Monthly Archives: December 2006

Ending 2006 with a tournament victory and a Class B rating

By Steve | Published: December 27, 2006
Last night I drew in the final round of the MetroWest Chess Club Holiday Swiss, which was good enough for clear 1st place in the Under 1850 section. The tournament just got rated this morning, and my new unofficial USCF rating is 1657. That’s an increase of more than 250 points in 2006!
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MCC Holiday Swiss – Round 3

By Steve | Published: December 20, 2006
Eddins,S (1574) – Thompson,E (1709) [B23] MCC Holiday Swiss Natick, MA (3), 19.12.2006 This game was only my second victory ever against a 1700-rated player in USCF tournament play. It leaves me 3-0 in this month’s club tournament in the U1850 section with one round still to play. I’m very happy with the win, of course, but [...]
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MCC Holiday Swiss – Round 2

By Steve | Published: December 12, 2006
It was all over pretty quickly tonight. My opponent hung his knight out to dry on move 7 and resigned. Still, I have a little bit of homework to do regarding the opening. I played Black, responding to 1.d4 with the Leningrad Dutch. 1.d4 f5 2.e4  I’m not familiar with this line. I think I’ve [...]
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MCC Holiday Swiss – Round 1

By Steve | Published: December 6, 2006
Last night was round 1 of the Metrowest Chess Club Holiday Swiss. I hadn’t played an OTB tournament game since August, so I was a bit anxious. It didn’t help when I saw that I had been paired against Travis. Although rated much lower than me, Travis had previously beaten me twice. I thought [...]
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Seeds and CT-ART

By Steve | Published: December 4, 2006
Dan Heisman has written many times in his Novice Nook column about the Seeds of Tactical Destruction. These are elements of a position whose presence tells you to spend time looking hard for a tactical combination. Conversely, if these factors are all absent, then you shouldn’t spend too much looking for a tactical [...]
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