by Jim Stitzel | Sep 5, 2008 | General
Here’s a nailbiter of a game for ya’. We both fair a couple of tactical errors in this game, but when the dust finally settles, I manage to pull off a checkmate with a Rook and a Pawn, while he has two Queens on the board. Talk about making me sweat!...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 25, 2008 | General
[Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Jim Stitzel"] [Black "Johnathan S."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1368"] [BlackElo "1360"] [TimeControl "1 in 3 days"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7....
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 25, 2008 | General
I dug myself into – and out of – a couple of holes in this game. My errors ultimately ended up being more than I could recover from, though. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Jim Stitzel"] [Black "Blake...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 21, 2008 | General
I just noticed – I seem to be playing black a lot lately. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Qisheng Xie"] [Black "Jim Stitzel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1316"] [BlackElo "1357"] [TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] 1. e4...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 20, 2008 | General
I was one of those chess geeks in high school that people like to make jokes about. We would meet once a week as a team for a little instruction and to scrimmage for an hour or two, and we went to half a dozen tournaments a year to compare brains with other chess...