October is a very nice time of year to spend an afternoon outdoors playing chess in San Francisco. Back in 2009, Market Street had a vibrant chess scene. Hector Torres (no relation to me) would put out tables and chairs near the Powell BART Station and rent the spaces to chess hustlers. Whenever I wasContinueContinue reading “Happy Halloween (Gambit) 2”
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A Very Fun and Spooky Chess Tournament
This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending the Spooky Swiss hosted by the Berkeley Chess School. BCS decked out the spacious playing hall in Halloween decor and almost all of the young chess players arrived in costumes. As I analyzed games, I noticed how well played they were, which is a testament toContinueContinue reading “A Very Fun and Spooky Chess Tournament”
Halloween Blitz Chess Extravaganza 2022
October 29, 2022 – The first night of the Extravaganza! https://youtu.be/r1V6BLJEl9Q October 30, 2022 – Night two of the Extravaganza! https://youtu.be/-Xu6WzjOXAA Winners We will message you on Chess.com for your address so you can receive your prize! MahatAr113Tylman119chuppecat125Sophiafeifei0190ThunderingKavin204 Participants Tylman100KrishMathimaran101luckylol3102Sophiafeifei0103Kowarenai104AshwinMathimaran105SmartField106NeevSuperChess107KrishMathimaran108Sophiafeifei0109chuppecat110KrishMathimaran111Sophiafeifei0112MahatAr113luckylol3114MahatAr115chuppecat116luckylol3117KrishMathimaran118Tylman119np2015120chuppecat121luckylol3122np2015123lohithpa124chuppecat125EiffelTower8894126crosserbishop127Sophiafeifei0128AshwinMathimaran129NeevSuperChess130Kowarenai131Kowarenai132Sophiafeifei0133lohithpa134Kowarenai135np2015136Kowarenai137AshwinMathimaran138Kowarenai139SmartField140luckylol3141EiffelTower8894142Kowarenai143Tylman144MahatAr145chuppecat146KrishMathimaran147KrishMathimaran148SmartField149AshwinMathimaran150SmartField151Tylman152crosserbishop153SmartField154Poochi1155jrs_ns156Kunj_1157Poochi1158batelab159SmartField160stesan60161Kunj_1162Sophiafeifei0163RohanFeb164Poochi1165DarkSoul200166luckylol3167luckylol3168B_BABY_YODA_A169batelab170ChessMasterGS171B_BABY_YODA_A172Kowarenai173Sophiafeifei0174ChessMasterGS175SmartField176RohanFeb177justelliott61970178batelab179ChessMasterGS180Kunj_1181EiffelTower8894182ThunderingKavin183SmartField184ThunderingKavin185justelliott61970186B_BABY_YODA_A187Sophiafeifei0188Poochi1189Sophiafeifei0190AFX2012191DarkSoul200192RohanFeb193Kowarenai194Kowarenai195SmartField196ThunderingKavin197stesan60198Kunj_1199Kunj_1200Kowarenai201jrs_ns202B_BABY_YODA_A203ThunderingKavin204EiffelTower8894205B_BABY_YODA_A206ChessMasterGS207DarkSoul200208ChessMasterGS209AFX2012210SmartField211DarkSoul200212RohanFeb213Poochi1214ChessMasterGS215justelliott61970216Kunj_1217DarkSoul200218Kowarenai219luckylol3220
Happy Halloween (Gambit)
There is a unique horror the players with the black pieces feel when the Four Knights Opening takes a dark turn into the Halloween Gambit. As white, remember to make black’s Knights run… Should black do something unexpected, just grin like it is all part of your Halloween fun! Here is an example from oneContinueContinue reading “Happy Halloween (Gambit)”