sisyphus Member since Feb-01-04 · Last seen May-23-13 56/m/Fairfax, Virginia USA USCF 1624 I gained 46 points for a quick rating of 1670 in the first tournament I played in 20 years. Woo hoo _____________________________________________ 8 March 2009 To document my minimal claim to fame, my game was featured in the "Back to Basics" column of the March 2009 Chess Life, analysis and instruction for those of us below Class B. http://main.uschess.org/content/vie... (U.S. Chess Federation membership required)

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Apr-28-13 FIDE Grand Prix Zug (2013)    sisyphus: Anybody here watching the games?      Jan-20-13 Tata Steel (2013)    sisyphus: Van Wely and Nakamura play to bare kings.      Dec-06-12 London Chess Classic (2012)    sisyphus: Who is it doing the commentary with Aronian and King now - the guy who stepped in for Nigel Short? The super said he was a GM, but I'm not familiar with him.      Dec-03-12 FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent (2012)    sisyphus: Moro leads alone with one round to go.      Oct-27-12 Enkhbat Tegshsuren   sisyphus: He's playing in my tournament. I asked him what he wanted to be called. He said "E.K."; that's his handle on the U.S. Chess League, where he plays for the Baltimore Kingfishers.      Sep-09-12 Chess Olympiad (Women) (2012)    sisyphus: Russia wins the gold clear, with emphatic style by blanking Kazakhstan. Congratulations to Natalia and all the team.      Aug-26-12 I Zaitsev vs O Dementiev, 1970   sisyphus: 19...Bb7 loses to 20.e7+! Qxe7 21.Bc5. My friend Fritz calls it even after 19...Re8 20.Qf7 Bxe6! 21.Bxe6 Qxf7 22.Bxf7.      Dec-26-11 I Krush vs K Wang, 2011    sisyphus: After 29.Ree1, Black misses the knockout shot ...Bxf4!! If White takes the Bishop, mate follows quickly after ...Rg8. If not, checks with the Bishop or Queen force the win of material. Even without it, Black still has the same tactic available for another three moves. Only after ...      Oct-19-11 Governor's Cup (2011)    sisyphus: Roiz tosses it in after 59. Moro wins the tourney with 8.5/11, one and a half ahead of Tomashevsky.      Oct-11-11 Kibitzer's Café    sisyphus: Morozevich leads Saratov by a full point after four rounds. He beat Ni Hua today coming from a position with rook and pawn against two pieces.

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