Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Lessons In Playing Better Chess
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...
Leong Mun vs Jim Stitzel
This game ended with a very satisfying "backdoor" checkmate. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Leong Mun"] [Black "Jim Stitzel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1256"] [BlackElo "1334"] [TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] 1....
Boris Ploszkiewicz vs Jim Stitzel
This one was a much better game for me, despite the king-rook split I allowed him to have in the middle. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Boris Ploszkiewicz"] [Black "Jim Stitzel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo...
Fiction
Royal Assassin
The assassin’s blade slid across the traitor’s throat, easily slicing through pipe, vein, flesh, and fat. He kicked the obese old Duke away, the body tumbling to the floor in a heap. “You have been found guilty of treason,” the assassin said to the corpse, “For your...
Natural Selection
“Desdemona is a dangerous planet,” the guide called out to the group, “but only if you don’t respect her ways.” James rolled his eyes. He hadn’t wanted to come to Desdemona, but human-friendly habitable planets were few and far between, especially now that Sol was...
Grimnebulin
I shamelessly stole the name of the monster in this story from China Mieville's main character in Perdido Street Station. Sorry about that, China -- and thanks. 'Grimnebulin' is just a really kick-ass word. ------------------ Greg set his tray on the table and took a...