by Jim Stitzel | Jul 31, 2008 | General
[Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.07.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Jim Stitzel"] [Black "Paul M."] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1393"] [BlackElo "1395"] [TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bg4 3. Be2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Bxf6 Qxf6...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 31, 2008 | General
Rough day for chess yesterday. I think I lost three in a row, pretty much all because I wasn’t paying enough attention and missed some pretty obvious things. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.07.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Greg M."] [Black "Jim...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 30, 2008 | General
Yeah, you may be seeing a few of these for a while. I’m really enjoying getting some good, competitive games in right now. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.07.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Jim Stitzel"] [Black "Ron Lee"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 29, 2008 | General
[Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.07.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Jim Stitzel"] [Black "Luke M."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1255"] [BlackElo "1314"] [TimeControl "1 in 3 days"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qf6 7. d4 Bd7...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 29, 2008 | General
This is probably one of the best games of chess I’ve played in a very long time. The opening game effectively wipes most of the major pieces for both sides from the board. It’s the middle game where things really start to get interesting, both sides...