DIVISIONS: K-8 and 9-12 6-rounds Swiss pairings sponsored All rounds are Game/30 Entry fee $5 per player,...
I have been getting some chess books off and on over the past few months and thought I would ask a question about what books you think are the best books for an amateur...
Last month I picked up How To Think Ahead In Chess: The methods and techniques of planning your entire game by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld, from the Fireside Chess Library. I got it...