A classic chess miniaturePosted: October 31, 2010 – 12:23am Below is a classic chess miniature which took place nearly 400 years ago. Greco – Amateur Rome, 1620 The following game was played in the early 17nth century by one...
Texas Tech freshman Andre Diamant shines at World Chess Olympiad
Texas Tech freshman Andre Diamant shines at World Chess OlympiadPosted: October 10, 2010 – 12:03am The World Chess Olympiad just ended Oct. 3 in West Siberia, Russia. Approximately 1,500 players, coaches and captains of 264 men’s and women’s teams...
Chess opening traps
Chess Opening Traps I have received a number of requests to analyze some chess opening traps. Here is the first one in this series. This is a very famous classic game that was played in the early 17th century...
Life-changing moments of a future world chess champion
Life-changing moments of a future world chess championPosted: September 11, 2010 – 11:33pmLubbock Avalanche Journal The question of the week is can I point to a single experience in my life, which I can define as having contributed to...
Knight Raider big winner at annual SPGI
Knight Raider big winner at annual Susan Polgar Girls InvitationalPosted: August 7, 2010 – 11:31pmLubbock Avalanche Journal The seventh annual Susan Polgar Girl’s Invitational, the most prestigious all-girls chess championship in the United States, took place over six days...
Many girls dropping chess for lack of benefits, opportunities
Many girls dropping chess for lack of benefits, opportunitiesPosted: July 18, 2010 – 3:05pmAvalanche Journal I received many questions about chess for girls over the past few months. Therefore, I am devoting this week’s column for this topic. Mikhail...
Chess, chess and more chess in Lubbock
Chess, chess and more chess in Lubbock before summer vacationPosted: May 23, 2010 – 12:33am On May 8, nearly 100 players competed in the fifth Get Smart! Play Chess! tournament at the Science Spectrum in Lubbock in six separate...
Record turn out for Lubbock Open
Record turnout for the 2010 Lubbock Chess ChampionshipsLubbock Avalanche-JournalSunday, April 04, 2010Story last updated at 4/4/2010 – 12:17 am The 2010 Lubbock Open Chess Championships took place on March 27 at Monterey High School. One hundred and 10 players,...
The hunt for the elusive chess norm
The hunt for the elusive international grandmaster chess normLubbock Avalanche-JournalSunday, March 21, 2010Story last updated at 3/21/2010 – 12:26 am This week, Dr. Rich Rice and Dr. Hal Karlsson, are contributing to this column. Both are associate professors at...
Coaching philosophy
Chess team director shares game philosophy, recruiting criteriaLubbock Avalanche-JournalSunday, January 10, 2010Story last updated at 1/10/2010 – 12:59 am Texas Tech University SPICE (www.SPICE.ttu.edu) … I received a number of e-mails asking about my coaching philosophy and recruiting standards,...