Jim Stitzel

Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Words

Excerpts from Life

Ehud G. vs Jim Stitzel

###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Ehud G."] [Black "Jim Stitzel"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1363"] [BlackElo "1369"] [TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 Bb4 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7....

Jim Stitzel vs. Ercan Bakirci

This has been a rough week for chess. I have not been playing well at all. The game below only ended in stalemate by a stroke of luck, since I was getting torn apart and checkmate was just a matter of time. ###pgn### [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date...

Fiction

Mesmerized

The bag of chips was all but empty, just a few crumbs left in the bottom. He shook the bag, bouncing it in his hand, so that the niblets would fall together in the corner. There were so few left – and he wasn’t one to waste anything – so he tilted the bag to look...

The Midnight Road

Drive faster! Rain lashed, wipers slashed, Cort plowed through the pouring rain, the demons of his past - both real and imagined - pursued him close behind. Wind whistled, debris whirled into the road ahead of him, utility poles fell behind him. That's how he knew...

Veni, Vedi

“What do you think’s in there, Rob?” “No idea, Finn. Juice, most likely.” “Juice?” “Sure, you know, electricity. Stuff’ll juice you, sure as I’m standing here, if you touch it. Knock you flat, leave your hair all sparkly and curled and smelling like something that...