My First 100 Youtube Subscribers

Over the last few months, I’ve been having a go at Youtube, sharing my journey in learning and improving as a chess player. I published this reflection on my first few months (and first 100 subscribers!) and wanted to share it here. If you’re interested in Youtube, or chess, or any sort of creative pursuit […]

Spaced Repetition Training

I’ve been working on improving at chess for a few years now, and early on in the process I was introduced to a very interesting technique for learning and memorization called Spaced Repetition. The idea of spaced repetition is that after we learn something, we immediately start to forget it. Let’s say we’re trying to […]

Chess Game Analysis – Nova Scotia Open Round 2

Round two of the Nova Scotia Open was on Saturday morning, the first of two games for that day. I was happy with my win from yesterday, and my opponent in round two was rated 1431, about 100 points higher than my round 1 opponent, and less than 100 points lower than me. It could […]

Chess Game Analysis – Nova Scotia Open Round 1

The Nova Scotia Open was the first classical tournament I had played for a while, and I was very happy with the result! In this 5-part series, I’ll walk through each of my games, the lessons learned, and at the end, the tournament results! (spoiler) Kudos to my coworker Michael who helped me to analyze […]

Chess Game Analysis – A Queen and Pawn Endgame, and The “Second Mistake”

It’s the second mistake that gets you. This is a game that I played at my local club against a strong opponent. He and I have had some good games in the past, and most of the time I lose. On this night, we had just played a very complicated game which ended in a […]

Chess Game Analysis – some lessons about pawn breaks

This is a club game that I played against a very strong player. I didn’t expect to win, but I was happy to have a reasonable position for much of the game. I’ve been learning about pawn breaks, and there are some lessons here about how to use them well, which I did not do! […]

Round 1 Game Analysis – Remembrance Day Open 2022

This year I played the Remembrance Day Open in Halifax, NS. It was a fun tournament, albeit humbling. My round 1 opponent was rated just under 1400 CFC. My rating is currently 1473, but it’s provisional and, I suspect, a bit too high (and will likely decrease after this tournament). So I was ready for […]

TIL – My Tunnel Vision in Chess

Today I played the second day of a chess tournament, and I spent a little bit of time analyzing my games. I lost both of my games today, unfortunately, and I’ll write up a more full analysis of them when I get to it. But something I learned quite poignantly, is that I seem to […]