Jim Stitzel
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Jim Stitzel vs Boris Ploszkiewicz – Round 2
Boris wanted to run a 'Best Two Out of Three' match, and this game was just as interesting and fun as the first. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Jim Stitzel"] [Black "Boris Ploszkiewicz"] [Result "1-0"]...
Jim Stitzel vs Richard F.
This game is a good example of what happens when you forget the "four principles":http://shamuswrites.com/2008/08/20/lessons-in-playing-better-chess/ I laid out the other day. In this case, I became so focused on cornering his Queen and removing it from the board with...
Qisheng Xie vs Jim Stitzel
I just noticed - I seem to be playing black a lot lately. ###pgn### [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....
Fiction
Driveway to Nowhere
It was a long, paved driveway to nowhere. Fifty yards of winding tree-lined blacktop ending in an open field. There was no building at the end, nothing to indicate the driveway’s purpose, no sign that a building had ever stood here. Zack stood at the end of the drive...
Enemy Within
We slipped our bonds and escaped across the dunes. The distant sound of crashing waves drew us westward. We ran for everything we were worth, fear and desperation driving us on. We never saw our captors. We never knew where — or what — they were. What we knew during...
Porcelain Birds
“Did you see that?” Amanda said. She pulled her bike off to the shoulder and waited for Sarah to join her. “See what?” Sarah asked. She distractedly brushed a lock of hair from her eyes. “Those birds.” Amanda gestured at the flock now residing in a nearby tree. A...