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Entries from April 8th, 2008

Happy Bloody Birthday

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Games

GM John Emms
I’ve finally decided that playing a competitive game of chess on your birthday is not what it’s cracked up to be. In fact, I’ll be taking measures to ensure this doesn’t happen to me again. It’s all the more painful if it happens to be a critical encounter in an international [...]

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Confessions of a British Nightclubber

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Games

While looking at a copy of Chess Monthly, I read with interest while Chris Ward revealed how he had been thinking during his penultimate round game with Jonathan Levitt during last year’s British Championships. Having reached a very promising middlegame position Chris started to daydream. I hand you over to the man himself:

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