WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo. — The 2019 Willow Open Chess Tournament will take place Saturday, February 16 at the Willow Springs High School Bears Den. Registration begins at 9 am, with round 1 of play starting at 9:30 am. Lunch will take place at 1 pm, with awards given out around 4 pm. The event was […]
Filipino National Master Winston Joseph Silva FILIPINO National Master (NM) Winston Joseph Silva scored 1.5 points in the last two rounds to emerge overall champion in the First Thammasat University Rapid Chess Championships held at the Thammasat University Library on Feb. 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Tagum City, Davao del Norte, native Silva halved the […]
When I boot up Steam and click on ‘Dota 2’, the platform tells me it’s been exactly four months since I’ve last played the game. Prior to that, there’s almost a year-long gap until you find my last venture into Valve’s immensely popular game. It’s safe to say it’s not my game. Yet this week […]
NEW ORLEANS — Independent broker-dealers and financial advisors considering their own RIAs are playing a high-stakes game of chess, according to Michael Bryan, CEO of Triad Hybrid Solutions. “It’s the way in which you configure those chess pieces that makes you a unique practice,” said Bryan, who leads the Ladenburg Thalmann IBD’s multi-custodian RIA. “There’s […]
A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about Puzzle Rush. Even though I could see its educational value right away, to me at that time it was mostly a new and very addictive toy. These days it is a must-have training tool for all my students rated below USCF 1800. Of course I recommend […]
by Jonathan Speelman 2/3/2019 – True Agony! Columnist GM JON SPEELMAN briefly rifs on AlphaZero and Giri-Shankland before turning his attention to this week’s submission from Zimbabwean Class A player, Tapiwa Allister Gora. Feel free to send in your own games! Jon can always use more material from readers. If your games are selected […]