Author Archives: Steve

“Moving Up The Ladder” in Chess Life Online

By Steve | Published: June 13, 2010
I saw an interesting article [via] in Chess Life Online called “Moving up the Ladder: A Class Player on Gaining 200 Rating Points” by Christian Glawe. Here’s a bare-bones summary of the key points: Study your own games with an instructor. Study openings based on pawn structures and plans instead of variations. For example, study the Mastering the [...]
Posted in Chess | Comments closed

Latest pin-up picture in Chess Life

By Steve | Published: January 17, 2010
It continues to be a mystery to me why Chess Life keeps publishing pictures like this (from the January 2010 cover story):
Posted in Chess | Comments closed

Current play, study, and goals

By Steve | Published: December 10, 2009
As 2009 draws to a close, it looks like I’m going to finish with just 17 or 18 rated tournament games this year. This is about half of what I’ve done in previous years. Also, in previous years I’ve played in several Team 45-45 tournaments online, and this year I haven’t done any of that. A [...]
Posted in Chess | Comments closed

The Mysterious Case of the Extra Pawn

By Steve | Published: November 28, 2009
Last month I won a game with an endgame that featured two b-pawns and two c-pawns advancing on a lone b-pawn. Later, when I was trying to get to sleep, I puzzled over the third extra pawn. I could remember winning two of those pawns earlier in the game, but I couldn’t remember how I [...]
Posted in Chess | Comments closed

Tinkering with themes

By Steve | Published: November 27, 2009
I’m doing some tinkering with themes, so this site may look funny for a few days.
Posted in Chess | Comments closed